Live reload cannot be disabled in version 8

[pe8ter]

🐞 Bug report

Command

- [ ] new
- [ ] build
- [x] serve
- [ ] test
- [ ] e2e
- [ ] generate
- [ ] add
- [ ] update
- [ ] lint
- [ ] xi18n
- [ ] run
- [ ] config
- [ ] help
- [ ] version
- [ ] doc

Is this a regression?

Yes, the previous version in which this bug was not present was: 7.3.8

Description

Disabling live reload when serving an app using ng serve --liveReload=false fails to disable live reloading.

🔬 Minimal Reproduction

1. Create a default application: ng new my-app.
2. Serve with live reload disabled: ng serve --liveReload=false.
3. Open the page at http://localhost:4200
4. Edit then save any HTML/CSS/TypeScript file.

Observe the page automatically reloading.

🔥 Exception or Error

n/a

🌍 Your Environment

Angular CLI: 8.0.0-rc.1
Node: 10.15.3
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 8.0.0-rc.1
... animations, cli, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... language-service, platform-browser, platform-browser-dynamic
... router

Package                           Version
-----------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect         0.800.0-rc.1
@angular-devkit/build-angular     0.800.0-rc.1
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer   0.800.0-rc.1
@angular-devkit/build-webpack     0.800.0-rc.1
@angular-devkit/core              8.0.0-rc.1
@angular-devkit/schematics        8.0.0-rc.1
@ngtools/webpack                  8.0.0-rc.1
@schematics/angular               8.0.0-rc.1
@schematics/update                0.800.0-rc.1
rxjs                              6.4.0
typescript                        3.4.5
webpack                           4.30.0

[pe8ter]

I can confirm this now works correctly in version 8.0.0-rc.2. Thanks!

[CMohamed]

The problem was related with Inotify Watches Limit on Linux. To solve the issue, I increased the watches limit to 512K. Run these commands.

sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
sudo sysctl -p --system

After that, I restarted my IDE, and after that, the change detection started to work.

Source : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40366212/angular-cli-ng-serve-livereload-not-working

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