PWA example is broken

[tomjtoth]

Problem

The below entry in Dioxus.toml causes everything from under <PROJECT_ROOT>/public to be copied under <BUILD_ROOT>/assets instead of <BUILD_ROOT>/:

[application]
asset_dir = "public"

The official PWA example is now broken. It's index.html includes links to /sw.js, manifest.json, but since both of them are under <PROJECT_ROOT>/public, they become available under <PROJECT_ROOT>/assets. Upon

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• open the Network tab in developer tools of the browser
• run dx serve,
• navigate to http://localhost:8080
• inspect the responses to sw.js, favicon.ico, manifes.json
  • they all return the same content as index.html, since the server cannot find the requested resources

Expected behavior

Static assets should be deployed to <BUILD_ROOT>/.

Preferred fix:

• copy the contents of asset_dir to <BUILD_ROOT>/

Optional step:

• create a new entry in Dioxus.toml, e.g. asset_dir_dest which points to <BUILD_ROOT>/ by default, but can be overridden

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Environment:

• Dioxus version: v0.6.2
• Rust version: rustc 1.84.0 (9fc6b4312 2025-01-07)
• OS info: Linux
• App platform: web

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