# `mix dala.server`
[🔗](https://github.com/manhvu/dala_dev/blob/main/lib/mix/tasks/dala.server.ex#L1)

Starts the Dala dev server and opens it in the browser.

    mix dala.server
    mix dala.server --port 4040   # default port

The server provides:
- Live device status cards (Android + iOS simulator)
- Per-device deploy buttons ("Update" and "First Deploy")
- Streaming log panel (logcat / iOS simulator console)

The server runs until you press Ctrl+C.

For an interactive IEx session alongside the dashboard:

    iex -S mix dala.server

## Under the hood

`mix dala.server` starts a Phoenix + Bandit supervision tree directly in the
Mix process — equivalent to `iex -S mix phx.server` for a Phoenix app, except
it starts the supervisor inline rather than through the application callback:

    Application.ensure_all_started(:bandit)
    Application.ensure_all_started(:phoenix_live_view)

    Supervisor.start_link([
      {Phoenix.PubSub, name: DalaDev.PubSub},
      DalaDev.Server.Endpoint,          # Bandit HTTP server on port 4040
      DalaDev.Server.DevicePoller,      # polls adb + xcrun simctl
      DalaDev.Server.LogStreamerSupervisor,  # logcat / simctl log streams
      DalaDev.Server.WatchWorker,       # optional file-watch loop
      ...
    ], strategy: :one_for_one)

    open "http://localhost:4040"       # macOS: open, Linux: xdg-open

The endpoint uses `Bandit.PhoenixAdapter` instead of Cowboy, so there is no
`:plug_cowboy` dependency. Everything else is standard Phoenix LiveView.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*