cordova run keeps re-building the app, even if no changes were made

[David Barth]

After building my test app with cordova build --device, a 'run' command will trigger a new build. Worse, a 2nd run command will still re-do a build. No changes were made, neither to the code nor config of the app.

[David Barth (dbarth)]

even with --nobuild option, cordova still triggers a new build.

[David Planella (dpm)]

I hit this bug during the Cordova workshop. It also leads to a poor developer experience in the sense that if you do a 'cordova run', you'll need to keep the device on your hand and keep waking it up so it does not go into lock mode, otherwise the installation will fail and you'll need to start it all over again.

I understand that the build is cmake-based, so why can we not cache the build just like any other regular cmake project?