IntelliJ 15, SpringBoot devtools livereload not working

Having issues with the new LiveReload feature with Spring Boot devtools 1.3. It doesn't reload on class changes. I've seen it demo'd with IntelliJ @ Devoxx 2015. Is there some IDE setting I need to have enabled? I'm running via the IDE and not through Gradle. I tried enabling "Make project automatically" which doesn't seem to help.

It seems to load correctly and is looking in the correct path

2015-11-23 05:55:30.592 DEBUG 4700 --- [  restartedMain] o.s.boot.devtools.restart.Restarter      : Starting application com.myapp.Application with URLs [file:/E:/Projects/myapp/build/classes/main/, file:/E:/Projects/myapp/build/resources/main/]

My files

build.gradle

buildscript {
    ext {
        springBootVersion = '1.3.0.RELEASE'
    }
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${springBootVersion}") 
    }
}

apply plugin: 'java'
apply plugin: 'eclipse-wtp'
apply plugin: 'idea'
apply plugin: 'spring-boot' 
apply plugin: 'war'


war {
    baseName = 'myapp'
    version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
}
sourceCompatibility = 1.8
targetCompatibility = 1.8

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }
    maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
}

configurations {
    providedRuntime
}

dependencies {
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator')
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools')
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc')
    compile('org.projectlombok:lombok')
    compile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
    compile('net.sourceforge.jtds:jtds:1.3.1');
    testCompile('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') 
}

dependencyManagement {
    imports { 
        mavenBom "org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-parent:Brixton.M3" 
    }
}


eclipse {
    classpath {
         containers.remove('org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER')
         containers 'org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8'
    }
}

task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
    gradleVersion = '2.7'
}

HelloWorldController

@Controller
public class HelloWorldController {

    @RequestMapping("/")
    @ResponseBody
    String home(){

        return "Hello World test";
    }
}

Solution 1:

To solve this You can do like:

1. Add LiveReload extension in your browser.
2. Add devtools dependencies to your pom.xml(if it's maven (spring-boot-devtools)).
3. In your intellij IDEA go to: file->settings->build,execution,deployment. Go to ->compiler->build project automatically.
4. In your intellij IDEA: SHIFT+Ctrl+A ->registry-> compiler.automake.allow.when.app.running

Solution 2:

if you use IntelliJ IDEA, adding the spring-boot-devtools is not enough. This is because unlike Eclipse, you need to explicitly tell IntelliJ IDEA to “Make The Project” for it to build to the target classpath.

see on youtube

The easiest solution: run app debug mode and press Ctrl + f9 (short-cut for build)

or

1. You need to enable the “Make project automatically” option. You can find it in Settings – Build, Execution, Deployment – Compiler
2. To open the registry, Press Ctrl-Alt-Shift-/ and select "Registry" from the menu that appears, enable the “compiler.automake.allow.when.app.running” check-box.