Silent build failure with `strip = "symbols"`

[omar-mohamed-khallaf]

Problem

Building with strip = "symbols" messes with the style sheets and probably any other asset, so they become unavailable in the final build.

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Compile a program that loads an asset (e.g., a stylesheet) with strip = "symbols"

Expected behavior

The assets are found.

Environment:

• Dioxus version: 0.7.0-rc.0
• Rust version: 1.91.0-nightly (cdb45c87e 2025-08-27)
• OS info: Gentoo
• App platform: native (desktop, android), works fine in web

[ealmloff]

This is currently expected behavior because the CLI uses symbol info to link assets. Versions of the CLI after #4400 should give you a warning if you try to build without symbol info. We strip the symbol info after extracting assets for web builds, but not for desktop/mobile builds

[omar-mohamed-khallaf]

This is currently expected behavior because the CLI uses symbol info to link assets. Versions of the CLI after #4400 should give you a warning if you try to build without symbol info. We strip the symbol info after extracting assets for web builds, but not for desktop/mobile builds

Could the same be done to native builds or should I close the issue?

By the way, the cli doesn't warn if the config is set in $CARGO_HOME/config.toml.

[ealmloff]

We should provide an option to strip desktop builds as well after cargo runs and look for the config in $CARGO_HOME/config.toml

[ronnybremer]

@ealmloff would that also affect #4490 ?

[ealmloff]

@ealmloff would that also affect #4490 ?

No, strip would globally break assets but the issue in #4490 sounds like only some assets are not included