feat: Add DevelopmentServerAddress property for direct communication and update URL handling in MobileControl classes

src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelController.cs

@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
                 return false;
             }) ? csIpAddress.ToString() : processorIp;
 
-            var match = Regex.Match(url, @"^http://([^:/]+):\d+/mc/app\?token=.+$");
+            var match = Regex.Match(url, @"^http://([^:/]+):\d+/mc/app/?\?token=.+$");
             if (match.Success)
             {
                 string ipa = match.Groups[1].Value;
@@ -583,7 +583,17 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Touchpanel
         /// </summary>
         public void SetAppUrl(string url)
         {
-            _appUrl = GetUrlWithCorrectIp(url);
+            if(localConfig.DevelopmentServerAddress != null)
+            {
+                url = Regex.Replace(url, @"^http://[^/]+", $"http://{localConfig.DevelopmentServerAddress}");
+                this.LogInformation("Using development server IP, updated URL: {url}", url);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                url = GetUrlWithCorrectIp(url);
+            }
+
+            _appUrl = url;
 
             AppUrlFeedback.FireUpdate();
         }

src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/Touchpanel/MobileControlTouchpanelProperties.cs

@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ public class MobileControlTouchpanelProperties : CrestronTouchpanelPropertiesCon
     [JsonProperty("useDirectServer")]
     public bool UseDirectServer { get; set; } = false;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the DevelopmentServerIp. Optional. If UseDirectServer is true, 
+    /// this IP address will be used for direct communication between the mobile control and a development server running on the same local network.
+    /// This allows development using a Vite server for hot module replacement (HMR) and live reloading during development. 
+    /// Specifying this property will override the default behavior of mobile control.
+    /// </summary>
+    [JsonProperty("developmentServerAddress", NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore)]
+    public string DevelopmentServerAddress { get; set; }
+
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the ZoomRoomController

src/PepperDash.Essentials.MobileControl/WebSocketServer/MobileControlWebsocketServer.cs

@@ -403,11 +403,11 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.WebSocketServer
                     ip = csIpAddress.ToString();
                 }
 
-                var appUrl = $"http://{ip}:{_parent.Config.DirectServer.Port}/mc/app?token={touchpanel.Key}";
+                var appUrl = $"http://{ip}:{_parent.Config.DirectServer.Port}/mc/app/?token={touchpanel.Key}";
 
                 this.LogVerbose("Sending URL {appUrl} to touchpanel {touchpanelKey}", appUrl, touchpanel.Touchpanel.Key);
 
-                touchpanel.Touchpanel.SetAppUrl($"http://{ip}:{_parent.Config.DirectServer.Port}/mc/app?token={touchpanel.Key}");
+                touchpanel.Touchpanel.SetAppUrl($"http://{ip}:{_parent.Config.DirectServer.Port}/mc/app/?token={touchpanel.Key}");
             }
         }
 
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.WebSocketServer
                 Config = _parent.GetConfigWithPluginVersion(),
                 CodeExpires = new DateTime().AddYears(1),
                 UserCode = bridge.UserCode,
-                UserAppUrl = string.Format("http://{0}:{1}/mc/app",
+                UserAppUrl = string.Format("http://{0}:{1}/mc/app/",
                 CrestronEthernetHelper.GetEthernetParameter(CrestronEthernetHelper.ETHERNET_PARAMETER_TO_GET.GET_CURRENT_IP_ADDRESS, 0),
                 Port),
                 WebSocketUrl = wsUrl,