fix(@angular-devkit/build-angular): ensure browser-esbuild is used in dev server with browser builder and forceEsbuild

To ensure that the `forceEsbuild` development server option chooses the correct underlying build implementation when
the project contains the `browser` builder within the build target, an explicit check and conversion of the builder
name is now performed during the initialization phase of the development server builder.

(cherry picked from commit d07ef2f)

Author: clydin

packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts

@@ -72,6 +72,14 @@ export function execute(
           );
         }
 
+        if (
+          normalizedOptions.forceEsbuild &&
+          builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser'
+        ) {
+          // The compatibility builder should be used if esbuild is force enabled with the official Webpack-based builder.
+          builderName = '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild';
+        }
+
         return defer(() => import('./vite-server')).pipe(
           switchMap(({ serveWithVite }) =>
             serveWithVite(normalizedOptions, builderName, context, transforms, extensions),

packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/tests/options/force-esbuild_spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import { executeDevServer } from '../../index';
+import { executeOnceAndFetch } from '../execute-fetch';
+import { describeServeBuilder } from '../jasmine-helpers';
+import { BASE_OPTIONS, DEV_SERVER_BUILDER_INFO } from '../setup';
+
+const ESBUILD_LOG_TEXT = 'Application bundle generation complete.';
+const WEBPACK_LOG_TEXT = 'Compiled successfully.';
+
+describeServeBuilder(
+  executeDevServer,
+  DEV_SERVER_BUILDER_INFO,
+  (harness, setupTarget, isViteRun) => {
+    describe('option: "forceEsbuild"', () => {
+      beforeEach(async () => {
+        setupTarget(harness, {});
+
+        // Application code is not needed for these tests
+        await harness.writeFile('src/main.ts', 'console.log("foo");');
+      });
+
+      it('should use build target specified build system when not present', async () => {
+        harness.useTarget('serve', {
+          ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+          forceEsbuild: undefined,
+        });
+
+        const { result, response, logs } = await executeOnceAndFetch(harness, '/main.js');
+
+        expect(result?.success).toBeTrue();
+        expect(await response?.text()).toContain('console.log');
+        expect(logs).toContain(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringMatching(isViteRun ? ESBUILD_LOG_TEXT : WEBPACK_LOG_TEXT),
+          }),
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should use build target specified build system when false', async () => {
+        harness.useTarget('serve', {
+          ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+          forceEsbuild: false,
+        });
+
+        const { result, response, logs } = await executeOnceAndFetch(harness, '/main.js');
+
+        expect(result?.success).toBeTrue();
+        expect(await response?.text()).toContain('console.log');
+        expect(logs).toContain(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringMatching(isViteRun ? ESBUILD_LOG_TEXT : WEBPACK_LOG_TEXT),
+          }),
+        );
+      });
+
+      it('should always use the esbuild build system with Vite when true', async () => {
+        harness.useTarget('serve', {
+          ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+          forceEsbuild: true,
+        });
+
+        const { result, response, logs } = await executeOnceAndFetch(harness, '/main.js');
+
+        expect(result?.success).toBeTrue();
+        expect(await response?.text()).toContain('console.log');
+        expect(logs).toContain(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({ message: jasmine.stringMatching(ESBUILD_LOG_TEXT) }),
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  },
+);