diff --git a/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts b/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
index 4e21c90cbe..ff5c93bff1 100644
--- a/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/project-changes-service.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ export class ProjectChangesService implements IProjectChangesService {
 			this._changesInfo.appFilesChanged = await this.hasChangedAppFiles(projectData);
 
 			this._changesInfo.packageChanged = this.isProjectFileChanged(projectData, platform);
-			this._changesInfo.appResourcesChanged = this.containsNewerFiles(projectData.appResourcesDirectoryPath, null, projectData);
+
+			const platformResourcesDir = path.join(projectData.appResourcesDirectoryPath, platformData.normalizedPlatformName);
+			this._changesInfo.appResourcesChanged = this.containsNewerFiles(platformResourcesDir, null, projectData);
 			/*done because currently all node_modules are traversed, a possible improvement could be traversing only the production dependencies*/
 			this._changesInfo.nativeChanged = this.containsNewerFiles(
 				path.join(projectData.projectDir, NODE_MODULES_FOLDER_NAME),
@@ -77,7 +79,6 @@ export class ProjectChangesService implements IProjectChangesService {
 			if (this._newFiles > 0 || this._changesInfo.nativeChanged) {
 				this._changesInfo.modulesChanged = true;
 			}
-			const platformResourcesDir = path.join(projectData.appResourcesDirectoryPath, platformData.normalizedPlatformName);
 			if (platform === this.$devicePlatformsConstants.iOS.toLowerCase()) {
 				this._changesInfo.configChanged = this.filesChanged([path.join(platformResourcesDir, platformData.configurationFileName),
 				path.join(platformResourcesDir, "LaunchScreen.storyboard"),