diff --git a/.changes/relative-mobile-args.md b/.changes/relative-mobile-args.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..601f9f6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/relative-mobile-args.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:enhance
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:enhance
+---
+
+Transform paths to relative to the mobile project for the IDE script runner script.
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
index 4965f14ba..0c85f7223 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/init.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 use super::{get_app, Target};
-use crate::helpers::{config::get as get_tauri_config, template::JsonMap};
+use crate::helpers::{app_paths::tauri_dir, config::get as get_tauri_config, template::JsonMap};
 use crate::Result;
 use cargo_mobile2::{
   android::{
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use cargo_mobile2::{
   util::{
     self,
     cli::{Report, TextWrapper},
+    relativize_path,
   },
 };
 use handlebars::{Context, Handlebars, Helper, HelperResult, Output, RenderContext, RenderError};
@@ -97,6 +98,13 @@ pub fn exec(
 
   let (handlebars, mut map) = handlebars(&app);
 
+  // the CWD used when the the IDE runs the android-studio-script or the xcode-script
+  let ide_run_cwd = if target == Target::Android {
+    tauri_dir()
+  } else {
+    tauri_dir().join("gen/apple")
+  };
+
   let mut args = std::env::args_os();
   let mut binary = args
     .next()
@@ -104,7 +112,7 @@ pub fn exec(
       let path = PathBuf::from(&bin);
       if path.exists() {
         let absolute_path = util::prefix_path(&current_dir, path);
-        return absolute_path.into();
+        return relativize_path(absolute_path, &ide_run_cwd).into_os_string();
       }
       bin
     })
@@ -114,11 +122,16 @@ pub fn exec(
     let path = PathBuf::from(&arg);
     if path.exists() {
       let absolute_path = util::prefix_path(&current_dir, path);
-      build_args.push(absolute_path.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
+      build_args.push(
+        relativize_path(absolute_path, &ide_run_cwd)
+          .to_string_lossy()
+          .into_owned(),
+      );
       continue;
     }
+    let is_mobile_cmd_arg = arg == "android" || arg == "ios";
     build_args.push(arg.to_string_lossy().into_owned());
-    if arg == "android" || arg == "ios" {
+    if is_mobile_cmd_arg {
       break;
     }
   }
@@ -163,7 +176,6 @@ pub fn exec(
     // Generate Android Studio project
     Target::Android => match AndroidEnv::new() {
       Ok(_env) => {
-        let app = get_app(tauri_config_);
         let (config, metadata) =
           super::android::get_config(&app, tauri_config_, &Default::default());
         map.insert("android", &config);