Debugging iOS Safari and UIWebViews using Chrome DevTools

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The ios_webkit_debug_proxy allows developers to inspect MobileSafari and UIWebViews on real and simulated iOS devices via the DevTools UI and WebKit Remote Debugging Protocol. DevTools requests are translated into Apple’s Remote Web Inspector service calls.

The proxy detects when iOS devices are attached/removed and provides the current device list on http://localhost:9221. A developer can click on a device’s link (e.g. http://localhost:9222) to list that device’s open tabs, then click on a tab link (e.g. http://localhost:9222/devtools/page/1) to inspect that tab in their browser’s DevTools UI.

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Published by Bramus!

Bramus is a frontend web developer from Belgium, working as a Chrome Developer Relations Engineer at Google. From the moment he discovered view-source at the age of 14 (way back in 1997), he fell in love with the web and has been tinkering with it ever since (more …)

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