Luna Next Remote WebApplication Debugging

From WebOS-Ports
Jump to navigation Jump to search
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Overview

It's very easily to remote debug web applications with luna-next. WebKit provides a powerful tool for this: The WebInspector

How to use the WebInspector

  • flash your target device with a recent version of the webos-ports-dev-image
  • stop running WebAppMgr: systemctl stop luna-webappmanager
  • start in debug mode:
    • on device: WebAppMgr --debug
    • on emulator: QTWEBKIT_INSPECTOR_SERVER=10.0.2.15:1122 WebAppMgr --debug
  • start the application you want to debug
  • for debugging on a real device you need now to configured a port forwarding through adb on your development machine with (the WebInspector is available on localhost:1122 on the target device
 adb forward tcp:1122 tcp:1122
  • now you can point your favourite web browser to localhost:1122 on your development machine to debug the web application