BSbsimpson·Sep 11, 2014
Unfortunately, I couldn't get it to work:
https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy/issues/72
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ios-webkit-debug-proxy
A DevTools proxy (Chrome Remote Debugging Protocol) for iOS devices (Safari Remote Web Inspector).
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A DevTools proxy (Chrome Remote Debugging Protocol) for iOS devices (Safari Remote Web Inspector).
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| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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3 sourcesKudos to Mozilla for tackling a huge pain point (having to learn three sets of dev tools because each browser speaks its own protocol sucks).
I'm most familiar with the WebKit/Chrome Dev Tools, and found this awesome project via Mozilla's post:
https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy
If it works as advertised, it'll let you connect to iOS browsers from Chrome Dev Tools. Honestly, I'm surprised they don't have a version of this compiled into Chrome for iOS.
In Firefox Add-on Enables Web Development Across Browsers and Devices> If Mozilla truly reverse-engineers Apple's remote debugging protocol it would be a godsend for us.
Google did this a while ago: https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy It works well for connecting Chrome DevTools to Safari, automating Mobile Safari through ChromeDriver, or hooking up your iOS device to a private instance of WebPageTest.
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