COconradev·Jul 13, 2013
Another alternative is PonyDebugger:
https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
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PonyDebugger
Remote network and data debugging for your native iOS app using Chrome Developer Tools
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Remote network and data debugging for your native iOS app using Chrome Developer Tools
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| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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5 sourcesSee also the free and open source PonyDebugger by Square : https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
They do view hierarchy debugging but also network loggin in Chrome Developer Tools,
In Show HN: Reveal – an iOS runtime inspection toolNice work, but certainly no replacement for PonyDebugger[0] with SuperDB[1]. Plus, they're both FOSS.
Sure, those don't have support for NSNotifications, but I've found it's best to avoid those as much as possible anyway (essentially like a super GOTO).
[0] https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
[1] http://shopify.github.io/superdb/
In Show HN: Spark Inspector, a run-time debugging tool for iOS appsThis looks like it gives a lot of what I hoped PonyDebugger [1] would be when I first heard about it. Cool!
[1]: https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
In KilnPretty sure Square disagrees, and they know what they're talking about when it comes to XCode. See PonyDebugger, a tool they wrote to pipe iOS apps' network connections and debug information through Chrome to take advantage of the developer tools: https://github.com/square/PonyDebugger
Now, you'd never write code in the Chrome Developer Tools (except maybe the occasional one-liner in the REPL). But the Chrome Developer Tools are great — best in class even — for profiling, visualizing, and debugging.
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