Remote Debug Chrome
Note: This section is more useful when we start writing automation scripts and have to identify UI element locators, otherwise USB wired connection will help with MVP faster
To use Remote debugging, we need to have:
- Chrome (version 32) or later installed on your machine
- Android Device
- Should be running Android 4.4+
- USB Debugging enabled
- USB cable
Once the basic things are in place, connect your device to machine using USB cable. Launch Chrome and open a tab with target "chrome://inspect". This is how it would look like.
Once you click OK, your device would get showed up in browser tab. Below is how it would show up:
You can also use Screen casting option by clicking the Screencast icon in the upper right corner of your remote debugging DevTools window.