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André Shevantes
André Shevantes

Reputation: 449

Why I cannot see the XML files for XML views?

When I use a XML view for a page in SAPUI5, and I open Developer Tools on Google Chrome and check, under the "Sources" tab, the directory that has the ".controller" file, I cannot see the "view.xml" file. Why does it happen? Does the browser "excludes" the XML file after it is processed by the UI5 core? Thanks in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2668

Answers (2)

jpenninkhof
jpenninkhof

Reputation: 1920

The sources tab in Google Chrome Developer tools is meant for debugging the logic of your application. It allows you to add break-points, see your calls stack and observe/tinker with intermediate variable values.

As SAPUI5 XML views don't contain any logic, it doesn't make sense to show it in the sources tab, as there is no logic to debug. You can see your XML files in the network tab though, if you just want to do some inspection on its contents.

More info on debugging using the source tab can be found here: https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/javascript-debugging

Upvotes: 3

kjokinen
kjokinen

Reputation: 101

I think that the sources tab only displays some file types. It doesn't display .json files either.

You should be able to access unparsed XML files through Network tab.

Upvotes: 1

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