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Indrasheker
Indrasheker

Reputation: 59

Unable to debug apache cordova apps

I am able to debug with the latest android devices version, but not with older versions.

Unable to debug Apache Cordova apps on Android targets in the Release or Distribution configurations or on targets running versions <4.4. See Output window for JavaScript console output

Your suggestions please...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1616

Answers (2)

Mostafa
Mostafa

Reputation: 3302

I had the same issue. It turns out that if you have a previous release build on your phone you won't be able to deploy a debug build until you uninstall the release build and then the VS debug deployment starts working!.

Upvotes: 1

leonprou
leonprou

Reputation: 4888

If your Android version is lower than 4.4 your app doesn't use Chrome Webview for web apps, but the older WebView which doesn't have debug abilities. You can debug web app with Android 4.4+ as specified here.

For old Android devices the good new is Crosswalk which ships the Chrome WebView into your device, as they write it:

Enable the most advanced web innovations with the Crosswalk Project web runtime to develop powerful Android and Cordova apps.

With that new WebView you also can debug your app. If you integrate your Cordova app with Crosswalk it's real simple, tried it myself just now.

It's also a good practice to use Crosswalk for old devices. Many browser API's been extended and changed with the new WebView, Crosswalk saves you much pain of backward compatibility.

Upvotes: 2

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