CODEWITHSUNDEEP
androidcordovadebuggingionic-frameworksigned
user3007799
user3007799

Reputation: 167

Debug Ionic application with android:debuggable="false"

A have installed my Ionic application on real device. The app is released, signed and has android:debuggable="false". I faced some problems on that specific device and I need to debug it (not to create and install new --debug build).

Is there some way to debug it? To "attach" it somehow to a keystore to be authorised, or something else...? Any ideas?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 5945

Answers (3)

Diego Martinez
Diego Martinez

Reputation: 119

You can add this in your config.xml to solve it.

<platform name="android">
    <edit-config file="app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml" mode="merge" target="/manifest/application" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <application android:debuggable="true" />
    </edit-config>

Then, you can debug in Chrome.

Upvotes: 5

fodi
fodi

Reputation: 21

I've just faced a similar issue (I wanted to create a debuggable Cordova app with cordova build android --release) and I've also wanted to add something to the Cordova config.xml instead of directly editing AndroidManifest.xml, which is generally a bad idea.

The following piece of code worked for me on Cordova 8.1.2, Cordova Android platform version 7.1.4. Just put this inside your config.xml file (somewhere inside the widget tag) and you should be good to go:

<config-file mode="merge" parent="/manifest" platform="android" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <application android:debuggable="true" />
</config-file>

This will also cause the :app:lintVitalRelease linter to give you a [HardcodedDebugMode] error (and for good reason), but the APK will build fine regardless.

Upvotes: 2

S&#233;bastien
S&#233;bastien

Reputation: 12139

I am still trying to find a better way, but so far I am able to debug my Ionic app (a signed --release build) running on a real device via the Chrome (desktop) console, by specifying:

<application android:debuggable="true">

directly in the AndroidManifest.xml file. The attribute in not overwritten when I build the project with the Ionic CLI.

What I would prefer is to set the attribute from the config.xml file, so I don't have to add it again manually in AndroidManifest.xml when I remove/add the platform.

Upvotes: 6

Related Questions