I'm pretty new to Android Dev, I'm trying to create a WebView based app. I got the basics, I emulate the app directly on my phone and wanted to know if there is a way to get a Javascript console like in Chrome PC version.
My device is running Android 4.2.1 API Level 17. I can't emulate app on my computer, it doesn't work.
I've already watched this topic on Stackoverflow, but hasn't helped me.
So, what I tried (examples from the Stackoverflow topic) :
Remote debugging from my device to my computer : I can't cause my device is running Android 4.2.1 and need, at least, Android 4.4+.
JavaScript Console : I can't access and didn't implemented a browser bar into my WebView app (and don't want to implement one...)
Original Answer : I put some console.log('test') and console.error('test') on a window.onload function to see if I can find them on the logcat and ADB logs but I can't find them, even if I put adb logcat to search them.
Can someone help me? I really don't know how to get a console, and really need it...
Thanks!
The answer you are referring to is for Android Browser app, not for WebView component.
In order to get output from console.log() family of functions, you need to set a WebChromeClient for your WebView and override onConsoleMessage() (doc) method, like this:
webView.setWebChromeClient(new WebChromeClient() {
@Override
public boolean onConsoleMessage(ConsoleMessage consoleMessage) {
android.util.Log.d("WebView", consoleMessage.message());
return true;
}
});