{"title":"Remote Debugging UIWebView","html_url":"https://deallocatedobjects.com/posts/remote-debugging-uiwebview","source_url":"http://hiediutley.com/2011/11/22/debugging-ios-apps-using-safari-web-inspector/","markdown_content":"[Hiedi Utley](https://twitter.com/#!/hiediutley/) has completely brought the awesome with a way to use desktop Safari's WebKit inspector to debug iOS `UIWebView` objects:\r\n\r\n> Wow! What a day! While researching debugging techniques for an upcoming training class I am teaching on PhoneGap, I stumbled over a couple of blogs about a private API in iOS5 that will allow you to debug your UIWebViews right inside desktop Safari using the Web Inspector!\r\n\r\nEnabling the trick requires part of a private API in iOS 5, so don't ship it. It does seem to work great though, and it's pretty simple:\r\n\r\n``` objc\r\n- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {\r\n // Uncomment to enable remote debugging\r\n [NSClassFromString(@\"WebView\") _enableRemoteInspector];\r\n\r\n return YES;\r\n}\r\n```\r\n\r\nThen open up desktop Safari and head over to [http://localhost:9999](http://localhost:9999). It requires that you be running iOS 5 and running inside the iOS Simulator, but still, what a HUGE help.\r\n\r\n(via [Mike Rundle](https://twitter.com/flyosity))\r\n\r\n*Update:* Turns out [Nathan de Vries](https://twitter.com/#!/atnan) did a lot of the original research and discovery on this one, here's his original (and in-depth) write up of it: [Enabling Remote Debugging via Private APIs in Mobile Safari](http://atnan.com/blog/2011/11/17/enabling-remote-debugging-via-private-apis-in-mobile-safari/)","html_content":"

Hiedi Utley has completely brought the awesome with a way to use desktop Safari’s WebKit inspector to debug iOS UIWebView objects:

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Wow! What a day! While researching debugging techniques for an upcoming training class I am teaching on PhoneGap, I stumbled over a couple of blogs about a private API in iOS5 that will allow you to debug your UIWebViews right inside desktop Safari using the Web Inspector!

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Enabling the trick requires part of a private API in iOS 5, so don’t ship it. It does seem to work great though, and it’s pretty simple:

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Objective-C
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {\n    // Uncomment to enable remote debugging\n    [NSClassFromString(@\"WebView\") _enableRemoteInspector];\n\n    return YES;\n}
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Then open up desktop Safari and head over to http://localhost:9999. It requires that you be running iOS 5 and running inside the iOS Simulator, but still, what a HUGE help.

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(via Mike Rundle)

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Update: Turns out Nathan de Vries did a lot of the original research and discovery on this one, here’s his original (and in-depth) write up of it: Enabling Remote Debugging via Private APIs in Mobile Safari

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