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Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by duiker101 »

fidotron wrote: post #27
duiker101 wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Internet" is not that good, and if by no one you mean only 100,000,000 - 500,000,000[1] people this really doesn't solve much. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.ch...

Right, but it's not uninstallable on many newer devices which also have the proper Android browser too, so these figures will be way off.

I suppose you are referring to devices like the new Nexus 7 that come with Chrome pre-installed. It doesn't have android's native browser and as far as I know it's the only device that ships with Chrome.

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by mikeevans »

tieTYT wrote: post #22

Devil's Advocate (from an uninformed newbie): What's the benefit of this when no one uses chrome for mobile? All android devices come with "Internet" and all iOS devices come with Mobile Safari. This doesn't help me resolve issues on the browsers that people actually use on mobile devices.

Android has shipped Chrome as the default browser since Android 4.1, which makes up more than 50% of Android devices.

http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by angryasian »

tieTYT wrote: post #22

Devil's Advocate (from an uninformed newbie): What's the benefit of this when no one uses chrome for mobile? All android devices come with "Internet" and all iOS devices come with Mobile Safari. This doesn't help me resolve issues on the browsers that people actually use on mobile devices.

also with 4.4 they sort of broke/fixed the aosp browser, so things like text wrap is gone and zoom behavior acts similar to chrome.. almost forcing people to use chrome

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by robertha »

mladenkovacevic wrote: post #19
cleverjake wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

check out browserstack.com

This seems like the holy grail and I will definitely do the free trial to test it out but at this point I am not getting paid for my website development efforts so I'm not ready yet to pay a monthly fee for this (just hacking on something for myself).

It's a great product, unfortunately (for us) the price has been steadily rising. When I first signed up it was $20/month for everything now I think it's $40/month.

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by tieTYT »

mikeevans wrote: post #32
tieTYT wrote: post #22

Devil's Advocate (from an uninformed newbie): What's the benefit of this when no one uses chrome for mobile? All android devices come with "Internet" and all iOS devices come with Mobile Safari. This doesn't help me resolve issues on the browsers that people actually use on mobile devices.

Android has shipped Chrome as the default browser since Android 4.1, which makes up more than 50% of Android devices. http://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/index.html

Ah, good to know. Thanks

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by paulirish »

hexis wrote: post #37

Anybody know if screencasting works with a Galaxy Nexus? I am not seeing the icon in Dev Tools and I can't find a list of supported devices.

Yup, it works on anything that Chrome's on. Though: make sure you're on the Chrome Beta ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.bet... ) on your phone. I recommend Canary or Dev Channel for your desktop.

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by paulirish »

wiredfool wrote: post #30

I'm not seeing the screencast icon. (chrome 32/ubuntu desktop, chrome 31/android 4.1)

Chrome 32 Beta on android (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.bet...) is necessary. I'll update the post to make that clear. Thanks.

Re: Chrome DevTools for Mobile: Screencast and Emulation

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Post by hexis »

paulirish wrote: post #38
hexis wrote: post #37

Anybody know if screencasting works with a Galaxy Nexus? I am not seeing the icon in Dev Tools and I can't find a list of supported devices.

Yup, it works on anything that Chrome's on. Though: make sure you're on the Chrome Beta ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chrome.bet... ) on your phone. I recommend Canary or Dev Channel for your desktop.

Getting Chrome Beta for Android did the trick. Thank you for the fantastic tools you Chrome folks are building.
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