Enabling developer console for Edge on iPad (iOS 13)

[kmathewmk]

I am using Edge on an iPad 6th gen (iOS 13). Could you please document how Developer console can be enabled in this context?

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• ID: 462f093f-9486-8086-da81-c689b7ef7d9e
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• Content: DevTools - Console - Microsoft Edge Development
• Content Source: microsoft-edge/devtools-guide/console.md
• Product: microsoft-edge
• Technology: devtools
• GitHub Login: @MSEdgeTeam
• Microsoft Alias: msedgedevrel

[ststimac]

We don't have a way to do this currently but there are a few workarounds that I'm looking into sharing.

[ststimac]

Hi @kmathewmk!

Currently, we do not support iOS remote debugging. This is ultimately due to some nuances with how our Microsoft Edge mobile apps are built. On iOS, as I understand it, the Microsoft Edge app uses WKWebView which basically means that the underlying web platform that is rendering HTML/CSS/JavaScript is WebKit.

I have a couple next steps that could help:

• If the issue reproduces on Safari, which is also using WebKit as the underlying web platform, you should be able to follow the instructions here: https://support.brightcove.com/debugging-mobile-devices to remotely debug Safari/Microsoft Edge on iOS with Safari’s Web Inspector tools on macOS.
• If the issue is specific to Edge on iOS, another option is to ask the MMX team that builds that app to produce a version which enables debugging WKWebView.
• Finally, this hasn’t been verified/tested recently and I wouldn’t be surprised if it doesn’t work but this GitHub repo: https://github.com/RemoteDebug/remotedebug-ios-webkit-adapter is supposed to provide an adapter between things like the Edge DevTools, VS Code, etc. and WebKit on iOS. If you do use this, please let me know how that goes for you.

[kmathewmk]

Thanks a lot for your detailed response.

remotely debug Safari/Microsoft Edge on iOS with Safari’s Web Inspector tools on macOS.

I am aware of this option but it requires a macOS device

another option is to ask the MMX team that builds that app to produce a
version which enables debugging WKWebView

Would https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-edge-insider/ct-p/MicrosoftEdgeInsider be a good way to reach the team?

[ststimac]

@kmathewmk yes that would be the best place to start a conversation for this.

[zoherghadyali]

We've also updated the documentation here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/devtools-guide-chromium/remote-debugging/ with PR #745 so I'm closing this issue. Thank you for using Microsoft Edge and sharing your feedback with us!