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Chrome://inspect displaying device though not displaying any opened tabs

I am trying to utilize chrome for remote debugging of an android web application. I am unable to get any open tabs from the device to show under chrome://inspect list for remote debugging.

I have done the following:

  1. Made sure my device driver is installed appropriately.
  2. Turned on developer mode and usb debugging on my device via the developer menu.
  3. Checked and made sure that my device is listed in adb list via issuing "adb devices" from the command line.

My device is displayed under the device list via (chrome://inspect) just cant seem to get any open tabs listed any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Device: Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1 Android 4.2.2

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Solution

  • Ok you must use chrome mobile in order to debug any webviews or browser tabs. No other browser works. I was unaware of this.

    //Edit

    As of Android version 4.4 or later this is no longer the case. Android 4.4 has support for debugging internal Webviews. Please see https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging#debugging-webviews