I am having problems with a web application on Chrome in Samsung Galaxy Tab A.
I want to troubleshoot them with Chrome's Developer Tools.
On tablets you do not have access to Chrome's Developer Tools, so you need to set up Remote Debugging.
The process, according to Google's official documentation, should essentially be:
1) Install the required driver on the PC so the tablet can be recognised.
2) Connect the tablet to the PC via USB cable.
2) On PC, go to Chrome > Developer Tools > Menu > More Tools > Remote devices
The tablet is not showing up as a device in developer tools in chrome on PC.
What I've Tried
I chatted to Samsung and they said to install Smart Switch PC_Setup.exe which would install driver so that Android device can be recognised.
As that didn't work I followed various post suggestions and installed:
SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.zip (15.3MB) from here
SDK Platform-Tools for Windows (7.16MB) from here
sdk-tools-windows-3859397 (132MB) from the bottom of the page here
All of these contain exe files that I don't know how to use - if I double click them they just open and close a terminal.
Desired Behavior
To have tablet show as a device in Chrome developer tools.
This was my solution to show device in Chrome Developer Tools:
1) Download SDK Platform-Tools for Windows (7.16MB) from here.
2) Extract zip file.
3) In Windows terminal run your equivalent of:
D:\Users\You\path_to_extracted_folder\adb.exe devices
At first I got:
[5203253125 - long number] unauthorised
And then I think I unplugged and replugged USB cable from tablet and there was a prompt on the tablet:
Allow USB Debugging?
The computer's RSA key fingerprint is:
blah blah etc
to which I click OK
And I can now see device in Chrome Developer Tools!