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I'm on Linux and installing a virtual box with a Safari browser just for that seems like too much trouble. I have access to my brother's iPhone but it's annoyin

I'm on Linux and installing a virtual box with a Safari browser just for that seems like too much trouble. I have access to my brother's iPhone but it's annoying for me and for him to have to push my changes to a staging site then go "hey can I use your iPhone for a second" every 5 minutes.

untog 13y ago
Honestly, you're never going to be able to replicate the iPhone without using the browser engine it uses. These Chrome Dev Tools will have nothing to do with iPhone Safari.
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  Yeah it seems like I'm better off just getting a used 4S.
  - micampe 13y ago
    an iPod touch may be even cheaper.
  - troels 13y ago
    Or get a cheap mac (mac mini, for example). Then you can run the iPhone emulator and use Safari to debug. Works really well. Edit: Oh, you mean you tried this, but it works differently? Or are you using some linux-based dev tools?
    - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
      No I've just been using the iPhone user agent "simulation" in Chrome's dev tools. All this does I think it set a reasonably correct resolution and scaling factor, but all the other rendering specifics get overlooked.
      - troels 13y ago
        OK. The iPhone simulator that comes with Xcode is really close to the real thing. You need a mac for it though.
abjourn 13y ago
I have had success debugging iOS Safari layout issues with https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy. It claims to support Linux, but I have only used it on a Mac. Could be worth a shot.
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  This seems pretty cool (actually very similar to at least the port-forwarding part of OP's article - except for iOS), but I imagine on Linux you'd still need a device. On a Mac you could just use the Xcode's iOS simulator.
MaxGabriel 13y ago
You don't need to push your changes to a staging server. Just have your computer and iPhone on the same wifi network. Then direct the iPhone's browser to your computer's IP address:port e.g. 192.168:56:65:4000
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  Ah yes of course that makes sense. Can you tell I'm a total newb :) Thanks.

untog 13y ago

Honestly, you're never going to be able to replicate the iPhone without using the browser engine it uses. These Chrome Dev Tools will have nothing to do with iPhone Safari.

mladenkovacevic 13y ago
Yeah it seems like I'm better off just getting a used 4S.
- micampe 13y ago
  an iPod touch may be even cheaper.
- troels 13y ago
  Or get a cheap mac (mac mini, for example). Then you can run the iPhone emulator and use Safari to debug. Works really well. Edit: Oh, you mean you tried this, but it works differently? Or are you using some linux-based dev tools?
  - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
    No I've just been using the iPhone user agent "simulation" in Chrome's dev tools. All this does I think it set a reasonably correct resolution and scaling factor, but all the other rendering specifics get overlooked.
    - troels 13y ago
      OK. The iPhone simulator that comes with Xcode is really close to the real thing. You need a mac for it though.

abjourn 13y ago

I have had success debugging iOS Safari layout issues with https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy. It claims to support Linux, but I have only used it on a Mac. Could be worth a shot.

mladenkovacevic 13y ago
This seems pretty cool (actually very similar to at least the port-forwarding part of OP's article - except for iOS), but I imagine on Linux you'd still need a device. On a Mac you could just use the Xcode's iOS simulator.

MaxGabriel 13y ago

You don't need to push your changes to a staging server. Just have your computer and iPhone on the same wifi network. Then direct the iPhone's browser to your computer's IP address:port e.g. 192.168:56:65:4000

mladenkovacevic 13y ago
Ah yes of course that makes sense. Can you tell I'm a total newb :) Thanks.