Monaca Debugger for iOS
Monaca Debugger for iOS
| Monaca Debugger (Store Version) | Custom Monaca Debugger |
Description | Monaca Debugger available in the App Store | Monaca Debugger built in the Monaca Cloud IDE |
Installation | ||
Core and some third-party Cordova plugins are automatically included. | In addition to the core and third-party Cordova plugins, user submitted plugins (of the current project) are included. | |
App ID (iOS: CFBundleIdentifier) | mobi.monaca.debugger | |
Version Name (iOS: CFBundleShortVersionString) | Fixed (currently 6.0.0) | Display the version name set by the user |
App Version (iOS: CFBundleVersion) | Fixed (currently 6.0.0) | The version set by the user |
Not Available | Available (Safari’s Web Inspector) | |
Not Available | Available |
The following Cordova plugins for push notifications can not be used in the store version and the custom build debugger. You can use these plugins in a debug build or a release build.
- Monaca Backend plugin
- NIFCloudMB plugin
- Other Cordova plugins for push notifications:
- phonegap-plugin-push
- onesignal-cordova-plugin
- cordova-plugin-firebase
If the Cordova version of your project is lower than 5.2, it might not work properly with the Monaca Debugger 5.X.X. There are two ways to fix this issue:
- use a custom Monaca Debugger
In the Monaca Debugger, core and third-party Cordova plugins are automatically included.
Monaca includes the core cordova plugins such as battery status, camera, contacts and device. For a complete list of the core Cordova plugins, please refer to Core Cordova Plugins.
Monaca also includes some third-party Cordova plugins such as statusbar, date picker and barcode scanner. For a complete list of currently included third-party Cordova plugins, please refer to Third-party Cordova Plugins.
While developing your project, you may need to add other third-party or custom Cordova plugins to your project. The standard Monaca Debugger (Store Version) doesn't have these newly added plugins. For this reason, your project might not run properly in the debugger. Therefore, you need to use a custom Monaca Debugger. Custom Monaca Debugger is a debugger that is built from a Monaca project in the Monaca Cloud IDE.
Monaca Debugger for iOS supports USB debugging functions with Safari browser:
- console debugging: using a console to diplay message
- DOM inspection: viewing and modifying the DOM structure with liveupdates
- JavaScript debugging: profiling JavaScript performance, settingbreakpoints and execution control
This feature is not available on Windows.
Network Install is a feature provided by a custom Monaca Debugger allowing you to install the built app (debug build only) using the debugger. For more information, please refer to how to use Network Install feature.
This feature is not available for the Monaca Debugger for iOS available in the App Store.
You are required to have:
- a valid private key
- a developer certificate
- a development provisioning profile
Please refer to Building an iOS App (Step 1 and Step 2) on how to get the above items and make necessary configurations before start building the custom debugger. After obtaining the above necessary files, start building with the following instructions:
- 1.From the Monaca Cloud IDE menu, go to Build → Build App for iOS .
- 2.Select
Custom Debugger Buildand chooseDevelopment provisioning profile. Then, click Start Build.
3. It may take some time until the build is completed. The following screen will open after the build is successfully completed. Then, you can use the QR code to install the debugger on your device or download the built file to your PC.
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