518262 - Implement remote debugger for Fennec

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 739966

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

Description

[Brad Lassey [:blassey] (use needinfo?)]

having firebug or venkman-like debugging capabilities for an instance of fennec (or any other xul app) running on a device from a remote host would be very useful.

Comment 1

[Ben Combee (:bcombee)]

Didn't mfinkle start this?  That may have just been a remote JS console, but it could be the start of a debugger.

Comment 2

[Shriram (irc: Mavericks)]

(In reply to Ben Combee (:bcombee) from comment #1)
> Didn't mfinkle start this?  That may have just been a remote JS console, but
> it could be the start of a debugger.

After the remote JS console, would firebug or venkman be the ideal next step unless there are other features that need to be the focus prior to that?

Comment 3

[Josh Matthews [:jdm]]

This exists now, doesn't it?

Comment 4

[Panos Astithas (he/him) [:past] (please ni?)]

(In reply to Josh Matthews [:jdm] from comment #3)
> This exists now, doesn't it?

Yes, although not enabled by default, yet (you need to flip devtools.debugger.remote-enabled). I suppose this bug could be marked as a dupe of bug 676586, for lack of a better one.