How can I perform an inspect element in Chrome on my Galaxy S3 Android device?

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James Anderson picture James Anderson · Feb 6, 2013 · Viewed 172.5k times · Source

How can I perform an inspect element in Chrome on my Galaxy S3 Android device?

I've tried a couple of guides online, one saying to use this android SDK thing to run adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:chrome_devtools_remote, but all that says is "error:device not found".

Anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

Answer

stinkycheeseman picture stinkycheeseman · Apr 14, 2014

You can now do this without the use of Android SDK.

In the latest version of chrome (I am working on 34.0.x):

  • Navigate to chrome://inspect/
  • Check Discover USB Devices
  • Plug in your phone via USB. A popup should spawn asking for permission to connect to your computer. Accept it.

There will now be an item on the chrome://inspect/ pages for your phone, and you can click inspect. Dev tools will spawn and voila!

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