Safari web inspector is only showing Sources, Console and Audit

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starmoon picture starmoon · Apr 1, 2020 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

After upgrading to Xcode 11.3.1, I am having problems using Safari web inspector with the iOS 12.1 simulator. Every time that I run an app inside of an iOS 12.1 simulator device, it will show up in the Safari debug menu and allow me to connect to it, but the only tabs I will see are Sources, Console and Audit.

Here is a screenshot of the inspector attached to an instance of the Safari browser inside of the simulator.

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Is there any way to resolve this?

Environment:

  • MacOS 10.14.6 (18G95)
  • Xcode 11.3.1
  • Safari 13.1 (14609.1.20.111.8)
  • Simulator Version 11.3.1 (SimulatorApp-912.5.1 SimulatorKit-570.3 CoreSimulator-681.17.2)

Answer

Brian Burg picture Brian Burg · Apr 30, 2020

Web Inspector engineer here...

This appears to be a bug in Web Inspector, and we are investigating the issue. Does it happen if you use a recent Safari Technology Preview to inspect your older iOS devices?

In addition to asking on SO.. it is strongly recommended to report bugs pertaining to developer tools at https://feedbackassistant.apple.com/ so that you get notifications about followup questions and when a fix has been shipped.

EDIT(May 14): The issue is fixed in our tree and the fix should be included in Safari Technology Preview 107 and the next major Safari release. Stay tuned for release notes.

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