iOS 6 debug console gone?

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Matt picture Matt · Sep 25, 2012 · Viewed 40.5k times · Source

I used to use the "Debug Console" for mobile Safari to print out console.log messages when I'm troubleshooting. With iOS 6, in Safari's advanced settings, the "Web Inspector" replaced the "Debug Console." Unfortunately, my company doesn't allow me to plug the phones we're testing with into the computers we're developing on.

Does anyone know how to enable messages printed by using console.log() to be show on iPhones with iOS 6?

Answer

rgdigiLDN picture rgdigiLDN · Mar 22, 2013

I have found it helpful to output any JS errors with an alert on window.onerror ->

window.onerror = function(error) {
    alert(error);
};

I paste that into the top of scripts so that any runtime errors will be output in a native alert. Works on desktop too.

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