# More actions: pause, focus, reload, or close a tabīelow the URL you can find a menu to pause, focus, reload or close a tab.įigure 5.
So, if your Android device is running a very old version of Chrome, the DevTools instance may look very different than what you're used to. The version of Chrome running on your Android device determines the version of DevTools that opens on your development machine. The page opens in a new tab on your Android device.Ĭlick Inspect next to the URL that you just opened. In the Open tab with url text box, enter a URL and then click Open. In Figure 5 there are no tabs or WebViews open. If there are any apps using WebView, you see a section for each of those apps, too. You can interact with that tab from this section.
Each open Chrome tab gets its own section. Below that, you can see the version of Chrome that's running on the device, with the version number in parentheses.
In the chrome://inspect/#devices, you see your Android device's model name, followed by its serial number.
If you find a solution that is not mentioned in this section or in Chrome DevTools Devices does not detect device when plugged in, please add an answer to that Stack Overflow question, or open an issue in the webfundamentals repository! # Step 2: Debug content on your Android device from your development machine
Make sure that your software is set up correctly: You should be able to inspect files on your Android device from your development machine. Do it while your Android and development machine screens are unlocked.