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what actually is behind the device simulator, is it just a pretty screen round a normal browser window (I suspect) or actually some kind of VM?
Just wondering how useful it actually is in debugging more complex real world issues that are specific to the platform, for example we recently had to debug an android 4.0 issue where local urls are ignored if they contain a ?.
Just wondering how useful it actually is in debugging more complex real world issues that are specific to the platform, for example we recently had to debug an android 4.0 issue where local urls are ignored if they contain a ?.
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answered on 09 Jun 2012, 12:45 PM
Hi Brian,
The simulator is powered by Chromium Embedded and a Cordova shim. We host a WebKit instance in order to replicate the rendering behavior of the various devices as closely as possible. That said, it's beyond our scope to emulate the whole OS behavior for either iOS or Android.
The simulator is powered by Chromium Embedded and a Cordova shim. We host a WebKit instance in order to replicate the rendering behavior of the various devices as closely as possible. That said, it's beyond our scope to emulate the whole OS behavior for either iOS or Android.