Testing iPhone app wihout iphone (or simulator): Chrome user agent spoofing?

[charris]

Hi everyone,

I have an app that makes frequent use of Ext.platform.isIPhoneOS to build an iPhone-specific UI. I see that this boils down to Ext.userAgent (which, I think, uses navigator.userAgent).

I can't get Chrome to "spoof" an iPhone user-agent at the javascript level (i.e., navigator.userAgent); there is a --user-agent flag you can pass to chrome.exe, but it seems to only affect the HTTP headers.

Does anyone have a clever way of doing iPhone testing via Chrome? I realize that ultimately it should be tested on an actual Apple device, but my employer hasn't provided any yet.

Thanks!

[jay@moduscreate.com]

chrome doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that mobile webkit for the iphone does.

Are you using windows? If you're on a mac, you can use safari 5.x.

[charris]

Thanks Jay. Due to environment restrictions, I only have access to Windows for the time being. Would you recommend Safari for Windows over Chrome?

[jay@moduscreate.com]

Good lord, no. heh. Apple products on windows are worse than microsoft products on the mac.

Simply set it to true in your code for the time being.


Ext.platform.isIPhoneOS = true;


Just don't expect SenchaTouch be 100% accurate. :-\ There are things that mobilewebkit offer that chrome does not.

[charris]

Ext.platform.isIPhoneOS = true;

And suddenly I feel really stupid... *face in palm*

And since I've already embarrassed myself: mobilewebkit is just a webkit port that really only exists inside Mobile Safari (and maybe in Android), correct (hence the need for real testing in the iPhone Simulator or via an actual device)?

Thanks

[jay@moduscreate.com]

From my understanding its that + native touch event implementation (iOS -> webkit) and custom CSS3 transitions.

[bclinton]

I've just started with Sencha Touch and after a lot of downloads and trial/error I've been using Chrome for development and testing too. I was hoping I might find a better suggestion or some alternatives in this thread, but maybe there aren't any better methods. Has anyone tried Android OS in a VM?

[paddy2k]

From the kitchen sink example, Google Chrome (Ubuntu) seems to do the trick, however it's more of a iPad simulator than an iPhone one.

[mnjacobs]

I am just getting started with Sencha Touch. I would like to learn more about the suggested solution, but I am unable to find this in the Touch or the Ext API documentation.

Should I be looking elsewhere?

Thanks,
Mike

[elishnevsky]

I am just getting started with Sencha Touch. I would like to learn more about the suggested solution, but I am unable to find this in the Touch or the Ext API documentation.

Should I be looking elsewhere?

Thanks,
Mike

The API has changed in version 0.94. All the supporting properties were moved to Ext.is namespace. Look here: http://dev.sencha.com/deploy/touch/docs/?class=Ext.is