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Inspect and debug UI elements of hyrid Android apps

Important: The UI Inspect for hybrid Android apps feature is currently in Beta and available for paid users only.

App Live enables you to inspect and debug UI elements of hyrid Android apps by using the UI Inspector in the Devtools section of the testing dashboard.

Supported devices and apps

Devices Devices running Android OS 6 and higher.
Apps Uploaded hybrid Android apps in the .apk format.

Apps synced with App Center.

Enable UI inspection for the app

  1. Log in to the App Live dashboard.
  2. On the Select Source panel, upload the .apk file of the hybrid Android app.
  3. After your app is uploaded, click the configuration icon next to the file name of your app. Click configuration icon
  4. Under App Configurations, enable Webview UI Inspect. Enable Webview UI Inspect
  5. Select your Android device from the device listing, to launch your test session.

Inspect app UI elements

Prerequisite
Enable UI inspection for the app.

  1. On the Devtools pane, click the INSPECT (BETA) tab.
  2. Click the Play button to initiate UI inspector.
    The UI Inspect: On button is displayed on the dashboard. Initiate UI Inspector
  3. In your app, select the UI element you want to inspect.
    The UI Inspector displays the complete XPath to the UI element you select, which you can use to debug your app.
    Click the Exit button on the dashboard to exit the UI Inspector. Debug UI elements and exit UI Inspector

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