How to debug PS4 internet browser

Question

We noticed our site is not rendered as expected on PS4 browser, is there a way to debug it or get a console?

I know that the PS4 browser is WebKit based so I wonder is there similar debug tools like chrome or safari have?

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 10 '18 at 12:35

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So, I suggest you use a remote console for debugging:

https://jsconsole.com/# - this is a solution for browsers that do not have a debug panel. It can display console.log() and JS errors.

edited Oct 10 '18 at 12:35

Script47

answered Jul 13 '16 at 08:46

Lakremon

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It looks like [JSConsole remote debugging has been deprecated and is no longer supported.](https://github.com/remy/jsconsole/issues/103), and this answer may no no longer be viable. – Dec 19 '18 at 17:14

score -3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 12 '16 at 18:38

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Sounds tricky but how about using a PS4 UserAgent in Chrome/Firefox?

answered Jul 12 '16 at 18:38

TheRealCheesus

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what do you mean? how do I do it? – Guy Korland Jul 12 '16 at 19:40
A useragent will tell the browser how to emulate a different version, a different browser, screen size, etc., For example, I've used it to emulate Mobile Safari on Chrome. I found these two: Mozilla/5.0 (PlayStation 4 1.000) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mozilla/5.0 (PlayStation 4 1.52) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Now just add them in your browser of choice's dev tools and it should give you something like what you need. – TheRealCheesus Jul 12 '16 at 19:54
hm... the user agent strings are simply headers that signal to the browser which platform you're using. they don't force your browser to behave a certain way. like, by emulating a PS4 user agent string, your browser won't suddenly impose all of the same limited and restrictive capabilities of the PS4 browser – oldboy Aug 08 '17 at 20:24
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This does not work. Your only changing the useragent value. The browser is still Chrome at the end of the day and will now show the issues of a PS4 browser – rottitime Jan 18 '18 at 10:18
Changing the user agent doesn't affect the browser's JavaScript engine. It won't magically start using the same engine as the PS4. – Dec 19 '18 at 17:00

score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 13 '16 at 13:14

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Have You tried Ripple Emulator ?

Ripple is a multi-platform mobile environment emulator that is custom-tailored to mobile HTML5 application development and testing.

answered Jul 13 '16 at 13:14

Abdul Wahab

This won't work. You need a emulator that what the actual ps4 browser would render – rottitime Jan 18 '18 at 10:19

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