Using Weinre

Weinre (pronounced like “winery”) is a lovely tool to provide JavaScript console and DOM tree inspection for remote devices that don’t ship with a remote debugger. I’ve been using it for quite a while especially when I got issues with Android’s legacy WebView. (I say legacy, because the new WebView on Android 4.4 KitKat is now implemented with Chromium and has built-in remote debugger, but the older one doesn’t.) I’d like to discuss some things to watch out for when using Weinre as well as some tips.