Add Chrome direct debug support (without requiring to install ADB) about stf HOT 4 OPEN

Pitching in here: I've written a little node module that findes devtools targets on a given device via ADB, and setups for the port forwarding, and lists the available remote debuggable tabs. It's early days, but you can see the flow here https://github.com/auchenberg/adb-devtools-devices

It's basically what chrome://inspectdoes for Android devices.

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Not sure if this is related yet.... (and will fork to separate issue if neccessary).

I'd love to see a better integration with Remote Debugging.

The ideal might be something like this:

• For the attached device, you have a listing of the open tabs under the input field to launch a new one.
• You have an inspect button for them, clicking them opens devtools, probably embedded into STF instead of a separate window. So I still get the minicap + interaction of stf but with the full devtools over debugger protocol

about:inspect isn't very hackable however @auchenberg knows of some work that can access the same data.
(edit: ah he's using adbkit in adb-devtools-devices :)

And I think it may be possible to them do a iframe pointing to chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/inspector.html?ws=localhost:2015

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@paulirish
That sounds good.

For the attached device, you have a listing of the open tabs under the input field to launch a new one.

I'm a bit unsure about this one, listing all the tabs open in a device might make it browser-dependent (unless we can make tab listing work even on default browsers).

You have an inspect button for them, clicking them opens devtools, probably embedded into STF instead of a separate window. So I still get the minicap + interaction of stf but with the full devtools over debugger protocol

Does this kind of interaction would be possible without requiring the security permissions of a Chrome extension?

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might make it browser-dependent

Aye, I think it'd work where there's support. I'm not totally clear on the remote debugging story for Chromium forks, but one would imagine it'd be similar. :)

Does this kind of interaction would be possible without requiring the security permissions of a Chrome extension?

It doesn't sound impossible to me yet, but let me confirm these ideas with some engineers on my team first. :) We'll find out how far my ideal is from reality.

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