[jboss-user] [JBoss Tools] - BrowserSim FAQ

Yahor Radtsevich [https://community.jboss.org/people/yradtsevich] modified the document: "BrowserSim FAQ" To view the document, visit: https://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-18100 -------------------------------------------------------------- *Q: What is BrowserSim ?* *A:* BrowserSim is a Browser Simulator which primarily is intended for having a quick, easy and multi-platform way of testing if your webapp will render and behave correctly on a mobile device. *Q: How does BrowserSim works ?* *A:* It wraps a webkit browser and makes it respond and send work like a mobile browser by spoofing content and media request headers. * Q: What do I need to run BrowserSim?* *A:* The requirements for different platforms are as listed below: * Windows:* Only 32-bit Eclipse/JBDS is supported; * Apple http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ QuickTime or http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ iTunes must be installed (they contain Apple Application Support which provides WebKit engine for BrowserSim). * Linux:* WebKitGTK 1.2.0 or newer must be installed and available in the library load path. * This should be available on RHEL and Ubuntu by default, if not use your package manager to install libwebkitgtk * Mac OS X* It just works. *Q: How to add BrowserSim to the toolbar?* *A:* Go to Window → Customize Perspective and select "BrowserSim" under "Command Groups Availability". Then it becomes available in the global toolbar via the "phone" icon: https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/102-18100-10-18... https://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/102-18100-1... *Q: Can I use the browser as a replacement for testing on a real phone or emulator?* *A:* Browsersim make it easy to test basic layout questions/issues on any platform without having to install a platform specifc emulator or manually try use a phone. That said it is not 100% reliable since there are so many different brands/versions of phones there will be differences in behavior, thus no, BrowserSim does not replace real or emulated phone testing. For full verfication/testing you should test on a real phone. *Q: BrowserSim shows an error message saying that JRE 7 is not supported on Windows and does not run (with JBoss Tools 3.4.0.Alpha1 and above).* *A:* There is an incompatibility between some versions of JRE 7 and BrowserSim on Windows. To workaround this, please do the following: 1. Install JRE/JDK 6 or JDK 7 (but not JRE 7). 2. Add the next lines at the beginning of your eclipse.ini or jbdevstudio.ini: -vm PATH_TO_JAVA_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY\bin\javaw.exe *Q: BrowserSim shows the *"No more handles [Failed to load the swt-webkit library]"* error message and does not run (with JBoss Tools 3.3.0.GA and below).* *A:* There is an incompatibility between some versions of JRE/JDK 7 and BrowserSim on Windows. To workaround this, please do the following: 1. Install JRE/JDK 6 (but not JRE/JDK 7). 2. Add the next lines at the beginning of your eclipse.ini or jbdevstudio.ini: -vm PATH_TO_JAVA_INSTALLATION_DIRECTORY\bin\javaw.exe -------------------------------------------------------------- Comment by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/docs/DOC-18100] Create a new document in JBoss Tools at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=102&a...]