Mobile browser simulator

The mobile browser simulator is a web application that helps you test mobile web applications without having to install device vendor native SDK.

Important: The Mobile Browser Simulator supports the following web browsers:
  • Firefox version 3.6 and later.
  • Chrome 17 and later.
  • Safari 5 and later

[8.5.5.5 or later]You can use the mobile browser simulator to preview applications on Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry 6 and 7, BlackBerry 10, Windows Phone 8, and mobile web application environments.

[8.5.5.6 or later]BlackBerry 6 and BlackBerry 7 environments are deprecated.

[8.5.5.5 or later]Tip: When you preview an application on an Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry 6 and 7, BlackBerry 10, or Windows Phone 8 environment, only the devices for the created environments are available. For example, if you preview a MobileFirst application on an Android environment, you can select from the list of available Android devices and also the device lists from any other environments added to your application.

You can also use the Ripple emulator to simulate the WebWorks API in your BlackBerry application. Using Chrome as your web browser, click Open Simple Preview in the simulator. A new tab opens in Chrome with your application loaded; you can open the Ripple emulator from this tab.

All environments can be previewed from the application folder. Each environment-specific preview allows for the addition of devices from available environments.

Skins can be tested per device in the mobile browser simulator. Only skins available for that platform is shown. A file can be saved in Worklight® Rich Page Editor and then instantly previewed by clicking Go/Refresh.

The link icon on the device toolbar can be selected to debug an application in a separate, simple preview.

Whenever a new environment or skin is added to an application, the mobile browser simulator must be restarted from Eclipse, Run As > Run on Mobile Browser Simulator.

The Quick Response (QR) code icon on the device toolbar can be selected to show a QR code specific to the environment's URL. This QR code generator therefore allows for quick testing on a physical device.

[8.5.5.5 or later]The mobile browser simulator contains a frame that emulates a target device. It shows you what your page looks like inside the mobile device browser. You can switch the frame to emulate different screen resolutions and form factors, including BlackBerry 6 and 7, BlackBerry 10, Android, iPad, iPhone, and Windows Phone 8 mobile devices. You can also rotate the frame to mimic orientation change (portrait or landscape). You can add multiple devices to the frame to view the various displays simultaneously. If a device detection servlet is configured for your web project, the simulator emulates requests from different device-specific agents.

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