Nw.js: showDevTools for background page

[offshore]

Is it possible to open development tools for background page (application has no windows)?
I thought it might be something like

// in bg context
nw.Window.get().showDevTools();

But it crashes (#4368), however @rogerwang mentioned that although background page has no corresponding window, call to nw.Window.get() inside it's context should not crash.
Am I missing something?

[rogerwang]

It should be possible. For now you can do that with "inspect background page" in the context menu of SDK build.

[offshore]

But mister, I dont have a UI on which I can invoke context menu!..

[thib3113]

var gui = require('nw.gui'); var win = gui.Window.get(); win.showDevTools();
Work for background app on my side

[offshore]

@thib3113 this is the same as nw.Window.get().showDevTools() (crashes nw).
Again, my app is headless: main field in package.json points to .js file.

[thib3113]

@offshore I don't know what was in your "nw" var ... I use à main html just for include the js on my side, so, its different.

[skerit]

Calling Window.get() will now throw an error, as seen in the commit of this fixed ticket: #4368

So I guess the only way to get the BG dev tools is by using the context menu on the main page :/

[frankhale]

This isn't really an answer to this issue but maybe some people aren't aware of it. You can debug the background page in devtools by using remote debugging in Chrome.

[applebya]

@offshore I found an interim solution here: https://github.com/nwjs/nw.js/issues/4881 . Works for me :)

chrome.developerPrivate.openDevTools({
    renderViewId: -1,
    renderProcessId: -1,
    extensionId: chrome.runtime.id
})

[offshore]

@applebya, excellent, thank you!

[quantumproducer]

Is there a solution to this? I still have this issue of unable to see the inspect background option

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46142812/unable-to-inspect-background-page-with-nw-js-debugger-shows-empty-screen

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