ionic2 Setup and Debugging Ionic 2 in Visual Studio Code Run and Debug your Ionic Project
Example
> Run and Debug in Chrome
To run the ionic project use below command in terminal or cmd or CLI
$ ionic serve
For debugging the ionic project ,Firstly you should add extension (Debugger for chrome) and then configure launch.json file like this.
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Launch in Chrome",
"type": "chrome",
"request": "launch",
"url": "http://localhost:8100",
"sourceMaps": true,
"webRoot": "${workspaceRoot}/src"
}
]
}
>Run and Debug in Android
For Run ionic project in Android you should add android platform by below command in terminal or cmd or CLI:
$ ionic cordova platform add android
Build Android by this command
$ ionic cordova build android
Run command for android platform
$ ionic cordova run android
Now, Your application run on real Android device.
For debug into Android device you need to add Cordova or Android Extension in VSCode. and configure launch.json file like this.
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Run Android on device",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "android",
"target": "device",
"port": 9222,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"ionicLiveReload": false
},
{
"name": "Run iOS on device",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "ios",
"target": "device",
"port": 9220,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"ionicLiveReload": false
},
{
"name": "Attach to running android on device",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "attach",
"platform": "android",
"target": "device",
"port": 9222,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"name": "Attach to running iOS on device",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "attach",
"platform": "ios",
"target": "device",
"port": 9220,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"name": "Run Android on emulator",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "android",
"target": "emulator",
"port": 9222,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"ionicLiveReload": false
},
{
"name": "Run iOS on simulator",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "ios",
"target": "emulator",
"port": 9220,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"ionicLiveReload": false
},
{
"name": "Attach to running android on emulator",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "attach",
"platform": "android",
"target": "emulator",
"port": 9222,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"name": "Attach to running iOS on simulator",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "attach",
"platform": "ios",
"target": "emulator",
"port": 9220,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"name": "Serve to the browser (ionic serve)",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "serve",
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
"devServerAddress": "localhost",
"sourceMaps": true,
"ionicLiveReload": true
},
{
"name": "Simulate Android in browser",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "android",
"target": "chrome",
"simulatePort": 8000,
"livereload": true,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
},
{
"name": "Simulate iOS in browser",
"type": "cordova",
"request": "launch",
"platform": "ios",
"target": "chrome",
"simulatePort": 8000,
"livereload": true,
"sourceMaps": true,
"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}"
}
]
}
After configuration you follow the following steps or short keys for debugging:
-
Go to debug menu.
-
Click start debugging.
or
Short keys
-
Debugging - F5
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StepOver - F10
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Step Into and Step Out - F11
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Stop Debugging - Shift+F5
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Restart Debugging -ctrl+shift_F5
