Problem is there that inspect element option is available only in desktop and laptop. Inspect element feature can not be accessed with android but we are going to inspect element in android.
What is Inspect Element?
Inspect element is one of the developer tools which are available in web browsers such as Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and other browsers. It helps website developers to make temporary changes in website by editing website content which are HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) and JavaScript.
They make temporary changes on websites which can be reversed by reloading website again. One more feature it provides that it shows output in real time which helps programmers and coders in saving their time.
Benefits of Inspect Element
There are some benefits of Inspect Element in web browsers. Which are:
- It helps to view source code of any website via selecting any specific block.
- It helps to make temporary changes on website.
- You can change, add and remove extra CSS and JavaScript on website.
- It helps to monitor network traffic, request and response in website.
- You can enable/disable javascript, asynchronous rendering etc. for website.
Code for Inspect Element on Android
We are going to inspect element on android which seems far more impossible for others but we are going to do this happen and inspect elements in android in chrome browser.
You need to download some javascript code and make some changes on chrome which will help us to access inspect element dev-tool in android and we can inspect element in chrome on android device.
Download above code and watch above video for better explanation.
Inspect Element on Android
In order to inspect element in android as many times as we want there are certain steps which are required to be fulfilled.
1. Download JavaScript Code
First thing you need to do is to download above given javascript code and store it.
2. Copy Javascript Code
- Open downloaded file in any editor or viewer app.
- Select all javascript code and copy in your clipboard.
3. Setup in Chrome
This is the last and final step you are going to do setup that chrome in android chrome browser. This step also includes certain steps which are required for accessing inspect element in android. You can follow or copy mt steps. These are:
- Open any website you want, I am opening my website.
- Click on 3 dots and tap on star icon to bookmark this page.
- Click on 3 dots again and tap on "Bookmarks" button.
- Tap on "Mobile bookmarks".
- Search or find bookmarked website.
- Tap on 3 dots present in right side of bookmarked page and click on edit button to edit content.
- Remove present name and type the word 'inspect' in name input field and paste the copied javascript code in url input field.
- It will be saved automatically or save if needed.
This is all about how to setup javascript code in chrome browser and access inspect element in android chrome browser.
Use Inspect Element in Android
Keep in mind that you have configured javascript code in chrome browser app and now you can use inspect element in android chrome browser. Steps to use inspect element in android chrome browser are:
- Open any website where you want to access inspect element tool in chrome browser.
- Tap on search bar and type inspect. You will see a link named inspect in bookmark just click on it.
- You will see a gear icon. Tap on it
- Whoa! You are now access inspect element in android chrome browser.
Conclusion
We have seen that how can we use inspect element tool, which is a devlopers tool only available in desktop browser, we used that inspect element developers tool in android chrome browser. We have downloaded a javascript code and configured it in chrome browser to use it.