Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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A step-by-step guide on setting up an emulator in Android Studio to debug websites in Chrome for Android using Chrome DevTools in your desktop browser.

There are some differences between Chrome Desktop and Chrome Android which make using an emulator a necessity if you want to be certain that your web apps work as expected cross-platform.

🔗 Resources
Android Studio: developer.android.com/studio
Inspect Devices URL: chrome://inspect/#devices
Can I Use Compare Browsers: caniuse.com/?compare=chrome+102,and\_chr+102&compareCats=all
Web Share API Demo: mdn.github.io/dom-examples/web-share

📖 Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:28 Comparing differences between Chrome Desktop and Chrome on Android
01:30 Installing Android Studio
02:22 Create a virtual emulator device
03:42 Connect Chrome in the emulator to Chrome DevTools on desktop
05:08 Web Share API example
06:04 Conclusion

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