[CB-6991] Weinre fails to load in browsers without a built-in development console

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: cordova-weinre (DEPRECATED)
• Labels: easyfix javascript

Environment

Windows Phone 8.0, iOS, Android

• Assignee: Patrick Mueller
• Reporter: Joshua Walsh
• Created: 20/Jun/14 06:37
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 07:16
• Resolved: 04/Aug/14 17:41

Description

I couldn't work out where to submit a pull request, so I'm doing an issue report instead. Additionally, this issue applies to version 2.0.0-pre-HH0SN197 of Weinre, but I don't know which version of Cordova that maps to.

This issue has been a massive pain to debug, as the issue is not present on desktop computers and there are no debugging tools on mobile devices, hence why I need Weinre in the first place! In fact, the issue is even more specific than that: The issue affects all browsers WITHOUT debugging tools.

The error is: "Unable to set property __original of undefined or null reference." The issue occurs on line 172 of Console.amd.js. In order to fix it, I added the following lines of code above line 168:

if(!window.console)
{
window.console = {};
}

I'm sure there's a more elegant way of solving this, but it does the trick.

Good luck!