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ChromeOS Native Debug

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NOTE: Enabling native debug on ChromeOS devices causes memory issues and may lead to out of memory errors, make sure that Native debug is turned off once your debugging session is finished

To debug the ChromeOS application, it's required to connect to the device with Remote Desktop. This can be done by following these steps:

  1. Go to the Google Admin Console and login with your credentials.
  2. Select in the sidebar Devices -> Chrome -> Devices.
  3. Find your device and click on it.
  4. On the left sidebar, click on Remote Desktop.
  5. A new window will open, click on Start shared session.
  6. The device will be connected, click on the new Start shared session button that just pop up.
  7. A new tab with a remote desktop will be opened. On the right side, you can see a small arrow for opening the side panel. There, select Toggle developer tools.
  8. Now you can debug the application with Chrome DevTools.