Anyone familiar with how to add a Galaxy S5 & S6 running Android Lollipop (5.x) to Chrome Web Device List; from what I know JSon is involved but I'm not familar with JSon, I hope I can get some help ?
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
I'd read https://github.com/lgarron/chrome-devices-in-new-tab as there is source and how you need to sign in on Chrome on each device to be added to that list.
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
You need to sign in with Chrome using the Device; I don't have access to the Device ?
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
That's a stumper. I see no document telling us what to manually add here. Even if we did add it, the content we see in that tab won't update because the device is not signed in. I'm intrigued. Why do this if it won't send us the usual data as we see in the link I gave?
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
Why do this if it won't send us the usual data as we see in the link I gave?
I don't understand your question, is it a general question or directed towards me ?
Maybe there is someone here who could connect to Chrome using the device which would maybe, create a Json file that one or I could use ?
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@Siberian, yes that was directed at you. Even if you added the device there would be nothing from the device in the screens I see here. It's not as if you will see the tabs and actions on the device by adding this to your Chrome.
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
It sounds as if you're saying; if I add the two devices it wouldn't emulate the Galaxy S5 & S6 ?
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@Siberian. I added that first link in my first reply so I would know if we were on the same page. The Chrome Devices list is not about emulation in that link but about syncing.
Now that you wrote emulation, well that's a horse of a different color. I'm guessing you are looking at the Emulation tab and the devices there now.
Will Samsung's own simulator do here? http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/support/ds/smartsimulator/#product
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
The Chrome Devices list, does emulate, as is works with Chrome Dev Tools. Samsungs own simulator doesn't allow me to select html elements; why I was hoping I could add those two Samsung devices to Chrome Dev list.
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
Did try that "Responsive Web Design Tester" which has presets for that S6? Maybe it on the sly install those models for you.
Finally, did you get to the samsung developer's site and ask for this there?
Siberian 13 Junior Poster
The Samsung developer site sorta has tumbleweed blowing though it, you know what I mean !
Though all this, wouldn't it be easier to somehow as my original question get the device list info and feed that into Chrome and it shows up in Chrome device list as the other devices; rather then download all these tools ? It's only two devices, possible their screen dimentions are almost, if I'm correct, identical. Therefore I may only need one of the two devices for Chrome.
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
@Siberian. My mistake here was that I thought you were asking about the device list you see in my first link. Once you added a word about emulation, my answer was invalid. At the office we obtain the devices as needed for testing. But that work was a few years back so I don't have access to the units for now. Good hunting.
rproffitt 2,662 "Nothing to see here." Moderator
Sorry about the miscommunication here but I'll share this might be doable with 3 sources of information.
First I'd collect the screen dimensions at https://design.google.com/devices/
Second I'd read http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000203 about how to use this along with
Third the UserAgent string for the device in question from https://user-agents.me/device/samsung-galaxy-s6
What a mess.
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