Mobile/PhoneGap/Web app testing instructions

Wikipedia's new official mobile application is designed to run cross-platform using the PhoneGap framework. As a happy side effect, you can do a lot of testing using mainstream web browsers:



Currently you must use a webkit-based browser such as Safari or Google Chrome, however not all features work.

Additionally, in Chrome currently you must disable security features in the browser which is unsafe, make sure you don't do any regular browsing in this mode! Safari may be safer.

Get source
$ git clone git://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile.git

Start browser
Open a terminal or command line and type:

Linux google-chrome --disable-web-security

Mac OS X open -a Safari or open -a "Google Chrome" --args --disable-web-security

Windows chrome.exe --disable-web-security (check)

Open index.html in Chrome

 * 1) Find WikipediaMobile/assets/www/index.html
 * 2) drag index.html from your file manager into the Chrome window