android devices

Question

Is there a way to test your site for android devises without actually owning an android devise?

Jon Fritz · Accepted Answer

I've found testing mobile devices to be pretty easy in my office environment because of the local testing server I installed on my machine.

Basically any device connected to the office network, hard-wired desktop or mobiles on wifi, use my machine's local ip address followed by the site I'm working on as the testing address, something similar to 123.456.789.0/sitename.

I can see in 5 minutes how the site reacts to a pretty decent cross section of Android and Apple products in various stages of "updatedness".

Rob Hecker2 · Answer

There are cross-browser testers, like saucelabs.com, but they are a poor alternative to testing on the actual device.

You can use a phone with the web with wifi - no need for a phone/data plan. You can probably pick up an android phone for cheap that will run the current OS.

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