akingdom / debuggles-saep

Debug Safari App Extensions within Xcode

Debuggles-SAEP

Debug Safari App Extensions in Xcode

1. Grab this project

2. Add your existing app extension folder to this project in Xcode: reference only, don't copy files as needed, do add to targets Debuggles.

3. Specify your app extension class in AppDelegate.swift.

4. Also speciy your app extension Nib name, omitting .xib.

5. If necessary, use the DEBUGGLES preprocessor flag in your extension

#if DEBUGGLES
print("this will be ignored in Safari but not in Debuggles")
#endif

#if !DEBUGGLES
print("this will be ignored in Debuggles but not in Safari")
#endif

6. Run

Notes

If deleting your app extension from the project, be sure to only remove references, not delete the files.

Safari app extensions are available in macOS 10.12 and later, and in OS X 10.11. 5 with Safari 10 installed.

Debuggles is available under the Apache License, excluding anything in the AddSafariAppExtensionHere folder. Debuggles is (C) Copyright 2020 Andrew Kingdom.