Monitoring console.log on PhoneGap Android

Update: I’ve written a small Python script to make the output easier to read. Read more about DroidLog.

Whilst debugging PhoneGap Apps/WebApps with Weinre is awesome, it does require your device/simulator to have a network connection to work. Most of the time this is not a problem but if/when you need to test how your app functions offline it becomes an issue.

Here’s an alternative solution I’ve found useful for monitoring console.log & console.error output from within the Terminal:

adb logcat | grep 'Web Console'

Hopefully this will be useful to a few others!