Flipper: A Debugging Platform for Mobile Developers
summary
Flipper is a standalone desktop app plus SDK that connects to Android iOS and React Native apps over sockets and exposes live tooling: desktop app + SDK. It shows a persistent live list of network calls with full request bodies and saved sessions persistent network list, a shared preferences editor with history and in-place edits, a queryable editable database view, persistent searchable logs and crash reports, deep link simulator, LeakCanary integration, and a marketplace for custom plugins. Images view currently supports Fresco-only image viewer. Session export/import lets teams replay problems.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:02History of Android debugging tools
- 5:30Android Studio features overview
- 7:17Flipper as extensible debugger
- 9:21Layout inspection in Flipper
- 11:28Network inspection comparison
- 13:18Shared preferences editor
- 14:21Database inspection and editing
- 15:48Log management improvements
- 16:52Crash reporting and retention
- 17:13Deep link testing
- 17:57Image inspection and plugins
- 18:40Memory leak detection
- 19:23Flipper plugin ecosystem
- 20:52Team collaboration benefits
- 22:16Cross-platform support
- 23:43Session sharing feature
- 24:48Flipper integration and setup
- 25:30Q&A
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