debug javascript in android emulator with phonegap

Update Nov 2016: looks like this doesn't work anymore.

The easiest and one of the most powerful ways is using http://debug.phonegap.com (it uses Weinre in the background, if you care). You just

1. pick a random string, say r4nd0m,
2. inject <script src="http://debug.phonegap.com/target/target-script-min.js#r4nd0m"></script> into your index.html
3. visit http://debug.phonegap.com/client/#r4nd0m and you will instantly be debugging your mobile web app.

Things you can do (similar to Firebug or Web Inspector):

1. Viewing and changing the DOM
2. Editing CSS
3. Console for live debugging and running Javascript remotely.
4. Other stuff, like: storage, resources, timeline, profile, etc.

You could at least log debug stuff to the adb console by calling console.log() in JavaScript. Maybe that would suffice?

To view log output using adb, navigate to your SDK platform-tools/ directory and execute:

adb logcat

See logcat Command-line Tool