JavaScriptCore console.log
Swift 3.0
let javascriptContext = JSContext()
javascriptContext?.evaluateScript("var console = { log: function(message) { _consoleLog(message) } }")
let consoleLog: @convention(block) (String) -> Void = { message in
print("console.log: " + message)
}
javascriptContext?.setObject(unsafeBitCast(consoleLog, to: AnyObject.self), forKeyedSubscript: "_consoleLog" as (NSCopying & NSObjectProtocol)!)
Swift 2.1
let javascriptContext = JSContext()
javascriptContext.evaluateScript("var console = { log: function(message) { _consoleLog(message) } }")
let consoleLog: @convention(block) String -> Void = { message in
print("console.log: " + message)
}
javascriptContext.setObject(unsafeBitCast(consoleLog, AnyObject.self), forKeyedSubscript: "_consoleLog")
Then you use it from Javascript by:
console.log("My debug message");
You do have to provide your own console log if using the JavaScriptCore framework from Mac or IOS.
Here is some code that worked for me (sorry it is Objective-C rather than standard C as per your code above):
JSContext *javascriptContext = [[JSContext alloc] init];
javascriptContext[@"consoleLog"] = ^(NSString *message) {
NSLog(@"Javascript log: %@",message);
};
Then you use it from Javascript by:
consoleLog("My debug message");
Note that I have tried to define a vararg version (log taking multiple parameters) but I couldn't get this to work correctly across the framework api.
Note that this solution uses features introduced with the new Objective-C API for the JavaScriptCore.framework introduced at the same time as IOS 7. If you are looking for an intro to this well-integrated bridge between Objective-C and Javascript, check out the 2013 WWDC introduction "Integrating JavaScript into Native Apps" session on Apple's developer network: https://developer.apple.com/videos/wwdc/2013/?id=615
Update to answer:
For those of you wanting to maximise your javascript code reuse without refactoring, I've managed to get a version working that declares a log of the form console.log() :
JSContext *javascriptContext = [[JSContext alloc] init];
[javascriptContext evaluateScript:@"var console = {}"];
javascriptContext[@"console"][@"log"] = ^(NSString *message) {
NSLog(@"Javascript log: %@",message);
};
Then you use it from Javascript by:
console.log("My debug message");