WebView: add an API method to control web contents debugging

This adds static (as this is for the whole process) method
for controlling the web debugging state.

Please note that the implementation only makes sense for
Chromium WebView, and it's a no-op in WebViewClassic.

BUG=8691809

Change-Id: I815b4d69ad9ee814ca4cec1da81490b63ba2da68

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
index 8fc3ce3..677d6b9 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
@@ -1680,6 +1680,22 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
     }
 
     /**
+     * Enables debugging of web contents (HTML / CSS / JavaScript)
+     * loaded into any WebViews of this application. This flag can be enabled
+     * in order to facilitate debugging of web layouts and JavaScript
+     * code running inside WebViews. Please refer to WebView documentation
+     * for the debugging guide.
+     *
+     * The default is false.
+     *
+     * @param enabled whether to enable web contents debugging
+     */
+    public static void setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(boolean enabled) {
+        checkThread();
+        getFactory().getStatics().setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(enabled);
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Gets the list of currently loaded plugins.
      *
      * @return the list of currently loaded plugins