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What and why

The Angular Native and NativeScript overlays only started the components, signals, injectors, NgRx and pipes collectors, so most of phase 4 (#395 to #400) did nothing on native apps. The phase 4 collectors read document, location, ng-version and instanceof Element and assumed window events. On NativeScript, location is the devtools server's URL, so every report would have carried the wrong URL. DOM-only tools (screenshot, axe, change detection live views) were broadcast to native pages and waited until they timed out. Without page, the screenshot tool could also pick the native app instead of a browser tab.

A new shared native-diagnostics.ts attaches the phase 4 collectors on both native overlays. Every report carries the pageId, unchanged reports are skipped, and pages are forgotten on leave. The collectors take options in place of DOM reads (tree host ids, a ProfilerGate, CdPlatform, probe, describe, version). Both overlays share one cached ng wrapper per real ng global.

Now reported on native apps

  • Change detection recording, trigger attribution, zone dependence, input and OnPush hints, when the Angular version can be read from the root host. With an unknown version, recording stays off and the profiler slot is left alone, as in a browser.
  • Leaks: effects and subscriptions, with the route and navigations taken from the app's Router (NavigationEnd).
  • Errors, list-console, NG0100 and NullInjectorError explainers. Angular Native also hears React Native's ErrorUtils. NativeScript also hears Application uncaughtError and discardedError.
  • Audit and before/after sessions over that data.
  • NGXS, Elf and MiniRx (the Redux DevTools stand-in is installed on both platforms), TanStack Query, provider values, plugins.
  • Startup timing: version and first stable. Provider construction times say why they are unavailable.

Not applicable, now answered clearly instead of timing out

  • axe (Coverage marks accessibility off with the reason)
  • Component screenshots (without page, native apps are skipped)
  • CD flashing, the Performance track and Angular profiling. The change-detection tool says there is no DOM, and still runs record when it comes in the same call.
  • Wasted-check counts, and destroyed or retained instances in Leaks, which need DOM probes or DI debug data that a device build does not separate.
  • NG0500, since there is no hydration on a device.

Left out

  • Network waterfall and headers on native: they need fetch/XHR interception on the RN and NativeScript runtimes, which could not be run here.

The panel shows the CD and leaks sections on native pages and hides the live views. The Angular Native view adds Queries and Errors. The docs list what each native platform reports and what needs a browser.

How it was verified

  • pnpm commit:check
  • pnpm format:check
  • pnpm typecheck
  • pnpm test:devtools (3095) and pnpm test:panel (737). New: native-diagnostics.test.ts and native-page-tools.test.ts, run without a DOM, covering the record-with-live-views call, the profiler slot, the ErrorUtils and Application error adapters, and the Router watch.
  • pnpm skills:check
  • Docs in apps/docs updated and pnpm docs:build passes
  • pnpm extension:build and extension/ui committed
  • Web overlay path reviewed line by line: unchanged by default.

Notes for reviewers

  • Not run on a real device or simulator. Change detection recording on a device depends on the renderer keeping ng-version on the root host, which is not confirmed for @ng-native/fabric or NativeScript.
  • How Elf and MiniRx find the stand-in on Angular Native was not checked on a device. React Native defines window, so they should find it.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Angular Native and NativeScript pages now provide change-detection recordings, leak and error reports, startup details, and expanded inspector coverage, including queries and store integrations.
    • Change-detection recording remains available on device pages, with clear explanations when live visualizations require a browser.
    • Audits explain when accessibility checks cannot run on device pages, while screenshots and other DOM-based tools provide platform-specific guidance.
  • Documentation
    • Updated device setup and inspector guides to describe available features, limitations, and integrations.

…apps

The Angular Native and NativeScript overlays only sent components,
signals, injectors, NgRx and pipes, so the phase 4 diagnosis never
reached an app on a device. Run the browser collectors there through a
shared native-diagnostics module: change detection recording with
causes and OnPush hints, leaks, errors with the console and the NG0100
explainer, startup timing, provider values, TanStack Query, the other
stores, page plugins and the page's Angular info.

The collectors take a host tree, a page description and a profiler
gate instead of the DOM, location and document, so both overlays share
one code path, push with the page id, skip unchanged reports and
forget their pages on dispose. React Native's ErrorUtils handler feeds
the errors collector on Angular Native.
screenshot-component, the axe pass of the audit and the change
detection live views broadcast to the page and waited for an answer a
native app never sends, or picked a native app when a browser tab could
answer. Name the platform and the missing DOM instead, skip native apps
when searching for a component to capture, mark accessibility off in
the audit coverage, and list what native apps report in list-pages.
The Components tab hid the change detection and leaks sections for
Angular Native and NativeScript pages because those overlays sent no
data. They report it now, so show both sections and hide only the live
views that draw on a DOM. The Angular Native view also lists the
Queries and Errors tabs the app now fills.
The committed extension UI must match the panel, which now shows the
change detection, leaks and errors views for native apps.
The native setup pages said change detection and the newer inspectors
had no data on a device. List what both overlays report now, what
still needs a browser and why, and note the native behaviour on the
Components, Errors, Audit, Injectors, Store, TanStack Query and agent
tool pages.
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Angular Native and NativeScript overlays now collect diagnostics from non-DOM host trees. The panel exposes supported device reports and hides DOM-backed controls. Agent tools identify DOM-dependent operations and report when they cannot run on device pages.

Changes: Native Device Support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Native-capable collector contracts
packages/devtools/src/cd-diagnosis.ts, packages/devtools/src/cd-overlay.ts, packages/devtools/src/change-detection.ts, packages/devtools/src/errors-collector.ts, packages/devtools/src/leaks-collector.ts, packages/devtools/src/ng-capabilities.ts, packages/devtools/src/plugins-collector.ts, packages/devtools/src/startup-recorder.ts, packages/devtools/src/startup-timing.ts
Collectors accept native host roots and supplied metadata, including Angular version and page details. Change-detection profiling can use a platform-provided gate, and platform mode does not create DOM-backed live views.
Native diagnostics and overlay reporting
packages/devtools/src/native-diagnostics.ts, packages/devtools/src/overlay-angular-native.ts, packages/devtools/src/overlay-nativescript.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/native-diagnostics.test.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/overlay-angular-native.test.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/overlay-nativescript-inspectors.test.ts
Native diagnostics add cached tree scans, Router tracking, platform error adapters, and configured collectors. Both overlays include the collectors in session reporting and manage their lifecycle. Tests cover native reports, error forwarding, and cleanup.
Native page tools and audit behavior
packages/devtools/src/rpc/pages.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/audit-findings.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/audit-register.ts, packages/devtools/src/rpc/component-screenshots.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/native-page-tools.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/agents/tools.md, apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/audit.md
Native pages receive DOM-required messages for unsupported tools. Screenshot searches skip native pages, and audit results mark axe accessibility as off when the page has no DOM.
Device panel behavior and documentation
app/src/app.ts, app/src/pages/cd-recording.ts, app/src/pages/component-tree.ts, app/src/__tests__/angular-native-view.test.ts, app/src/__tests__/native-controls.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/getting-started/angular-native.md, apps/docs/src/content/getting-started/nativescript.md, apps/docs/src/content/getting-started/express.md, apps/docs/src/content/getting-started/popup-and-hub.md, apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/*, docs/angular-compat.md, extension/ui/index.html, extension/ui/assets/browser-agent-rpc-BXhoSh1z-VFw8uMOA.js
The panel adds native change-detection recording and the Queries and Errors tabs while hiding live-view controls. Guides describe device support and unavailable browser features. Extension references use the updated bundle name.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant NativeOverlay
  participant NativeDiagnostics
  participant Collectors
  participant Rpc
  NativeOverlay->>NativeDiagnostics: Attach diagnostics with host tree and session configuration
  NativeDiagnostics->>Collectors: Attach configured collectors
  NativeOverlay->>Collectors: Collect reports during session polling
  Collectors->>Rpc: Send diagnostic reports
  NativeOverlay->>NativeDiagnostics: Notify tree changes and clean up session
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The change adds native diagnostics support, and the remaining concerns are small edge cases plus one documentation typo. The PR is mergeable, but the author should address these follow-ups.

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The change-detection tool returned as soon as a native page was asked
for flash, track or Angular profiling, so a call that also passed
record never started the recording. Skip only the live views, run the
record branch and put the no-DOM note first. A native overlay also no
longer sends a report for a live-views request it can't apply.
Leave Angular's profiler alone when a native app's version is unknown,
as the browser does: probing and clearing the slot could evict another
profiler for good. Give the native overlays one ng wrapper per real ng,
so the profiler hub and collectors key their state on a stable object.

Feed the leak hints' route and navigation count from the app's Router
and its NavigationEnd events, restore an empty ErrorUtils handler
instead of leaving the wrapper in place, and hear NativeScript's
uncaughtError and discardedError events in the errors collector.
Say that change detection needs the root host's Angular version, that
leak routes come from the Router while destroyed and retained instances
are not listed on a device, and that NativeScript errors outside
Angular arrive through the Application error events.
The committed extension UI must match the panel, which now holds both
the native diagnosis views and the browser agents setting from main.

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Without page, a flash or track request on a session where every reporting page is an Angular Native or NativeScript app claimed success, but no page could draw it. The tool now answers with the no-DOM note and sends nothing.

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One long sentence covered three separate rules, so each rule now gets its own sentence.
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