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Update native debugging docs for React Native DevTools - #12045

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Updates the "Debugging Native Apps" page for refguide and refguide10.

  • Removes the Chrome remote debugging steps ("Enable Remote js Debugging" and localhost:8083/debugger-ui), which no longer exist in the Make It Native app.
  • Documents Open DevTools: it works in a custom developer app built with a debug configuration (devDebug), where you can inspect the app and set breakpoints in its JavaScript files.
  • Adds a warning that Open DevTools does not open React Native DevTools in the Make It Native app, because React Native does not include its debugger in release builds.
  • Removes the outdated react-devtools@^3 version pins. The unpinned npx react-devtools command was tested with the Make It Native app on Studio Pro 10.24, 11.6 and 11.12.
  • Fixes a stray backtick, a typo, and the React Native documentation link text.

refguide9 is unchanged because it covers React Native versions that still support the old flow.

Related to #9214

Remove the Chrome remote debugging steps that no longer exist in the
Make It Native app, document Open DevTools and its release build
limitation, and drop the outdated react-devtools version pins.

Related to mendix#9214
React Native DevTools is bundled with Studio Pro, so the standalone
React Developer Tools steps are optional there. The Make It Native app
still needs them because Open DevTools does not open in that app.
Show the known issue before the debugging steps and write the steps for
a custom developer app built with a debug configuration.
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MxKevinBeqo commented Oct 12, 2026 •

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We're good on our tech-review, thank you @ConnorLand 😄 !

Small edits, and switched the old alias back
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Checking alias matter and then good to merge.

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ConnorLand merged commit 82fc691 into mendix:development Oct 15, 2026
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