Crosswalk Command Line Options

This page is intended to document the command line options specific to Crosswalk.

Note that when you build a Crosswalk application for Android, you can define command-line options for the runtime when building the package with make_apk.py.

xwalk command line options

In the examples below, the Crosswalk binary is denoted with xwalk. On Windows, the executable is called xwalk.exe. On Tizen, it is in /usr/lib/xwalk/xwalk; but Crosswalk applications are typically launched via the Crosswalk service, defined in /usr/lib/systemd/user/xwalk.service.

Name	Description	Example
--app-icon	Specified the icon file path for the app window, support both ICO and PNG file format.	xwalk --app-icon=XXX.png
--data-path	Specifies the folder name in system configuration folder for the web app launched by Crosswalk. On Linux, the configuration folder is $HOME/.config, while on Windows, it is $USER/AppData/Local	xwalk --data-path=myapp Data goes into a new directory named myapp under xwalk working directory.
--fullscreen	Launch the application with fullscreen window.	xwalk --fullscreen Launch Crosswalk in full screen mode.
--remote-debugging-port	Enable remote debugging on the given local host port.	xwalk --remote-debugging-port=9222 Access 'http://localhost:9222' in Chrome Browser to see all inspectable pages running under Crosswalk.
--list-features-flags	List all the features flags of Crosswalk.	xwalk --list-features-flags Display a list of all the feature flags of Crosswalk and the command line argument to switch them on or off.

xwalkctl command line options

Name	Description	Example
--install	Install/update an application	xwalkctl --install xxx.wgt
--uninstall	Uninstall the application with this appid/pkgid	xwalkctl --uninstall appid
--debugging_port	Enable remote debugging mode, port number 0 means to disable	xwalkctl --debugging_port=9222 Access 'http://localhost:9222' in Chrome Browser to see all inspectable pages belong to the applications which are enabled to debug.
--continue	Continue the previous unfinished tasks	xwalkctl --continue The previous aborted install or update tasks will be continued.

xwalk-launcher command line options

Name	Description	Example
--running	Check whether the application is running	xwalk-launcher --running appid
--fullscreen	Run the application as fullscreen	xwalk-launcher --fullscreen appid
--debugging_port	Enable remote debugging for the application	xwalk-launcher --debugging_port appid The application will be launched under debug mode.