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Setup Charles for iPhone

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In this tutorial I will show you how to setup Charles with your iPhone. Charles is an extremely useful tool. I have used it often to debug my network calls, or to change the value that the server has returned to ensure that my app is behaving correctly.

Step 1: Get the proxy details

The first thing that you need to do once you have Charles open is to navigate to:

Help -> SSL Proxying -> Install Charles Root Certificate on a Mobile Device or Remote Browser

Navigate to Charles ip address

When you do that you should see a window similar to this:

IP Window

Step 2: Setting up your device

1. Go to Settings -> Wi-Fi:

Setup process 1


2. Select your Wi-Fi connection:

Setup process 2


3. Scroll all the way to the bottom and click on Configure Proxy:

Setup process 3


4. Select Manual from the list:

Setup process 4


5. Enter the value that you got from Charles(From Step 1):

Setup process 5


6. Navigate to chls.pro/ssl in Safari:

Setup process 6


6. You will get prompted to accept the configuration profile. Accept the profile:

Setup process 7


7. Click install in the top right on your screen:

Setup process 8


8. Click install again, also in the top right on your screen:

Setup process 9


9. Click install again when prompted:

Setup process 10


10. Navigate back to Settings -> General, and click on About:

Setup process 11


11. Scroll right to the bottom where you can see Certificate Trust Settings:

Setup process 12


12. Click on the switch on the right of the Charles Proxy CA:

Setup process 13


13. Click Continue on the popup:

Setup process 14


Conclusion

You should now be able to use Charles. If Charles asks you to allow the connection click on Allow. If you don’t allow the connection you will not be able to use the proxy until you allow it.