VS Code Xamarin Debug

A simple VS Code debugger extension for the Xamarin. It's forked Mono Debug with some changes with additions which allows you to debug Xamarin Android.

Limitaion

Xamarin Debug supports only debuggin of Xamarin.Android projectes on MacOs or Ubuntu(probaly it should work on other linux distros, but nobody tested it). Xamarin Android debugging support only one attached device, please make sure that command adb devices shows only one device in list.

Debuggin Xamarin Android

In order to debug Xamarin.Android appliction you need to install it on device. Use msbuild target Intstall:

msbuild droid.csproj /p:Configuration=Debug /t:Install

After install setup debugger like in example:

{
  "name": "Debug android",
  "type": "xamarin",
  "request": "launch",
  "packageName": "com.xamarin.debugexample.x_a_debug"
}

Building extension

Building and using VS Code xamarin-debug requires a basic POSIX-like environment, a Bash-like shell, and an installed Mono framework.

To build the extension vsix, run:

npm install
make