Debug on Device
Overview
It
is
possible
to
debug
a
Xamarin.Android
on
an
Android
device
using
either
Xamarin
Studio
or
Visual
Studio.
Before
debugging
can
occur
on
a
device,
it
must
be
setup
for
deployment
and
connected
to
your
PC
or
Mac.
Debug Application
Once
your
device
is
connected
to
your
machine,
debugging
a
Xamarin.Android
application
is
done
in
the
same
way
as
any
other
Xamarin
product.
First,
make
sure
the
debug
configuration
has
been
set,
to
allow
you
access
to
the
debug
tools:
Next,
set
your
breakpoint
as
shown
below:
Visual Studio:
Xamarin Studio:
Once
you
have
set
the
breakpoint,
start
debugging
your
application
by
pressing
Cmd-Enter
in
Xamarin
Studio
on
OS
X
or
F5
in
Visual
Studio.
When
you
do
so,
you
may
be
prompted
to
choose
the
device
to
debug
with,
as
shown
in
the
following
screenshot
from
Visual
Studio:
Once
the
device
has
been
selected,
Xamarin.Android
will
connect
to
the
device,
deploy
the
application,
and
then
run
it.
When
the
breakpoint
is
reached,
the
debugger
will
stop
the
application,
allowing
you
to
debug
the
application
just
like
you
would
any
other
C#
application.
The
screenshots
below
show
the
inspection
of
object
values:
Visual Studio:
Xamarin Studio:
Summary
In
this
document
we
discussed
how
to
debug
a
Xamarin.Android
application
by
setting
a
breakpoint
and
selecting
the
target
device.