Hot Reload not working
Description
Hot reload not working - MAUI .net 8 on visual studio mac 2022. It is enabled in the settings and when it is running, VS is showing "XAML Hot Reload connected" in the bottom task bar. Making a change to the XAML and then saving does nothing - no error file nothing.
This is the same on iOS and Android.
Steps to Reproduce
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Link to public reproduction project repository
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Version with bug
8.0.3
Is this a regression from previous behavior?
Yes, this used to work in Xamarin.Forms
Last version that worked well
Unknown/Other
Affected platforms
iOS, Android
Affected platform versions
No response
Did you find any workaround?
Not at the moment
Relevant log output
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Log from the XAML Hot Reload pad:
[15:00:30] .NET Project references .NET MAUI. [15:00:30] Starting Hot Reload session... [15:00:38] XAML Hot Reload initializing... [15:00:44] Hot Reload: Initialized Agent. [15:00:47] XAML Hot Reload Connected and Ready. [15:11:45] .NET Project references .NET MAUI. [15:11:45] Starting Hot Reload session... [15:11:50] XAML Hot Reload initializing... [15:11:55] Hot Reload: Initialized Agent. [15:11:58] XAML Hot Reload Connected and Ready.
Made a change to the XAML, pressed Save, nothing happens
I made an intentional error in the XAML to see if that gets picked up - which it does, but when i correct it, the changes are still not applied.
[16:06:06] Hot Reload changes cannot be applied due to these errors in the XAML: /App/MainPage.xaml(18,35): White space is missing. /App/MainPage.xaml(18,35): There is a missing equals ("=") character.
[16:06:13] Hot Reload changes cannot be applied due to these errors in the XAML: /App/MainPage.xaml(18,35): White space is missing. /App/MainPage.xaml(18,35): There is a missing equals ("=") character.
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Hot Reload tooling is maintained by Visual Studio, so you should file it there. It can't be addressed in this repo.