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# Steps to reproduce Place a breakpoint in the main PCL project of a Xamarin.Forms solution and deploy to a physical iPad4 with iOS 9.3.3. # Expected behavior Execution stops at the breakpoint # Actual behavior Breakpoint doesn't work. # Supplemental info (logs, images, videos) When I test on a simulated iPad Air iOS 10, then the breakpoint is hit. When I set a breakpoint in the iOS project, then it is also hit when testing on the real device. # Test environment (full version information) Xamarin.Forms 2.3.1.113-pre3 Windows: Windows 10 Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2015, Version 14.0.25431.01 Update 3 Xamarin 4.2.0.680 (c4382f5) Xamarin.iOS 10.0.0.6 (6c3fee4) Mac: OS X El Capitan, 10.11.5 Xcode Version 8.0 (8A218a) Xamarin Studio Professional Version 6.1 (build 5441) Xamarin.iOS Version: 10.0.0.6 (Visual Studio Professional) Hash: 6c3fee4 Branch: xcode8 Build date: 2016-09-09 13:01:32-0400
Hello, I was not able to reproduce this issue using an iPad Pro 9.3.4 and an iPad Air 9.1. If possible, could you please attach a sample app for us to use in reproduction attempts? Thank you.
*** Bug 44380 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
bblonchek attached a repro project to his bug #44380 which you marked as duplicate of this one. https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/attachment.cgi?id=17557 Do you still need a repro project from me?
Strange, now I cannot start any project at all anymore. I tried to start three different solutions with F5. They all start, I see the launch image, but then they crash immediately. In the output window I only see: Launch failed. The app 'GestureSample.iOS' could not be launched on 'Michaels iPad'. Please check the logs for more details. The app has been terminated. The log file contains: Xamarin.Messaging.Client.MessagingClient Error: 0 : [2016-09-20 15:47:45.6810] An error occured on the receiver while executing a post for topic xvs/idb/4.2.0.680/launch-app and client vs6972Micha Xamarin.Messaging.Exceptions.MessagingRemoteException: An error occured on client IDB420680 while executing a reply for topic xvs/idb/4.2.0.680/launch-app ---> System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. and Xamarin.Messaging.Exceptions.MessagingRemoteException: An error occured on client IDB420680 while executing a reply for topic xvs/idb/4.2.0.680/launch-app ---> Xamarin.Messaging.Exceptions.MonotouchException: 2016-09-20 15:50:02.600 mlaunch[1198:11924] Connection peer refused channel request for "com.apple.instruments.server.services.processcontrol"; channel canceled <DTXChannel: 0x7fd0241a9320> error MT1007: Failed to launch the application '/Users/Michael/Library/Caches/Xamarin/mtbs/builds/GestureSample.iOS/3005e292840f243bc596f074de6e64ce/bin/iPhone/Debug/GestureSampleiOS.app' on the device 'Michaels iPad': Object reference not set to an instance of an object. You can still launch the application manually by tapping on it. I can start the app manually when I tap on it, but I cannot debug it anymore. Start Without Debugging (Ctrl-F5) in VS doesn't work either.
Created attachment 17613 [details] Complete log file
My expanded testing of the sample project on Bug 44380 suggested that the underlying problem for that issue was Bug 42359. It's quite possible the original symptoms as described in Comment 0 of this bug were caused by the same problem. But I suspect the new symptoms from Comment 5 of this bug are mostly a separate problem (though still quite possibly related to device-specific builds). My hunch about the involvement of device-specific builds in the symptoms from Comment 5 is based on the fact that the reporter of Bug 44380 also filed a non-public report (Bug 44301) about those same error messages, and we know from Bug 44380 that that user has device-specific builds enabled in at least some projects. For the cleanest tracking of the issue from Comment 5 and Comment 6, it could be advantageous for the reporter to copy-paste that information into a new bug report to ensure a clean investigation of that specific behavior as distinct from the original symptom on this bug. Alternatively, the original reporter is welcome to mark Comments 0 through 4 as non-public and change the Summary of this bug to describe Comment 5. Thanks in advance!
I created bug 44578 for the symptoms described in Comment 5. I do have device-specific builds enabled in my main app where the problem occurred first (described in Comment 0). Unfortunately I cannot check if disabling it fixes this bug because I run into the other.
Excellent. Thanks! I'll mark this bug as a duplicate of Bug 42359 for the moment. Once Bug 44578 is resolved, please do feel free to reopen this bug if the original symptom from Comment 0 reappears (and can't be resolved by disabling device-specific builds). *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 42359 ***
But I could debug the PCL project in cycle 7 and bug 42359 is for cycle 7.
After I rebooted my iPad the problems from Comment 5 / Bug 44578 are gone. The breakpoint in the PCL project is now hit when I disable device-specific builds.