Xamarin Live Player not updating in realtime

Question

Visual studio just came out with an update that's supposed to update the code on your phone in realtime when using xamarin live player. I can get my code to appear on my phone over wifi, but it's not updating my changes. I select live player and scan the QR code. The app appears on my phone, but doesn't update the code as I type new code. How can I get it to update in realtime?

Relevant article about the feature.

https://blog.xamarin.com/whats-new-visual-studio-2017-version-15-5/

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 10 '17 at 11:23

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You must not deploy the app with the play button but instead use the following key combination to start live preview:

Shift + Alt + F5

answered Dec 10 '17 at 11:23

Mazzy

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On Windows machines (mine, at least) Ctl-F5 is the keystrokes to run without debug, in which case you can watch it continuously rebuild and deploy after you save changes. – Wellspring Mar 31 '18 at 21:05

Tobias Theel · Answer 2 · 2018-03-15T13:16:05.157

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Answer:

Alternatively to Mazzys answer. You can Right-Click into your Xaml and Select "Live Run". That helps in case the ShortCut "Shift + Alt + F5" is not set.

Further Information:

When starting the Live Run the currently selected view will be deployed and rendered on your device. When you switch to another ui file, the other file will be deployed and rendered.

Live Update

The live updates only seem to happen, if there is no syntax error and you save the file.

Thanks to beppe for the hint

edited Mar 15 '18 at 13:16

answered Mar 02 '18 at 22:43

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I clicked the live run link on the yellow bar, but it does not seem to update when I change the XAML code... – beppe9000 Mar 14 '18 at 11:54
It takes some seconds to update, depending how long it takes to build the changes. If there are some syntax errors, it won't update. And sometimes the livePlayer dies and needs to be restarted. – Tobias Theel Mar 14 '18 at 12:37
I have added that to the answer – Tobias Theel Mar 15 '18 at 15:18
@Adrian which VS version do you use? You may need to activate the LivePlayer in the options of VS in order to use it – Tobias Theel May 19 '18 at 14:10
it's latest community edition of 15.7 2017, Thanks I can see it now after pressing SHIFT + ALT + F5 – Anirudha Gupta May 19 '18 at 14:11

Xamarin Live Player not updating in realtime

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Further Information:

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