Frame not in module - Visual Studio 2015 with Xamarin 2.3.247

Question

I've been getting the "Frame not in module" error while trying to debug my mobile app ever since I've installed VS 2015 with Xamarin. I'm taking over a project from a another team member, his development environment works fine and he is able to debug. We've compared NuGet packages and we're both using the same versions. This error happens every time I try and debug through code/functions which reference Xamarin Forms.

I've tried various various workarounds and theories which I've found online, including uninstalling VS Studio/Xamarin and reinstalling the whole lot. I've tried solutions suggested here:

• Error "Frame not in module." in Xamarin.Forms - Android project and
• Xamarin Android Exception causes "Frame not in module" and
• https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/90566/debugger-doesnt-work-frame-not-in-module and
• Xamarin: "Frame not in module" - VS 2013&2015.

Has there been an updated solution to this issue recently? Does anybody have other workarounds that have worked for them?

Answer 1

Gave up trying to fix this issue and decided to upgrade to Visual Studio 2017. After migrating the project and updating the NuGet packages I can debug and step through the code successfully.