Debugging - Do you use Hot Reload?

Developing mobile apps presents unique challenges compared to web or desktop development. One of the problems is that when using MVVM or using dynamic data on a page, you need to run your app to populate the data and see what your UI will actually look like.

❌ Figure: Bad example - Rebuilding your app every time to see small UI changes

To get around this problem use Hot Reload. This lets you make changes to your XAML while debugging your app - as soon as you save your UI will update, without having to stop and rebuild your app.

✅ Figure: Good example - Hot reload enable screenshot Windows

Tip: This works on the iOS simulator, the Android emulator, and physical iOS and Android devices.