Project Rider doesn't read launchSettings.json

Question

I am using Project Rider 2017.3 to build Asp.Net core 2.x project. When I run project in visual studio 2017 it gets environment variables from launchSettings.json but Project Rider doesn't load variables from same file. I have to go to edit configurations and add environment variables manually.

Is there anyway to force Rider to read variables from launchSettings.json ?

Answer 1

Support for launchSettings.json has been added in 2018.3.

More info on how it works is available at https://blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2018/11/08/using-net-core-launchsettings-json-rundebug-apps-rider/

Answer 2

in my case, Rider did not read launchSettings.json because there was invalid JSON (an extra comma), while Visual Studio read this file