Xamarin Forms XAML HotReload is not working on Mac

Question

I can not for the life of me get XAML hot reloading working on Visual Studio (Mac).

• Link behavior is set to "Don't Link"
• XAML hot reload is enabled in Visual Studio Settings
• Visual Studio and all Nuget packages are up to date.
• This first started occurring in my app, so to test, I started with the Xamarin sample app and that won't reload either.

Here is the output from the XAMAL Hot reload window:

[12:49:40 PM]  XAML Hot Reload is using 'changes only' mode
[12:49:51 PM]  Xaml Changed for 'Views/AboutPage.xaml' in 'hotreloadtest', sending to app...

Answer 1

This is a bug for IOS15.

You can learn more about it at this link(https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/XAML-Hot-Reload-does-not-load-with-Xamar/1543082).

It will be fixed soon.