The Xamarin debugger stuck until eternity

Xamarin ios waiting for debugger to connect on port 10000 via usb

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This short post explains how to fix the “xamarin ios waiting for debugger to connect on port 10000 via usb” issue and get your debugger working again.

On-device Debugging Wanted

Every mobile developer knows that you need to run and debug your app on an actual device to make sure that things are working as expected.

Wether it is the Anroid Emulator or the iOS simulator; they can only go so far on simulating the actual target environment of physical devices.

And when things DO go wrong (your solution rarely compiles and runs without any mistake) it really helps when you can debug on your device.

When you’ve grabbed your favorite drink and spun up the debug session, it can be extremely frustrating when the following happens with your Xamarin iOS project:

• project building…. finished 😁
• deploying to device …. 10..20..30………..100% 👌🏻
• The top status bar is showing you the following message:

xamarin ios waiting for debugger to connect on port 10000 via usb

• 😅 okay, i’ll wait a few seconds
• <Nothing changes> 🥴
• you wait for a minute… status remaining the same: it appears to be stuck

As it appears, the debugger can’t hook up with your iOS device, and won’t let you step through your code.

This bug seems to be occurring when you’re trying to debug via USB as well. Obviously, the error will then show up as follows:

xamarin ios waiting for debugger to connect on port 10000 via wifi

Meanwhile, on the device, you can use the app as expected but debugging is not possible.