Debugging with Xamarin on Visual Studio

Visual Studio is a great IDE for debugging any application, whether it's a web, mobile, or a desktop application. It uses the same debugger that comes with the IDE for all three, and is very easy to follow.

To keep the chapter easy to follow, we'll be using the same Android application we developed and tested on Xamarin while debugging in Visual Studio.

Using the output window

The output window in Visual Studio is a window where you can see the output of what's happening. To view the output window in Visual Studio, follow these steps:

1. Go to View and click Output:

2. This will open a small window at the bottom where you can see the current and useful output being written...