Incorrect information in DevelopmentTips.md documentation file regarding "Adding debug symbols for libmonosgen-2.0.so"

[jfichtner]

Android application type

Classic Xamarin.Android (MonoAndroid12.0, etc.)

Affected platform version

N/A

Description

The "Adding debug symbols for libmonosgen-2.0.so" section of the DevelopmentTips.md file describes how to access the libmonosgen-2.0.so library with debug symbols, but these steps cannot currently be followed as stated. Step 2 says to "find the OSS core section at the bottom of the release information", but this section does not exist in the release pages linked at the link provided in step 1. I tried to find the OSS build in Azure DevOps myself, and I did come across this page, which looks like the DevOps project referenced in the instructions, but the Azure Artifacts section of this DevOps project does not seem to contain a package that has the "xamarin-android/xamarin-android/bin/Release/bundle*.7z" file, as indicated in step 3.

I need to access this native library with debug symbols to debug an issue that I'm having with Xamarin.Android.

Steps to Reproduce

N/A - This is a documentation issue

Did you find any workaround?

No response

Relevant log output

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[thaystg]

Hi, I think you can find the library with debug symbols here:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\[Preview/Enterprise/Community]\MSBuild\Xamarin\Android\lib\arm64-v8a\libmonosgen-2.0.d.so"
Could you find it? Could you debug the runtime?

[jfichtner]

@thaystg I did find this file in the location you described, thank you! In attempting to use this file, following this section of the DevelopmentTips.md document I found another documentation issue, which is that it states: "Ensure that Android Options > Use Shared Runtime is enabled.", but Shared Runtime apparently is no longer a checkbox that is available in Android Options. This being the case, I don't know if there's something else I should do instead, such as enable Fast Deployment, which may or may not now include using Shared Runtime? Any comment on this would be helpful as well. Thanks!