Debugging the XAML compiler

You can debug the XAML compiler by running Avalonia.Build.Tasks and passing the original.dll file created in the obj directory when compiling the project normally. For example, to run the XAML compiler on Sandbox the launchsettings.json file would look like:

{
  "profiles": {
    "Avalonia.Build.Tasks": {
      "commandName": "Project",
      "executablePath": "$(SolutionDir)\\src\\Avalonia.Build.Tasks\\bin\\Debug\\netstandard2.0\\Avalonia.Build.Tasks.exe",
      "commandLineArgs": "$(SolutionDir)\\samples\\Sandbox\\obj\\Debug\\net6.0\\Avalonia\\original.dll $(SolutionDir)\\samples\\Sandbox\\bin\\Debug\\net6.0\\Sandbox.dll.refs $(SolutionDir)\\out.dll"
    }
  }
}