Bug? Saving changes in designer does not update version being debugged.

[JohnC]

If I leave the designer open while I am in a rapid debugger mode, and I then make a change to an activity using the designed and then "SAVE" it, even if I click the Restart (F11) icon, my change will still not be sent to my device.

And a lot of the times, even if I stop the debugger completely and then click the RUN (F5) button, the change will still not be sent to the device.

 

[Erel]

The changes should apply when you restart the app. I'm unable to reproduce this issue.

 

[JohnC]

This bug is intermittent

The latest time it happens, all I did was change the text on a button in one of the activities and did a save.

But (in case this helps) when I would click the Restart button, it would restart the project on my device REALLY quick. But, after trying it a few times, then all of the sudden, it appears B4A finally goes through a full-compile, that when my change is reflected.

So, it seems that when this bug happens, a "restart" does not do a full compile and does something else that completes way faster then a full-compile.

 

[Erel]

Make sure that the Auto Save option is checked under Tools - IDE Options.

The rapid debugger applies changes without requiring a full compilation (unless you set #DebuggerForceStandardAssets: true).

 

[JohnC]

Yup, I did have Auto-Save enabled, and I had DebuggerForceStandardAssets: true because the fonticons where missing from the MSMaterialDrawer I was using.

 

[Erel]

and I had DebuggerForceStandardAssets: true

This is the problem.