how to disable AOT in Maui

Question

how to disable AOT in Maui

My MauiApp runs ONLY in 'debug' mode!

According to the .net, VS, Maui community I found many recommendations to disable AOT.

Although, I never got an error msg to this direction!

In .csproj I tested with 'all' combinations of:

<PropertyGroup>

<RunAOTCompilation>False</RunAOTCompilation>		

<EnableAOTCompilation>False</EnableAOTCompilation>

<AotAssemblies>False</AotAssemblies>
```</PropertyGroup>

environment: VS 17.13.2, W11, tested with net8.0 and net9.0  
updated to latest NuGet packages

... the App starts, but then returns (stops) without any error msg!

APP:       https://github.com/edikaufmann/RandoJson

Your help is appreciated, ed

Answer 1

Hello,

I have downloaded your project and tested it in release mode on Windows and Android without any changes. I also tested updating the Nuget Package to 9.0.40. They all work as expected.

Therefore, this is not an issue with the AOT compiler. You could repair or update Visual Studio to the latest version and then run this project for testing. In my test environment, I used Version 17.13.0 Preview 1.0.

Best Regards,

Alec Liu.

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Answer 2

You don’t specify with mobile o/s and hardware you are having trouble with. It could also be a result of trimming, or a timing bug.