Xamarin iOS Debugging Takes Forever, Doesn't Load Simulator

Question

I started some tests using Visual Studio 2015 and Xamarin for iOS. The latest version of the Xamarin build server is configured and running on my new Mac Mini, Visual Studio 2015 has been updated, and the latest version of Xamarin has been launched.

Now that I am compiling a standard universal application, it runs for 3 seconds or so. But when I got into Debug, the server log says that it is processing requests, but the simulator is not displayed, nor any message on the Mac.

After an endless list:

The request is being processed in X.XXXms

(usually in increments of about 2 seconds)

it stops debugging after a few minutes without any messages on Mac or in Visual Studio.

What is wrong with my debugging? Is this a problem with Visual Studio, Mac, Xamarin?

Answer 1

The problem was that Visual Studio was configured to debug the device, not the simulator.

Somewhere in the build log it says:

Waiting for device device to connect.

This is a stupid mistake, obviously, but the fact that there is no message or a pointer to the correct connection of the device or what is actually wrong makes it difficult to find the problem.

So, instead of Device, set the debugging target in Simulator: