Maui App only starts with visual studio debugger

[wthks]

I can only start the MAUI App with Visual Studio debugger. whenever I got to the debug folder and try to open the exe. It will not run.

Another Question would be how can I build the App for macOS?

[Eilon]

Hi @HeroinGyrl , I'm not certain, but I think to get a "runnable" app you have to "Deploy" or "Publish" the app (depending on the platform) and that will produce a runnable version of the app.

[wthks]

hey @Eilon I m using deployment mode self-contained ad win10-x64 + Produce single file option however the file doesnt want to start. I dont get a error message or any other messages.

I also tried to start the MaupApp1.exe in the debug/release folder it doesnt run. It only runs when I click start debugging in Visual Studio. must be a issue.

[Eilon]

@HeroinGyrl OK thank you for the update, we'll have to take a closer look at what's going on here.

[igalfsg]

@Eilon is there an update on this issue?

[bitbound]

I'm having the same issue. I can't find any method of building, publishing, or packaging (MSIX) that produces an output that can be run outside of Visual Studio.

Edit: To clarify, for Windows target.

[jfversluis]

Hey everyone! I've been trying to look into this and wrote up all my findings in #4329. In an attempt to not be all over the place with this I'm closing this one, let's centralise the discussion in the aforementioned issue, thanks!

The issue mentioned above doesn't take into account Blazor yet. So I would be curious about your findings with that.