Debug Universal Windows Apps (UWP) in Visual Studio
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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The Visual Studio debugger provides complete support for debugging UWP apps. See the following articles for UWP debug tasks.
| Debug task | Article |
|---|---|
| Run UWP apps on a local machine, remote or connected device, or app simulator. | Start a debugging session for a UWP app |
| Debug deployed apps, both local and remote. | Debug an installed app package |
| Write and debug running XAML code | You can use XAML Hot Reload to explore the visual tree of a UWP XAML object and view the dependency properties for the objects in that tree. This topic describes how to use XAML Hot Reload. |
| Inspect XAML properties while debugging | You can use the Live Visual Tree to explore the visual tree of a UWP XAML object and view the dependency properties for the objects in that tree. |