Live update of GUI project

[HakanL]

I'm using the VsLinuxDebug extension to develop a Platform Uno project running on a Raspberry Pi. My workflow is that I build code in VS2022, make sure it runs under WinUI (switch start project), then I push it to my RPi for further testing/debugging. In this workflow it would be great with two features:

1. Be able to control which project is pushed to my RPi. There are many times I've accidentally deployed the Windows project since I forgot to switch the startup. A setting would be good, or maybe a flag in the csproj that would skip my non-Linux project.
2. In my current workflow I have to have a SSH open to the RPi (it has a screen, but no keyboard/mouse) and after each VsLinuxDebug deploy I kill the app (Ctrl-C in the SSH session) and then launch it again (dotnet App.dll). This works fine, but what would be very neat would be a form of "live push" where the app would be killed and re-launched automatically. I'm not sure exactly how this would be implemented. Or if VsLinuxDebug could launch the app after deploy (killing the previous instance), that way I wouldn't even need the SSH session (but I also use it to see console messages, so this is less of a need for my case.

Maybe it could be crafted with a "runner script" that would watch for modified files?

[DamianSuess]

To answer item no. 2, this feature is currently in beta testing (see, #37 Deploy and Launch in GUI) and has been merged into develop. As it goes with Linux distros/environments, "when it works, it works well". There's still more testing that needs to be done.

[DamianSuess]

To properly track the multiple feature requests, I've split them apart as separate tasks on the backlog.

The first request has been put into the backlog task board for consideration of a future release. The second request is being tracked as #37 (experimental feature) and #49 (release feature) in the backlog as well for v2.x.

Closing the issue.

[HakanL]

@DamianSuess Please let me know if you need help testing any of these features.

[DamianSuess]

@HakanL thank you for the offer, go for it!