Xamarin Inspector
Xamarin Inspector is a remote debugging and REPL (Read-Eval-Print Loop) tool for Xamarin application development on macOS. It allows developers to inspect and interact with live Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Mac applications running on connected devices or simulators, viewing the live object hierarchy, modifying property values at runtime, and executing C# code interactively. It was marketed as a productivity aid for Xamarin developers during the active period of the Xamarin framework, before Microsoft's shift towards .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI) as the successor to Xamarin.
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1 suggestionXamarin Inspector has not been actively maintained for several years — Microsoft shifted its mobile development focus to .NET MAUI starting in 2021, and Xamarin Inspector was essentially retired from active development before that transition. No native Apple Silicon build was ever released, and the tool's status as an Intel-only application means it will stop launching entirely when Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28 (late 2027). If you are still developing Xamarin applications, you should plan to migrate to .NET MAUI and its modern debugging tools (hot reload via Visual Studio for Mac / Visual Studio Code, and the standard iOS/Android native debuggers), which have native Apple Silicon support. If you have a legacy Xamarin project you still support, contact Microsoft to confirm whether Xamarin Inspector might receive a final update before the Rosetta 2 cutoff, though this is unlikely. For now, the tool continues to run under Rosetta 2 today, but you should begin evaluating migration strategies well before late 2027.
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