Deploying from Visual Studio for Mac (latest version 8.8.8) to my iPhone (latest iOS version 14.3) has become very slow, much slower than I remember.
As a test I'm deploying a very simple app (almost a bare project) and it's taking over 3 minutes (!) to get it done.
In the 'Deploying to device' window it takes ages to complete copying:
CopyingFile - Path: /Users/adamsfamily/Documents/VisualStudio/sample-app/sample/sample/sample.iOS/bin/iPhone/Debug/device-builds/iphone13.3-14.3/sample.iOS.app/META-INF/com.apple.ZipMetadata.plist
CopyingFile - PercentComplete: 10%
...
CopyingFile - Path: /Users/adamsfamily/Documents/VisualStudio/sample-app/sample/sample/sample.iOS/bin/iPhone/Debug/device-builds/iphone13.3-14.3/sample.iOS.app/Xamarin.iOS.dll
CopyingFile - PercentComplete: 10%
...
I am deploying over WiFi in my local area network. I make an Ookla speed test to verify my connection and both my Mac and my iPhone are well over 100Mbps.
The total size of the bundle is ~170MB.
Any tricks that can speed it up?