Vscode-react-native: Add support for debugging react-native universal windows platform (UWP)

[jmcginty]

This is a feature request to add debug support for the windows port of react-native.

The Windows Universal Platform port of react-native is here: https://github.com/ReactWindows/react-native-windows

VSCode react-native extension seems the logical way to debug on windows, but currently we only support ios and android.

[panarasi]

@jmcginty We are currently looking into this. There does not seem to be much work we would need to do, and this is a planned work item.

[jmcginty]

@panarasi Is there a public view of the planned work items?

[panarasi]

@jmcginty This is the query we are using - https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-react-native/labels/copiedtobacklog

[sasivarnan]

We love to have this feature. Also I found that now we can develop UWP apps using Windows Standalone SDK without Visual Studio Code.

I already raised an issue regarding this in react-native-windows repo.

Hope we will get this feature soon. Excited to build UWP apps in react-native using VS Code.

(Screenshot taken from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk)

[sasivarnan]

@panarasi Any update on this ?

[leesolway]

This would be extremely helpful to have.

[panarasi]

VSCode now supports "attaching" to the Windows platform. For this workflow, you would now have to select "Attach to packager" in the debug options, and then put the windows react native app into debug mode. VSCode will automatically become the debugger.

[ncomo11]

@panarasi Can you please share Launch.json for this as for me I am getting below error:
windows is not a valid platform

FYI I am tracking this under separate issue if you have any input please update it:
https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-react-native/issues/719#issuecomment-395773872