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That’s right - VSCode just calls xcodebuild on the command line and Xcode compiles the binary.

Here is the VSCode task.json and launch.json from one of my plugin projects. To compile I would choose Terminal -> Run Task in VSCode, then choose either the Release or Debug task. To debug I choose Run -> Start Debugging from VSCode’s menu, which runs the “build Debug” task, then launches the DAW I want to debug in (Reaper), and attaches a debugger to it.

I suggest getting your tasks.json working first, then once that’s working make a launch.json.

tasks.json

{
    "version": "2.0.0",
    "tasks": [
        {
            "label": "build Debug",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "xcodebuild",
            // note that we set a SYMROOT that matches xcodes default derived data path,
            // otherwise it will put its temporary build files in the project directory.
            // I want xcodebuild to use the same path as xcode. This is optional.
            "args": [
                "-project", "/Users/jonathan/Documents/audio/juce/jon/OSL-Side-Effects/_dev/Builds/MacOSX/OSL-Side-Effects.xcodeproj", "-alltargets", "-configuration", "Debug", "SYMROOT=~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData", "-quiet"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            }
        },
        {
            "label": "build Release",
            "type": "shell",
            "command": "xcodebuild",
            // note that we set a SYMROOT that matches xcodes default derived data path,
            // otherwise it will put its temporary build files in the project directory.
            // I want xcodebuild to use the same path as xcode. This is optional.
            "args": [
                "-project", "/Users/jonathan/Documents/audio/juce/jon/OSL-Side-Effects/_dev/Builds/MacOSX/OSL-Side-Effects.xcodeproj", "-alltargets", "-configuration", "Release", "SYMROOT=~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": false
            }
        }
    ]
}

launch.json

{
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "(lldb) Launch",
            "type": "cppdbg",
            "request": "launch",
            "program": "/Applications/REAPER64.app/Contents/MacOS/REAPER",
            "args": ["-cfgfile","/Users/jonathan/Library/Application Support/REAPER/reaper.ini"],
            "stopAtEntry": false,
            "cwd": "/Applications/REAPER64.app/Contents/MacOS",
            "environment": [],
            "externalConsole": false,
            "MIMode": "lldb",
            "preLaunchTask": "build Debug"
        }
    ]
}
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