The new fast run/livesync strategy does not build a debuggable APK after building once for release
tns create ts-my-app
cd ts-myapp
tns build/run android --release --key-store- .... ...
tns debug android # <-- app will not be rebuilt, and instead the release apk will be used
Executing the above will crash the application when we open the chrome-devtools frontend or debug through the official VSCode extension.
Edit: app rebuilds, but release-specific artifacts remain in the build and pollute the debug output.