Most UI applications are different from game applications, because they draw frames on demand. However, PerfHUD ES is driven by drawing events. If PerfHUD ES connects to a UI application, you will not see data moving on the dashboard, or even be able to set up the initial connection.
As a result, in order to debug UI applications with PerfHUD ES, you need to do the following:
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