VS 2017 - Xamarin not debugging apps only on my phone - android

The apps were debugging on my phone before, I had uninstalled the app but it didnt fully uninstall and didnt allow me to debug, So I used adb commandline to uninstall app fully. Before I used the command line, I went into apps section in my phone settings and uninstalled "Xamarin.Support" or "Xamarin.Android" in the apps section. After that any app, (tried making a new vs xamarin file) no app will debug on my android phone now.
I have tried turning Developer settings off and on, usb debugging on and off. Tried making a new vs xamarin file. All of these debug on Android simulator and on another phone but not on mine! When I try to debug any app on my phone. It builds, takes some time. and crashes immediately after starting.
I am thinking it is the "Xamarin.Support" app that I deleted of my phone that is effecting this. Please help!
The other phone that the debugging is working on, I went into their, went into apps in settings and searched xamarin. It had "Xamarin.Android API-27..." My phone also had something similar to that but I uninstalled it accidentally, and I dont know how to get it back to make it debug on my phone if that was indeed the issue.

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