Xamarin.Essentials 1.3 release notes

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What's New in this Release

  • GH-839 Add Launcher.TryOpenAsync API
Task<bool> Launcher.TryOpenAsync(Uri);
Task<bool> Launcher.TryOpenAsync(string);
  • GH-849 Add new MainThread helper methods
Task InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(Action action);
Task<T> InvokeOnMainThreadAsync<T>(Func<T> func);
Task InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(Func<Task> funcTask);
Task<T> InvokeOnMainThreadAsync<T>(Func<Task<T>> funcTask);
Task<SynchronizationContext> GetMainThreadSynchronizationContextAsync();
  • GH-827 Added support for watchOS & tvOS
  • GH-555 Added support for Tizen

Available in 1.3.0-pre

  • GH-827 Added support for watchOS & tvOS
  • GH-555 Added support for Tizen

Release History

  • Tuesday, August 20, 2019 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.3.0 (1.3.0)
  • Monday, July 8, 2019 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.3.0-pre (1.3.0 Pre Release 1)

Xamarin.Essentials 1.3.0 (1.3.0)

Issues Fixed

  • GH-848 Email.ComposeAsync Crash on iOS when formatted incorrect
  • GH-877 Add volatile flag on MainThread.Android
  • GH-873 Fix opening file on iPad
  • GH-862 Fix Experimental Feature Flag

Breaking Changes

  • None

Blogs

Xamarin Blogs

Thank you

Thank you to our community for helping to make Xamarin.Essentials even better!

This release, we received amazing contributions from these individuals. Give them a big round of applause!

Author Description PR
Elvi Thudugala (@thudugala) Fix Experimental Feature Flag #862
Eilon Lipton (@Eilon) Update NuGet Urls #867

Feedback welcome

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Open Source

Xamarin.Essentials 1.3.0 is based on the open-source Xamarin.Essentials repository: