Xamarin.Forms 4.4.0.936621-pre1 (4.4.0 Pre Release 1) Release Notes

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What's New in this Release

  • "centralize bottom nav behaviors so all the bottom navs work the same" (#5904)
  • Github #7445 - "[Enhancement] Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF.ImageExtensions to public" (#7462)
  • Github #7664 - "[Enhancement] FontImageSource Size property should support named font sizes" (#7887)
  • Github #8004 - "[Enhancement] Add a ScaleXTo and ScaleYTo animation extension method" (#8007)
  • Github #8113 - "[Enh] Convert HSL(A) with Double from InvariantString" (#8114)

Features in Preview

CarouselView

  • Github #4765 - "[Shell] Cannot prevent flyout menu list from scrolling." (#5974)
  • Github #7369 - "[Bug] AutomationProperties.IsInAccessibleTree is not hideing controls from TalkBack" (#7370)

Release History

  • Thursday, October 31, 2019 - Xamarin.Forms 4.4.0.936621-pre1 (4.4.0 Pre Release 1)

Thursday, October 31, 2019 - Xamarin.Forms 4.4.0.936621-pre1 (4.4.0 Pre Release 1)

Issues Fixed

  • Github #4115 - "[WPF] ListView.ScrollTo does not work in WPF" (#7947)
  • Github #5612 - "[macOS] NRE when navigating around automation galleries" (#8051)
  • Github #5747 - "[Visual] [iOS] [Material] Button.BackgroundColor not working in C# " (#8089)
  • Github #6281 - "Unable to bind a Complex property value to Label TextProperty" (#7651)
  • Github #6474 - "Border and CornerRadius are not respected in UWP when button is disabled" (#8107)
  • Github #6663 - "[Bug] (3.3->3.5 Regression) GTK: when navigating back to previous page, not all contents are rendered" (#8096)
  • Github #7002 - "[Bug - Shell] Visual Material issue on iOS" (#8089)
  • Github #7303 - "[Bug] Grid is not correctly using MinimumWidthRequest with calculating Auto Cells" (#7318)
  • Github #7320 - "[Bug] FontImageSource don't work on wpf" (#7625)
  • Github #7323 - "[Xamarin.iOS] Deprecated API Usage UIWebView" (#7367)
  • Github #7331 - "[Bug] Android Activity crashes when calling finish before Forms.Init" (#7363)
  • Github #7369 - "[Bug] AutomationProperties.IsInAccessibleTree is not hideing controls from TalkBack" (#7370)
  • Github #7581 - "[Bug] UWP Map not moving to location when map hidden then shown" (#7960)
  • Github #7589 - "[Bug] NullReferenceException if you use IsPassword" (#7591)
  • Github #7629 - "[Bug] Scrollview scrollbar not visible on Android" (#8090)
  • Github #7825 - "[Bug] WPF Frame cornerRadius doesn't clip content" (#7828)
  • Github #7851 - "[Bug] macOS button padding not implemented" (#7919)
  • Github #7972 - "under iOS, await scrollView.ScrollToAsync(scrollView.ScrollX, scrollView.ScrollY, true) never completes" (#7979)
  • Github #8015 - "VerticalScrollBarVisibility=“Always” not working in Xamarin Android" (#8090)
  • Github #8029 - "[Bug] Dialog theming issues with Android dark mode" (#8046)
  • Github #8148 - "[Bug] WPF Entry initial TextColor ignored when typing" (#8149)

Additional fixes included in this release

  • "[Android] Unregister effects on dispose" (#8109)
  • "[Core] Move TextProperty, ITextElement, and IPlaceholderElement to InputView" (#4477)
  • "[Enhancement] Batch updates via "using" statement" (#7807)
  • "[iOS] Fixes for null check for Shell classes" (#7583)
  • "[macOs] implements Frame CornerRadius" (#8168)
  • "[Tizen] Add Meterial Stepper Renderer" (#8037)
  • "[Tizen] fix picker focus issue in Tizen TV" (#7770)
  • "[Tizen] Improves the initialization of VE's properties" (#7666)
  • "[Tizen] Tizen renderer performance optimization" (#7440)
  • "[Tizen] Update InitializationOptions" (#7441)
  • "[X] handle CDATA explicit properties" (#7342)
  • "Anticipate .cctors" (#7294)
  • "build.cake: more readable way of using an enum" (#7867)
  • "css: letter-spacing" (#7343)
  • "Fix typo in RefreshViewRenderer" (#7831)
  • "Lazily load ResourceManager types" (#7596)
  • "Make UpdateCancelButton virtual" (#8027)
  • "Set Continue On Error for task that creates version file in case of parallel builds" (#7914)
  • "Update Android UI test instructions" (#7579)

Known Issues

  • Github #7803 - "[Bug] RefreshView pull to refresh command firing twice on a single pull"
  • Github #7584 - "[Bug] iOS: Visual Material: Frame + ScrollView rendering issue"
  • Github #7268 - "[Bug] Unable to set initial CarouselView item using ScrollTo() in page constructor"

Breaking Changes

  • "[Core] Move TextProperty, ITextElement, and IPlaceholderElement to InputView" (#4477)
  • Github #6281 - "Unable to bind a Complex property value to Label TextProperty" (#7651)

Namespace Xamarin.Forms

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.Editor

Removed properties:

public double CharacterSpacing { get; set; }
public string Placeholder { get; set; }
public Color PlaceholderColor { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

Removed event:

public event System.EventHandler<TextChangedEventArgs> TextChanged;

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.Entry

Removed properties:

public double CharacterSpacing { get; set; }
public string Placeholder { get; set; }
public Color PlaceholderColor { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

Removed event:

public event System.EventHandler<TextChangedEventArgs> TextChanged;

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.IShellSectionController

Removed methods:

public virtual void SendPopped (Page page);
public virtual void SendPopping (Page page);

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.SearchBar

Removed properties:

public double CharacterSpacing { get; set; }
public string Placeholder { get; set; }
public Color PlaceholderColor { get; set; }
public string Text { get; set; }
public Color TextColor { get; set; }

Removed event:

public event System.EventHandler<TextChangedEventArgs> TextChanged;

Namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.AccessibilityExtensions

Removed method:

public static bool? SetFocusable (this Android.Views.View Control, Xamarin.Forms.Element Element, bool? _defaultFocusable);

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Android.ResourceManager

Modified properties:

 public System.Type DrawableClass { get; ---set;--- }
 public System.Type LayoutClass { get; ---set;--- }
 public System.Type ResourceClass { get; ---set;--- }
 public System.Type StyleClass { get; ---set;--- }

Namespace Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen.Native

Type Changed: Xamarin.Forms.Platform.Tizen.Native.EditfieldEntry

Removed property:

protected ElmSharp.Layout EditfieldLayout { get; }

API Changes

See all API Changes here.

  • "[Core] Move TextProperty, ITextElement, and IPlaceholderElement to InputView" (#4477)
  • Github #4765 - "[Shell] Cannot prevent flyout menu list from scrolling." (#5974)

Blogs

Xamarin Blogs

Thank you

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

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

Author Commit PR
adrianknight89 (@adrianknight89) Update Android UI test instructions (#7579) #7579
adrianknight89 (@adrianknight89) added instructions (#8076) fixes #2352 #8076
adrianknight89 (@adrianknight89) Add instructions and change UI test (#8077) fixes #2351 #8077
adrianknight89 (@adrianknight89) Added instructions and changed the test for Issue2241 (#8080) fixes #2274 #8080
Alexandre Santos Costa (@magoolation) Setting ImportantForAccessibility when changing AutomationProperties.IsInAccessibleTree (#7370) fixes #7369 #7370
Andrei (@AndreiMisiukevich) Unregister effects on dispose (#8109) #8109
Andrei (@AndreiMisiukevich) [Enhancement] Batch updates via "using" statement (#7807) #7807
Andres G. Aragoneses (@knocte) build.cake: more readable way of using an enum (#7867) #7867
Andres G. Aragoneses (@knocte) Revert "[GTK] Fix visibility of hidden pages in the stack (#3904) (#8096) #8096
Bohdan Benetskyi (@bbenetskyy) Fix System.OverflowException for Hsl with double in invariant string (#8114) fixes #8113 #8114
Brian Macomber (@bmacombe) Rebase and Clean Up (#8107) #8107
Glenn Versweyveld (@Depechie) Make UpdateCancelButton virtual (#8027) #8027
Joe Manke (@jcmanke) [Core] Move TextProperty, ITextElement, and IPlaceholderElement to InputView (#4477) #4477
Joe Manke (@jcmanke) [Android] Use AppCompat AlertDialog (#8046) #8046
Kangho Hur (@rookiejava) [Tizen] Improves the initialization of VE.props (#7666) #7666
Konrad Müller (@krdmllr) Fix bug 7581 - UWP Map not moving to location when map hidden then shown (#7960) #7960
ksemenenko (@KSemenenko) css: letter-spacing (#7343) #7343
ksemenenko (@KSemenenko) [iOS] Fixes for null check for Shell classes (#7583) #7583
maexsp (@maexsp) Spelling fix (#7868) #7868
melimion (@melimion) Fix ListView.ScrollTo does not work in WPF (#7947) #7947
melimion (@melimion) opacity mask added to FrameRenderer (#7828) #7828
melimion (@melimion) [macOs] implements Frame CornerRadius (#8168) #8168
melimion (@melimion) foreground color fix (#8149) #8149
Mikolaj Kieres (@mkieres) Creating automated UI tests for the issue 1747 (#8023) fixes #2237 #8023
Mikolaj Kieres (@mkieres) Created automated UI tests for issue 1769 (#8020) #8020
Mikolaj Kieres (@mkieres) Automating bugzilla issue 33870 (#7968) #7968
Mikolaj Kieres (@mkieres) Adding instructions to the UI Test (issue #38770) (#8062) #8062
neolithos (@neolithos) Fix NullReferenceException in Obfuscate (#7589) (#7591) #7591
neolithos (@neolithos) [Enhancement] Xamarin.Forms.Platform.WPF.ImageExtensions to public (#7462) #7462
Oberdan Bitencourt Ferreira (@arctouch-oberdanbitencourt) Preventing NRE when setting accessibility label while disposing controls (#8051) #8051
Oliver Brown (@GalaxiaGuy) [macOS] Add padding to Button (#7919) fixes #7851 #7919
Oliver Brown (@GalaxiaGuy) [iOS] Fix iOS ScrollToAsync not completing when scrolling to current location (#7979) #7979
Ravinder Jangra (@ravinderjangra) Fix android scrollbar visibility issue (#8090) fixes #7629 #8015 #8090
Ravinder Jangra (@ravinderjangra) [Android] Fix Material button renderer setbackgroundcolor (#8089) fixes #5747 fixes #7002 #8089
Seungkeun Lee (@myroot) [Tizen] Tizen renderer performance optimization (#320) (#7440) #7440
Seungkeun Lee (@myroot) [Tizen] Update InitializationOptions (#7441) #7441
shmin (@shyunMin) [Tizen] fix picker focus issue in TV profile (#7770) #7770
shmin (@shyunMin) [Tizen] Add Meterial Stepper Renderer (#8037) #8037
Steven Thewissen (@sthewissen) Add extension methods for ScaleXTo and ScaleYTo (#8007) fixes #8004 #8007
Stuart Lang (@slang25) [UWP] Check for null Platform in OnDestroy fixes #7331 (#7363) #7363
Stuart Lang (@slang25) Fix typo in RefreshViewRenderer (#7831) #7831
Vũ Đức Tuyến (@tuyen-vuduc) #7664 Use FontSizeConverter for FontImageSource.Size property (#7887) #7887
Yuriy Holembyovskyy (@yurkinh) Fix7320 font image source don't work on wpf (#7625) fixes #7320 #7625

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Open Source

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