What's Changed

Breaking Changes | Product Fixes | Docs | Testing | Dependency Updates | Housekeeping | New Contributors | Known Issue(s)

Breaking Changes

• Fix shadow consistency on Android and iOS by @albyrock87
• [iOS] Fix Button image sizing and layout by @tj-devel709 in #22476
• Improve performance and stability of BindableLayout by @albyrock87

Product Fixes

• [iOS] Fix for CollectionView single item horizontal alignment issue when using ItemsLayout with a Footer @Tamilarasan-Paranthaman
• [Android] Border Stroke gradient can only switch to another gradient - fix by @kubaflo
• Ensure border stroke only updates when needed by @Foda
• [Windows] Allow setting PlatformCanvas.Antialias by @MartyIX
• [Android] App crash when text exceeds Entry MaxLength by @kubaflo
• [Windows] Fix memory leak w/ main window by @Foda
• Fix Shell.NavBarIsVisible property by @jsuarezruiz
• [Accessibility] Make flyout titles on iOS read as buttons by @tj-devel709
• Fixed scroll to group item on Android + Windows by @Foda
• NavigationBar properties not updating - fix by @kubaflo
• Adopt chromium methodology for determining tablet on Windows by @daltzctr
• [android] call PlatformContentViewGroup.postInvalidate() less by @jonathanpeppers
• [Windows] Fix crash using ScrollTo on CollectionView by @jsuarezruiz
• Try and make scroll-to test more solid by @Foda
• [Android] Removing TapGestureRecognizer with at least 2 taps causes Exception - fix by @kubaflo
• [Windows] Make WebView.CaptureAsync() work by @MartyIX
• [Android] Fix ToolbarItem font color issue after changing available state by @Tamilarasan-Paranthaman
• [Android] Fix for Entry SelectionLength by @NirmalKumarYuvaraj
• Fixed the CollectionView GroupFooterTemplate crashes the application by @NanthiniMahalingam
• [Windows] Fix Entry clear button is not taking the color of the text by @BagavathiPerumal
• [iOS] Bugfix/22469 ios label crash by @artemvalieiev
• [Android] Fix item fading when moving between groups in Grouped CollectionView by @Vignesh-SF3580
• Make MeasureInvalidated event work correctly by @albyrock87
• [Android] Fix for the CarouselView doesn't scroll to the right Position after changing the ItemSource with Loop enabled by @Tamilarasan-Paranthaman
• Fix for FlexLayout padding issue by @BagavathiPerumal
• [Android] SecureStorage: Rework logic to delete shared prefs when key is corrupt by @Redth
• RefreshView IsEnabled enhancements by @kubaflo
• [Android] Failed to inflate ColorStateList - error fix for CheckBox by @kubaflo
• Trigger InvalidateMeasure event on CollectionView when content size changes (iOS) by @albyrock87
• Move EnsureSupportForCustomWebViewClients to Appium by @PureWeen
• [android] cache Join and Cap enum values by @jonathanpeppers
• [android] improve performance of StrokeExtensions by @jonathanpeppers
• [C] respect specificity while overriding DynRes by @StephaneDelcroix
• [Windows] Optimize WrapperView by @MartyIX
• Add Android LoadImageFromFont benchmark and enable verbose Glide logging by @albyrock87
• Match behavior of compiled bindings with indexers to their non-compiled counterparts by @simonrozsival
• Wrap Image with a container on Windows so that it is centered with AspectFill by @japarson
• [Android] Allow custom background drawable with a custom handler by @jsuarezruiz
• 2174059 MAUI hit testing ignores pages loaded by PushModalAsync by @lizharems
• Remove non-functioning code and instead throw a more helpful platform-not-supported error by @dotMorten
• Use the IsRefreshing property directly by @mattleibow
• Null guard in ShellFlyoutTemplatedContentRenderer.HeaderContainer.UpdateMinimumHeight by @BioTurboNick
• Avoid recomputing bindings multiple times and bind BindingContext first by @albyrock87
• Improve performance and stability of BindableLayout by @albyrock87
• Changed order of calls to properly close MediaPicker Activity / ViewController and set the picker result by @Alex-Dobrynin
• Don't invalidate SuperView if not connected to Window by @PureWeen
• Ensure disconnected ItemsViewHandler doesn't hold onto the items source by @PureWeen
• [Windows][GestureManager] Unsubscribe control tap events only if they were subscribed by @MartyIX
• [android] use cached value for GetDisplayDensity() by @jonathanpeppers
• [xaml] improve performance of BindableProperty.TryConvert by @jonathanpeppers
• [Android] invalidate shadows on parent's size change by @kubaflo
• Resolved Text Jump Issue in Entry Control with HorizontalTextAlignment Set to End by @BagavathiPerumal
• Fix for the Nested Entry View In A Frame Causes Crash by @BagavathiPerumal
• [iOS] Readonly Editor Scrolling fix by @kubaflo
• [iOS] SwipeView: Fix reenabling parent scrolling after cancelled swipe by @filipnavara
• Remove code from iOS that short circuits propagation by @PureWeen
• [Android & iOS] dialog theme change on changing UserAppTheme by @kubaflo
• Clear out prototype cell when changing ItemSource by @PureWeen
• Revert "[X] do not apply Bindings if DataType doesn’t match (#22056)" by @PureWeen
• [IOS] Fix error when running new template maui app on iOS by @NirmalKumarYuvaraj
• Editor completed event is not triggered properly when unfocused by @SuthiYuvaraj
• Make sure that Navigation Pages fill the screen by @PureWeen

Docs

• Remove excessive Grid API comment by @jfversluis
• Remove excessive StackLayout API docs by @jfversluis
• Remove MAUI styling from Blazor Hybrid template by @jfversluis
• Remove Xamarin.Forms repo link in issue template by @jfversluis
• Remove excessive ListView API doc by @jfversluis
• Remove excessive Application API docs by @jfversluis
• fix ICanvas.ClipPath documentation by @FaithfulDev

Testing

• [Testing] Added a support for the device's theme change by @kubaflo
• [Testing] Added specific actions by platform by @jsuarezruiz
• [Testing] Added UITest to validate the Switch OnColor property by @jsuarezruiz
• [Testing] moved FlyoutHeaderAdaptsToMinimumHeight to appium by @kubaflo
• [Testing] CollectionViewInfiniteScroll Conversion to UI Test by @dustin-wojciechowski
• [Testing] Changed Scroll to 12, added comment by @dustin-wojciechowski
• [Testing] Split off HandlerDoesNotLeak.DatePicker into its own UI test by @dustin-wojciechowski
• UI testing doc changes by @dustin-wojciechowski
• Remove duplicate versions of tests by @PureWeen
• Optimize UI Tests build time in CI by only building TestCases.HostApp by @jfversluis
• Renamed Github5623.cs in TestCases.HostApp to Github5623.xaml.cs by @dustin-wojciechowski

Dependency Updates

• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro
• Update the mac/iOS workloads by @mattleibow
• [Windows] Upgrade Windows App SDK from 1.5.5 to 1.5.6 by @MartyIX

Housekeeping

• Update bug-report.yml with 8.0.80 SR8 by @PureWeen
• Add shared project for multi-project template when generated in Visual Studio by @jfversluis
• Remove instances of '#if NET6_0_OR_GREATER' by @Eilon
• Update bug report template with .NET 9 preview 7 by @jfversluis
• Print the workload rollback after install by @mattleibow
• Fix cake scripts to work locally by @PureWeen
• Backport maestro and artifact drop infra improvements from net9.0 by @pjcollins
• Regenerate the shipped and unshipped API files by @mattleibow
• Update script to generate Public API files by @mattleibow
• Update TriageProcess.md by @jingliancui

New Contributors

• @TommiGustafsson-HMP made their first contribution in #23924
• @daltzctr made their first contribution in #22809
• @lizharems made their first contribution in #24109
• @Vignesh-SF3580 made their first contribution in #24063
• @Tamilarasan-Paranthaman made their first contribution in #24065
• @NirmalKumarYuvaraj made their first contribution in #24064
• @NanthiniMahalingam made their first contribution in #24205
• @BagavathiPerumal made their first contribution in #24196
• @SuthiYuvaraj made their first contribution in #24161
• @FaithfulDev made their first contribution in #24560
• @Alex-Dobrynin made their first contribution in #21998
• @jingliancui made their first contribution in #24646

Full Changelog: 8.0.82...8.0.90