Features
- Briefcase is more resilient to file download failures by discarding partially downloaded files. (#753)
- All warnings from the App and its dependencies are now shown when running
briefcase devby invoking Python in development mode. (#806) - The Dockerfile used to build AppImages can now include user-provided container setup instructions. (#886)
- It is no longer necessary to specify a device when building an iOS project. (#953)
- Briefcase apps can now provide a test suite.
briefcase runandbriefcase devboth provide a--testoption to start the test suite. (#962) - Initial support for Python 3.12 was added. (#965)
- Frameworks contained added to a macOS app bundle are now automatically code signed. (#971)
- The
build.gradlefile used to build Android apps can now include arbitrary additional settings. (#973) - The run and build commands now have full control over the update of app requirements resources. (#983)
- Resources that require variants will now use the variant name as part of the filename by default. (#989)
briefcase open linux appimagenow starts a shell session in the Docker context, rather than opening the project folder. (#991)- Web project configuration has been updated to reflect recent changes to PyScript. (#1004)
Bugfixes
- Console output of Windows apps is now captured in the Briefcase log. (#787)
- Android emulators configured with
_no_skinwill no longer generate a warning. (#882) - Briefcase now exits normally when CTRL-C is sent while tailing logs for the App when using
briefcase run. (#904) - Backslashes and double quotes are now safe to be used for formal name and description (#905)
- The console output for Windows batch scripts in now captured in the Briefcase log. (#917)
- When using the Windows Store version of Python, Briefcase now ensures the cache directory is created in
%LOCALAPPDATA%instead of the sandboxed location enforced for Windows Store apps. (#922) - An Android application that successfully starts, but fails quickly, no longer stalls the launch process. (#936)
- The required Visual Studio Code components are now included in verification errors for Visual Studio Apps. (#939)
- It is now possible to specify app configurations for macOS Xcode and Windows VisualStudio projects. Previously, these sections of configuration files would be ignored due to a case discrepancy. (#952)
- Development mode now starts apps in PEP540 UTF-8 mode, for consistency with the stub apps. (#985)
- Local file references in requirements no longer break AppImage builds. (#992)
- On macOS, Rosetta is now installed automatically if needed. (#1000)
- The way dependency versions are specified has been modified to make Briefcase as accomodating as possible with end-user environments, but as stable as possible for development environments. (#1041)
- To prevent console corruption, dynamic console elements (such as the Wait Bar) are temporarily removed when output streaming is disabled for a command. (#1055)
Improved Documentation
- Release history now contains links to GitHub issues. (#1022)
Misc
- #906, #907, #918, #923, #924, #925, #926, #929, #931, #951, #959, #960, #964, #967, #969, #972, #981, #984, #987, #994, #995, #996, #997, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1012, #1013, #1020, #1021, #1023, #1028, #1038, #1042, #1043, #1044, #1045, #1046, #1047, #1048, #1049, #1051, #1052, #1057, #1059, #1061, #1068, #1069, #1071