cefsharp/CefSharp v57.0.0

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April 18, 2017, Chromium 57.0 / CEF 3.2987.1601(Chromium 57.0.2987.133)

• #562 Feature Request - Add versions to CefSharp.Core and CefSharp.BrowserSubprocess.Core projects [@merceyz]
• #692 Build Script Update App.Manifest [@merceyz]
• #1723 WPF crashing with open combobox [@taylorjonl]
• #1818 CefSharp.BrowserSubProcess.exe x86 fails strong name verification [@merceyz]
• #1928 V55: VisitUrlCookiesAsync NullReferenceException [@amaitland]
• #1934 Feature Request - Expose CefRegisterWidevineCdm [@spazzarama]
• #1940 WindowOpenDisposition enum doesn't line up with CEF cef_window_open_disposition_t [@mbragg12]
• #1943 Fixed LoadHtml loading the Url even if RegisterHandler returns false [@merceyz]
• #1946 Add Minimal WinForms Designer Support [@merceyz]
• #1948 V55 unable to access internet through proxy
• #1952 Fixed WPF browser going blank when connecting over RDP [@merceyz]
• #1960 NullReferenceException in ILifeSpanHandler.DoClose [@merceyz]
• #1962 WPF - Made GetViewRect always round up [@merceyz]
• #1967 Remove IBrowserSettings.CaretBrowsing - was removed from CEF API [@mtschoen]
• #1981 RegisterAsyncJsObject managed methods can now return arrays of structs [@joaompneves]
• #1989 Added minimal WPF designer support [@merceyz]
• #1990 v55 CefSettings.Locale does not localize context menu labels
• #1991 Change Notification - Remove Plugin and replace with WebPluginInfo [@amaitland]
• #1994 DefaultResourceHandlerFactory - Changed from Uri.ToString to Uri.AbsoluteUri [@merceyz]

Notes

• Chromium has removed support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
  https://chrome.googleblog.com/2015/11/updates-to-chrome-platform-support.html
• Due to licensing issues default builds do not support proprietary codecs like H264 and MP3, sites like Netflix/Twitter/Instagram won't play video/audio. See #1479 for more info.
• CEF has switched from using breakpad to crashpad for error reporting see https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/cef/wiki/CrashReporting.md for details
• As part of this release new sections have been added to the General Usage Guide
• This release was funded using Bounty Source A big thank you to all those who contributed!
• This project now uses GitLink for better debugging, see #1680
• The chrome_elf.dll is now required, it's used for crashpad (crash reporting).
• Minimal designer support has been added to the WPF and WinForms projects (Thanks go to @merceyz)
• Scheme handlers can now be registered as secure, newly added feature to CEF

Known Issues

• WinForms when running on Windows 10 Anniversary pressing certain key combinations freezes the browser see #1822 The issue has been reported upstream, there are workarounds listed in #1822
• WPF/OffScreen PDF Scrolling isn't working properly with the mouse wheel see #1916 for details, needs to be fixed in CEF. Use the WinForms version hosted in WPF as a workaround for now.
• See https://github.com/cefsharp/CefSharp/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Aknown-issue for other known issues

Breaking Changes

• CefSharp requires at least .Net 4.5.2 (Last version to support .Net 4.0 is 49)
• Removed IBrowserSettings.CaretBrowsing (CEF API changed)
• Removed WindowOpenDisposition.SuppressOpen (CEF API changed)
• Removed Plugin class and replace with WebPluginInfo(Was duplication inCefSharp API`)