fyne-io/fyne v2.2.0

v2.2.0 - System tray, web driver and JSON themes :)

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The exciting v2.2.0 is finally here and it has a long list of improvements bundled in.
Top of the exciting features are sure to be the support for desktop system tray menus, the ability to run your Fyne apps through a web browser (technical preview - not feature complete) and also to specify themes more easily using JSON resources.

Highlighted additions

• Add SetIcon method on ToolbarAction (#2475)
• Access compiled app metadata using new App.Metadata() method
• Add support for System tray icon and menu (#283)
• Support for Android Application Bundle (.aab) (#2663)
• Initial support for OpenBSD and NetBSD
• Add keyboard shortcuts to menu (#682)
• Add technical preview of web driver and fyne serve command
• Added iossimulator build target (#1917)
• Allow dynamic themes via JSON templates (#211)
• Custom hyperlink callback (#2979)
• Add support for .ico file when compiling for windows (#2412)
• Add binding.NewStringWithFormat (#2890)
• Add Entry.SetMinRowsVisible
• Add Menu.Refresh() and MainMenu.Refresh() (#2853)
• Packages for Linux and BSD now support installing into the home directory
• Add .RemoveAll() to containers
• Add an AllString validator for chaining together string validators

Changes

There are also a few changes that may be of note for some developers - there is a small chance you might need to update some code as a result, but none of them are breaking changes:

• Toolbar item constructors now return concrete types instead of ToolbarItem
• Low importance buttons no longer draw button color as a background
• ProgressBar widget height is now consistent with other widgets
• Include check in DocTabs menu to show current tab
• Don't call OnScrolled if offset did not change (#2646)
• Prefer ANDROID_NDK_HOME over the ANDROID_HOME ndk-bundle location (#2920)
• Support serialisation / deserialisation of the widget tree (#5)
• Better error reporting / handling when OpenGL is not available (#2689)
• Memory is now better reclaimed on Android when the OS requests it
• Notifications on Linux and BSD now show the application icon
• Change listeners for preferences no longer run when setting the same value
• The file dialog now shows extensions in the list view for better readability
• Many optimisations and widget performance enhancements
• Updated various dependencies to their latest versions

So there you go. There are many, many bug fixes as well but we didn't want to bore you with them - just check the bug tracker :).
Let us know how you get on and have a great time building even more awesome apps!