What's New in this Release
Shell
- "Check for null appearance before setting backdrop" (#11591)
- "Shell FlyoutBackdrop now with Brushes!!" (#11580)
- GitHub #11247 - "[Bug] iOS, Shell FlyoutIsPresented not working if set in "navigating" handler" (#11565)
- GitHub #11266 - "Overlapping labels" (#11456)
- GitHub #11523 - "[Bug] FlyoutBehavior.Disabled removes back-button from navbar in 4.7sr3" (#11526)
- GitHub #7849 - "[Bug] Android AppShell TabBar translate "More" menu text" (#10604)
CollectionView
- GitHub #10830 - "[Bug] [Fatal] [Android] CarouselView Inside Expander Causes Crashing " (#10836)
Other Enhancements
- GitHub #10867 - "Implement ExportFont functionality for WPF" (#10393)
Features in Preview
Shapes
- "[Core] More Shapes constructors" (#11490)
- GitHub #11555 - "VS For Mac's XAML tools broken after updating VS and/or Xamarin.Forms" (#11577)
- GitHub #11557 - "Crash in Visual Studio with 4.8.0.1187-pre2 [Bug] " (#11577)
- GitHub #11563 - "[Bug] Polygon.Points doesn't respond to CollectionChanged events" (#11576)
UWP Shell
- "Check for null appearance before setting backdrop" (#11591)
- "Shell FlyoutBackdrop now with Brushes!!" (#11580)
Drag and Drop GestureRecognizers
- GitHub #10778 - "[Spec] DragGestureRecognizer DropGestureRecognizer " (#11537)
Expander
- GitHub #10830 - "[Bug] [Fatal] [Android] CarouselView Inside Expander Causes Crashing " (#10836)
SwipeView
- GitHub #11374 - "[Bug] [Android] SwipeView in ListView is not working with RippleEffect and Release configuration" (#11380)
Dark Mode/App Themes
- GitHub #11395 - "[Bug] Span cannot be styled for the Dark Mode (it does not support SetAppThemeColor method)" (#11437)
Brushes
- GitHub #11497/GitHub #11547 - "[Bug] [Shapes 4.8-pre2] Justice for baby elephant!" (#11574)
- GitHub #11541 - "[Bug][Shapes] Shapes demos has some invalid IL code once updated to 4.8-pre2" (#11548)
Issues Fixed
- GitHub #10830 - "[Bug] [Fatal] [Android] CarouselView Inside Expander Causes Crashing " (#10836)
- GitHub #11061 - "Xamarin - Binding a DateTime gives "InvalidProgramException - Invalid IL Code"" (#11086)
- GitHub #11247 - "[Bug] iOS, Shell FlyoutIsPresented not working if set in "navigating" handler" (#11565)
- GitHub #11266 - "Overlapping labels" (#11456)
- GitHub #11374 - "[Bug] [Android] SwipeView in ListView is not working with RippleEffect and Release configuration" (#11380)
- GitHub #11395 - "[Bug] Span cannot be styled for the Dark Mode (it does not support SetAppThemeColor method)" (#11437)
- GitHub #11425 - "[Bug] PlaceholderColor on Entry does not work when global Span TextColor style is set" (#11429)
- GitHub #11430 - "[Bug] [iOS] Button stays in Pressed state if the touch-up event occurs outside" (#11441)
- GitHub #11497/GitHub #11547 - "[Bug] [Shapes 4.8-pre2] Justice for baby elephant!" (#11574)
- GitHub #11523 - "[Bug] FlyoutBehavior.Disabled removes back-button from navbar in 4.7sr3" (#11526)
- GitHub #11541 - "[Bug][Shapes] Shapes demos has some invalid IL code once updated to 4.8-pre2" (#11548)
- GitHub #11555 - "VS For Mac's XAML tools broken after updating VS and/or Xamarin.Forms" (#11577)
- GitHub #11557 - "Crash in Visual Studio with 4.8.0.1187-pre2 [Bug] " (#11577)
- GitHub #11563 - "[Bug] Polygon.Points doesn't respond to CollectionChanged events" (#11576)
- GitHub #7849 - "[Bug] Android AppShell TabBar translate "More" menu text" (#10604)
Additional fixes included in this release
- "[Core] More Shapes constructors" (#11490)
- "Check for null appearance before setting backdrop" (#11591)
- "Mark Transform.ValueProperty as public" (#11543)
- "Shell FlyoutBackdrop now with Brushes!!" (#11580)
- GitHub #11527 - "Device exception message mentions 'you must call Xamarin.Forms.Init() ...' but there is no such API" (#11528)
API Changes
- "Mark Transform.ValueProperty as public" (#11543)
- GitHub #10778 - "[Spec] DragGestureRecognizer DropGestureRecognizer " (#11537)
- GitHub #11555 - "VS For Mac's XAML tools broken after updating VS and/or Xamarin.Forms" (#11577)
- GitHub #11557 - "Crash in Visual Studio with 4.8.0.1187-pre2 [Bug] " (#11577)
See complete release notes here.