Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms Release Notes

v16.2.0.41
June 19, 2018
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Common

  • From this release onwards, the localization procedure for our controls has been simplified to use .resx files to provide localized text in .NET Standard projects. Localized text is no longer required in platform-specific projects. However, if you are already following a platform-specific approach, it will continue to work.
  • All the samples have been upgraded to Visual Studio 2017 with .NET Standard.
  • Provided macOS support for chart, data grid and list view.

DataSource

Breaking Changes

  • DefaultInvariant field of Comparerclass is changed into property.
  • Default field of Comparerclass is changed into property.

DocIO

Features

  • #197650, #198520, #201686 - Added support to preserve fonts embedded in Word document during DOCX to PDF conversion.
  • #F131792, #F132491 - Added support to preserve editable form fields during Word to PDF conversion.
  • #195530, #203634, #201967 - Added support to open and save Strict Open XML Document (*.docx) format.
  • #102574, #98747, #200288 - Added support for exporting Word Headings to PDF Bookmarks during Word to PDF conversion.
  • #200288 - Added support for generating 508 compliant PDF documents during Word to PDF conversion.
  • #131425, #135001, #135243, #144388, #F135901 - Added support for importing a HTML file.
  • #F137353 - Added CharacterFormat property in WPicture class.
  • #204615, #204634, #205098, #F137327 - Added Font stream property in SubstituteFontEventHandler to set alternate font stream for missing fonts in device during Word to PDF/Image conversion.

Breaking Changes

  • #F137353 - The property CharacterFormat was added to the IWPicture interface.
  • The method AppendHTML was added to the IWParagraph interface.
  • The method InsertXHTML was added to the ITextBody interface.

Bug Fixes

  • #197282 - ArgumentException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular RTF document.
  • #199294 - The character and paragraph properties inherited from source document default formats are now properly imported to destination document.
  • #197763 - Picture effects are now preserved properly while merging a cloned Word document for multiple times.
  • #196839 - Paragraph with “None” list style type is now preserved properly while parsing a HTML format document.
  • #201256, #201364 - Field code is now serialized properly within “instrText” element while opening and saving DOCX format document.
  • #198450, #198489 - FormatException will be no longer thrown while opening and saving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #198653 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while updating fields in a particular Word document.
  • #200254 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular DOCX format document.
  • #198360 - IndexOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while opening and saving a particular Word document.
  • #200327 - Formatting of contents within textbox is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as HTML.
  • #199782 - Font preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular RTF document to Word document.
  • #199747 - No extra characters will be preserved while converting a Word document as RTF.
  • #198068 - Nested body contents are now preserved properly while parsing a particular Word document.
  • #195214 - Paragraph within nested table is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #195214 - Vertically merged cells are now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #196520 - Fields with unknown type are now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #196520, #200771 - List numbering preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #195214 - Table styles are now applied properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #199166, #202106 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while updating content control text for Word to PDF conversion.
  • #189615 - Shape flip style is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #198450 - Frames are now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #189881 - Text alignment is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #198842 - Footnote preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #197456 - OutOfMemoryException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #198675 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #197524, #202787 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #200936 - Oval shape preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #198662 - Image is now preserved properly while merging DOC format documents and saving as DOCX format document.
  • #198007, #195050 - The content control text is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #198007, #195050 - Line break is now preserved properly while binding content control text for Word to PDF conversion.
  • #200715 - Ampersand symbol is now imported properly from a particular HTML file.
  • #200861 - The content control text is now preserved properly while converting a particular DOCX format document as RTF.
  • #201472 - File path is now shown properly in hyperlink which is created by using AppendHyperlink method.
  • #201937, #202761 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while performing Mail merge in a particular Word document.
  • #200399 - The image position with multiple column issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #202261 - The gray scale image recoloring is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #201685 - The horizontal shape position issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #200702 - Alternative text for OLE Picture is now preserved properly while saving a particular DOCX format document.
  • #200882 - Decimal separator is now preserved properly while exporting a particular HTML file in machines with German culture.
  • #202007 - No longer hangs while performing Word to PDF conversion for a particular Word document in 64-bit environment.
  • #202883 - Tab position issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #201467 - Table missing issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #204072 - Bidirectional text is now preserved properly while converting a particular RTF document to Word document and vice versa.
  • #201718 - Shape position and size preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #202700 - No longer hangs while performing Word to PDF conversion for a particular Word document.
  • #201967 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while opening and saving a particular Word DOCX document containing web video element.
  • #201718 - SmileyFace shape preservation issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #199931 - Macro project signature is now preserved properly in customUI.xml (Ribbon QAT options) for a particular document during DOTM to DOCM conversion.
  • #203526 - NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while updating document fields in a particular Word document.
  • #204279 - List number is preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #199166, #200861, #202966 - Font size is now preserved properly while converting Word document with compatibility option overrideTableStyleFontSizeAndJustification as PDF.
  • #198520 - Text content from the embedded fonts preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #199221 - Table position issue has been resolved while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #197686 - IndexOutOfRangeException will be no longer thrown while parsing a particular RTF Word document.
  • #F135803 - Date field with static field code text is now preserved properly while converting a particular Word document as PDF.
  • #205098 - Performance has been improved now while converting a Word document to PDF in a Linux docker container.

PDF

Features

  • #199403,197452 - Support for adding annotation to the PDF Layers is added.
  • #188500,197742 - Support for flattening the existing signature field.
  • #134972 – Support for adding document timestamp to the PDF document.
  • #153585,164455,154694,135418,135619,135602,F135954,200150 – Support for drawing RTL text to the PDF document.

Bug Fixes

  • #200302 - Improved the performance when importing the pages from the existing PDF document.
  • #200680 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when altering the page label of existing PDF document.
  • #200527 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when loading a PDF document with open and repair.
  • #200438 - Same key has already been added exception no longer occurs when loading particular PDF document.
  • #199711 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when importing named destinations from the PDF document.
  • #198565 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when merging the particular PDF documents.
  • #197635 - An error was encountered while retrieving page content exception no longer occurs when adding watermark to the existing PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
  • #199398 - URI value from PdfLoadedUriAnnotation is now preserving properly when retrieving the PDF document.
  • #199159 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when importing the pages from the particular PDF document.
  • #198936,198057 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when merging the particular PDF documents.
  • #198683 - Performance has been increased when loading particular PDF document.
  • #198498 - Opacity is now properly applying to the flattened annotation.
  • #198487 - Null reference exception no longer occurs when loading the particular PDF document.
  • #198281,198759 - Signature is now valid while adding digital signature to the PDF document in different time zones.
  • #194851 - Improved the performance while closing the PDF document.
  • #196766,198057,196766 - The document size is optimized when importing the page from the particular document.
  • #197077,198678 - Cannot find the PDF catalog information exception no longer occurs when loading the particular PDF document.
  • #197123 - PDF form fields are now preserving properly when merging the PDF documents.
  • #196643 - Improved the performance when loading the corrupted PDF documents.
  • #196621 - Improved the performance when splitting a large PDF document.
  • #194018 - ArgumentException is no longer occurs when flattening a PDF document.
  • #199907 - The PdfLoadedSignatureField is now loading from the existing PDF document.
  • #201292 - Cannot use the specified stream exception is no longer thrown, while loading the particular PDF document.
  • #196882 - Borders of PdfLoadedTextBoxField are now preserved properly while flattening form fields.
  • #200987 - PDF will no longer be corrupted, when adding the security to the protected document.
  • #201693 - Null reference exception will not occurs while merging particular PDF documents.
  • #194851 - Improved performance for saving large PDF document.
  • #201871 - Preflight error will not occur for the flattened PDF document.
  • #199545 - Border color and font is now retrieving properly from PdfLoadedFreeTextAnnotation.
  • #203312 - Text is now preserving properly when appending to the particular PDF document.
  • #201303 - PDF layer is now removing properly from the page.
  • Child PdfGrid borders are now preserved properly.
  • Cell padding is now applied properly to the background image of PdfGridCell.

Presentation

Features

  • #188453 , #195951, #120538, #150198, #154578, #162596, #165263, #175560, #179509, #190137 - Added support for creating and editing animations in PowerPoint presentation.

Breaking Changes

  • The property Timeline was added to the IBaseSlide interface.

Bug Fixes

  • #201506 - Used memory is now disposed properly after resaving the PowerPoint presentation with charts.
  • #198361 - Images are now preserved properly while performing clone and merge in PowerPoint presentation.
  • #199566 - The URL associated with a hyperlink is now preserved properly while re-saving the PowerPoint presentation.
  • #199259 - Application will no longer hang while re-saving the PowerPoint presentation with SmartArt diagrams.
  • #196810 - PowerPoint presentation is no more corrupted while applying slide formatting options.

SfAutoComplete

Bug fixes

  • #137211, #204146: Now, SfAutoComplete works without any crash using dynamic source (Xamarin.Forms Android).
  • #204081: Keyboard is appearing fine when the SfAutocomplete is used inside the SfListView.
  • #204069: Now, the SelectedItem works fine with null values.
  • #136718: In SfAutoComplete, Text is updated correctly when setting the default value in Xamarin.Forms Android.
  • #203493: In SfAutoComplete, the selected item is now added dynamically as a token.
  • #201118: The CollectionChanged event is now fired when the items are added/removed in SelectedItem.

Features

  • #197877: The SelectionChanging event support has been provided for AutoComplete.
  • Now, support has been provided to indicate the SelectedItem during MultiSelection.

SfCalendar

Bug Fixes

  • #204064: The Selected Dates are now appearing in the correct rows in vertical navigation mode.
  • #204870, #137166: The ArgumentOutOfRangeException has been resolved when the CultureInfo is set to Arabic.
  • #191495: The custom range selection is now working properly in SfCalendar in Android.
  • #203872: The SelectedAppointment is now working fine and not returning Null value when the appointment date in SfCalendar is tapped.
  • #137126: In SfCalendar, custom CalendarInLineEvent collection can be used.
  • #203896: In SfCalendar, the Arabic week days language in iOS is now appearing correctly.
  • #203329: The crash issue that occurs when adding SfCalendar control to a page in UWP has been resolved.

SfCarousel

Bug Fixes

  • #209081: SfCarouselItem re-render while select any item.

Features

  • Now, the carousel supports to load minimal items when loading initially. It can be done using the LoadMoreItemsCount and AllowLoadMore properties.
  • Now, the carousel supports UI virtualization (view port items are only rendered and other items are not rendered). It can be done by setting the EnableVirtualization property.

SfChart

Bug Fixes

  • #204323, 205494 – Improper rendering of date-time axis in different time zone has been fixed.

  • The exception ObjectDisposedException will no longer be thrown when access the properties of annotation from another page of carousel.

  • LogarithmicAxis will work properly even if the Series property of SfChart is set to empty.

Features

  • #181601, 203876 – Now, the chart supports macOS platform in Xamarin.Forms.

  • #200739 – Support has been provided to plot different types of shapes in ScatterSeries.

  • #166387 – The text or any view can be added to the center of the doughnut chart.

  • #148775, 148976, 159791, 202410 – Now, the chart supports DateTimeCategoryAxis.

  • Support has been provided to group the data points into “others” category in pie and doughnut charts.

Enhancements

  • #196663, 196661 – Support has been provided to add separate view for each annotation.

  • #196660, 202109 – Support has been provided to add separate view for individual series.

  • #196667 – The events and methods have been exposed in chart to get notifications of touch interactions on annotation.

  • #158854 – The TrackballLabelCreated event has been exposed in chart to get notifications when the trackball is activated for a data point and customize the text and its appearance based on condition.

  • The DataMarkerLabelCreated event has been exposed in chart to get notifications when the data marker is created and customize the label and its appearance based on condition.

Breaking Changes

  • The default size of marker symbol in Android platform has been reduced to 7 from 30 for consistent size across the platform.

SfCheckBox Preview

The check box is a selection control that allows users to select one or more options from a set. It has three states: checked, unchecked, and indeterminate.

Key Features

  • Supports three states.
  • Allow users to select and clear the control by tapping.
  • Supports check box color, shape and label text customization.

SfCircularGauge

Bug fixes

  • # 200242 – RangePointer will be applied properly for multiple scales.

  • # 136225 – NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when the StartValue and EndValue of scale are equal with header.

  • # 201560 – RangeCap will not be rendered above the Scale rim.

  • # 204838 – NeedlePointer will be updated properly when the orientation is changed at pointer value 0.

  • # 204648 – BindingContext will be applied properly for circular gauge when bound to list view.

  • # 203414 – Java.IllegalException will no longer be thrown when the GaugeAnnotation is added in TabbedPage.

  • # 202922 – RangePointer will render properly for small values.

  • # 201560 – RangePointer animation will work properly for the circular gauge.

SfComboBox Preview

The Combo Box is a textbox component that allows the user to type a value or choose an option from the list of predefined options. This has several out of box features such as data binding, filtering, UI customization, and more.

Key Features

  • Editable and Non Editable mode

  • Suggestion modes

  • Watermark

  • Customization support

  • Multiple Selection

  • Header and Footer

  • Highlighting Text

  • Custom filter

SfDataForm

Bug Fixes

  • #202379: Placeholder text color is applied properly for Text Editor (Xamarin.Forms iOS and UWP).
  • #203926: Picker value is no longer swapped unnecessarily in UIDatePickerDialog (Xamarin.Forms iOS).
  • #203717: Line is no longer appeared under the controls like switch and label (Xamarin.Forms iOS).
  • #136894: The ArgumentException is no longer thrown while using abstract property in the underlying collection.
  • #199908, #136236: The ResourceType property is now supported in DisplayAttribute.
  • #136236: Time format is now properly displayed in the time editor (Xamarin.Forms Android).
  • #202379: The line will no longer be shown in the middle of UITextView in MultiLineEditor (Xamarin.Forms.iOS).
  • #203447, #204959, #137431: The Enum type value will no longer be reset with the first item of the ItemsSource of picker.
  • #202403: Auto lifting is working properly when removing the focus from the last item.
  • #204922: The Order property of the DataFormItem is working properly when the item is grouped.
  • #203612: The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when customizing the DataFormItemManager.

Features

  • #199917: Support for password editor.
  • #136236: Provided support for IPropertyValueConverter to show the original value in different format or as different value.

SfDataGrid

Bug fixes

  • #203147: Unbound column values are not refreshed correctly when applying sorting for other columns issue has been fixed.
  • #F137197: Issue with grid columns that does not occupy full view when the hidden column’s ColumnSizer is set as Star has been fixed.
  • #203739: Vertical left border is not drawn when the first column in the view is hidden. This issue has been fixed.
  • #205495: Sort comparer parameter returns cell value instead of underlying object in the Compare method when sort order is descending. This issue has been fixed.
  • #207587: Application crashed while navigating back to the first page from second page where the data grid is loaded after updating Xamarin.Forms.3.0. This issue has been fixed.
  • #207138: Invalid cast exception thrown while using custom ViewCell within GridTemplateColumn. This issue has been fixed.
  • #207140: Null reference exception is thrown if tapping any cell in the grid after changing the ItemsSource at runtime with editing in progress. This issue has been fixed.

Features

  • Provided support for macOS platform in Xamarin.Forms with all features in the SfDataGrid control. Since, the macOS support has not provided for the SfPullToRefresh control. The pull to refresh feature will not work in this version.
  • Provided support for navigating through grid rows with all built-in selection modes in the UWP platform in Xamarin.Forms platform.

Enhancements

  • #I196219: Provided support to auto generate the numeric column, picker column, and date time column. The property type for the generated column is passed as an argument in the SfDataGrid.AutoGeneratingColumn event.
  • Any static text in the data grid can be localized to any desired language from the PCL/.NET standard project itself.

Changes

  • Row navigation through grid rows with all built-in selection modes in the UWP platform in Xamarin.Forms is now working.
  • Scroll by mouse panning will not work in UWP platform in Xamarin.Forms from this version whereas, scrolling using mouse wheel and scroll bar are still working.
  • When resizing a column, the hit test indication on mouse move will now be shown with different cursor type in the desktop platforms.

SfDateTimeRangeNavigator

Features

  • #197895, 203352 – Now, date-time range navigator supports minute and seconds interval type.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • #200075 - Layout overlapping issue has been resolved for the nodes with different size.
  • #205645 - Now, a stream can be passed to ‘SaveAsImage(Stream stream)’ method.
  • #205700 - Now, the API “ShowSelectorHandle” works properly.
  • #205714 - Stencil header can be shown or hidden.
  • #205714 - Exception raised while adding the data template to the node within the stencil symbols has been fixed.

Key Features

  • Bezier curve can be modified using the two control points provided on the connectors’ selector.

  • Orthogonal line segments can be modified by the handler provided on the connector’s selector.

  • Nodes can be aligned easily with grid lines and snap to grid support.

  • Provided support to draw the text node and connector on diagram area dynamically.

  • Now, it is easy to apply styles and modify the shapes and connectors branch wise or level wise in the mind map.

SfImageEditor

Bug fixes

  • #205691: Now object disposed crash will no longer be thrown in ImageEditor.
  • #207264: Now IsImageEdited Property will work properly when nothing draw on an image

Features

  • #196763, #197151, #202428 - Provided support to add custom view over an image.
  • #202428, #195669 - Provided support for positioning frame for Image editor shapes(circle and rectangle), Text and custom view.
  • #202275, #136729 - ImageLoaded event included for image editor.
  • #136574 - Support for customizing Font Family for text has been included.
  • #136204 - Provided support for getting Bounds of the selected shape in ItemSelected Event.
  • #197890 - Support for customizing height of toolbar menu

SfKanban

Bug fixes

  • #197897 - Cards will be displayed in the proper order when the ItemsSource is updated from OnAppearing method.

SfLinearGauge

Bug fixes

  • # 137497 – BarPointer animation will be applied for LinearGauge.

SfListView

Features

  • #199929: Provided support for macOS with existing features along with key navigation.
  • #199382, 200073: Provided support to load more items in the upward direction manually.
  • #195416: Provided support to scroll list view item to the specified position like MakeVisible, Start, Center, and End using the ScrollToRowIndex method.
  • #189145, 183191: Improved performance when loading different templates by using data template selector.
  • #172746: Provided support for selection process by using keyboard for UWP and macOS platform.
  • Provided support to localize the load more text from PCL/.NET Standard.

Bug fixes

  • #202935: Group expands properly at runtime after scrolling without affecting the scroll offset.
  • #202479: Swiping works properly by using mouse in UWP platform.
  • #201234: In UWP platform, mouse wheel scrolling works properly when loading inside the scroll view.
  • #203116: In UWP platform, drag and drop works properly for horizontal listview after scrolling when loading the item template inside the absolute layout.
  • #137600, 205864: Object disposed exception no longer occurs while removing the listview from its parent in the ItemTapped event.
  • #205867: Item size is refreshed correctly when canceling the item dragging with AutoFitMode as Height.
  • #206281: NullReference exception no longer thrown from the ProcessItemsSourceChanged method while changing the value of its bound ItemsSource and SelectedItems at runtime.
  • #207802: NullReference exception no longer thrown while navigating between pages.
  • #207148: Argument exception no longer thrown when adding group at runtime.
  • #208098: NullReference exception is not occurred from the OnSourceChanged method of DataSource when changing the item source.

Breaking Changes

  • Changed namespace from Syncfusion.ListView.XForms.Helpers into Syncfusion.ListView.XForms.Control.Helpers for SfListViewHelper class.
  • In UWP platform, focus border added to the selected item for key navigation.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

  • # 201757,136023 – The ItemsSource property will work properly for dynamic binding.

  • # 202570 – The IsVisible property will work dynamically.

  • # 201757,136762,134720 – The initial loading performance of the SfMaps has been improved.

  • # 136125 – NullReferenceException will no longer be occurred when marker is used.

  • # 135950 – The ShapeStrokeThickness property will work in Xamarin.Forms for iOS

Features

  • Online OSM and Bing map support has been provided in SfMaps.

Breaking changes

  • Layers type has been changed from ShapeFileLayerCollection(ObservableCollection) to MapLayerCollection(ObservableCollection).

  • The ImageryLayer and ShapeFileLayer classes have been derived from the MapLayer class.

  • Marker properties such as MarkerSettings,Markers,MarkerTemplate,MarkerSelected have been moved to the MapLayer base class from the ShapeFileLayer class

SfMaskedEdit

Bug Fixes

  • #199998 - Now, input characters are updated properly when the mask is specified with decimal separator in Xamarin.Forms(UWP).
  • #F136866 - Now, font family for text and watermark are properly updated in Xamarin.Forms(Android).
  • #202848 - Now, ValidationMode property is set properly in Xamarin.Forms(Android).
  • #199998 - Now, Value property is updated properly.

Features

  • #199956 - Keyboard API has been implemented to update the keyboard to specific type such as Numeric, Text and so on.
  • #200958 - Added support to display password character in substitution of user input.
  • #199998 - Improved regex support feature with optional, grouping and alternations.

Breaking Changes

  • Delegate of ValueChanged event is changed to ValueChangedEventHandler from ValueEventHandler.

SfNavigationDrawer

Bug Fixes

  • #204526: SfListView is working fine when used in SfNavigationDrawer.

Features

  • #162380,173771,129100,176697,176689,135565: Now, support has been provided to implement the secondary drawer.

SfNumericTextBox

Bug Fixes

  • #204362: Percentage format is now displayed properly in SfNumericTextBox.
  • #203466: Now, when the Culture is set to German, value is displayed correctly.
  • #203131: Now, when the last row of GridNumericColumn is edited, keyboard is working properly in DataGrid.
  • #202116: Now, the specified cast exception thrown has been resolved when the special character ‘+’ is given in custom renderer keyboard.

Features

  • #201014: Now, support has been provided to customize the FontFamily.

SfNumericUpDown

Features

  • #201957: Now, support has been provided to customize the FontFamily.
  • #201014: Now, support has been provided to select the text when focused.

SfPdfViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #205267 - ObjectDisposedException will no longer be thrown while navigating between the ContentPages that contain SfPdfViewer.
  • #203571 - PDF document will be loaded when stream is fetched from the URL.
  • #198833 - SfPdfViewer will work properly when added as a child of StackLayout in Xamarin.Forms UWP.
  • #200564, #200559, #200684, #202032, #F136521 - ObjectDisposedException will not be thrown in Xamarin.Forms Android while navigating between XAML pages, which contains SfPdfViewer.
  • #200154, #200611, #200883, #200684, #200755, #200925, #200911, #201006, #201429, #201765, #201678, #200835, #201316, #F136107 - Application will not crash while loading a single page PDF document in SfPdfViewer Xamarin.Forms Android.
  • #199422 - Application will no longer crash when the IsVisible property of SfPdfViewer is set to true or false in Xamarin.Forms Android.
  • #199641 - Built-in toolbar in SfPdfViewer Xamarin.Forms.UWP will adjust properly with respect to the window size of the application.
  • #197517, #198535 - Current zoom percentage of SfPdfViewer will be updated properly to the ZoomPercentage property.
  • #197517 - MaximumZoomPercentage property will now be applied properly to SfPdfViewer.
  • #202638 - PDF document with different sized pages will be displayed properly.
  • #203048 - NullReferenceException will not be thrown anymore when the InputFileStream property is assigned multiple times.
  • #202032 - ObjectDisposedException will not be thrown while navigating between the XAML pages containing the PdfViewer in Xamarin.Forms Android.

Features

  • #186360, #175316, #165477, #168837, #169154, #182620, #168786, #168788, #179008, #180793, #192351, #192348, #168837, #186642, #197949, #200312, #200712, #200646, #200307, #191469, #205355 - Added support for Edit Text Annotation.
  • #175316, #171220, #168837, #180907, #182620, #161126, #170402, #179008, #168786, #168788, #180767, #180793, #192350, #192349, #200712, #200307 - Added support for Shape Annotation.
  • #200247 - Provided support to Enable or Disable built-in toolbar in the SfPdfViewer from XAML.

SfPicker

Bug fixes

  • #200790: Memory leak issue on UWP SfPicker has been fixed.
  • #203828: In SfPicker, the SelectedItem and SelectedIndex are updated dynamically when the ItemSource is set to KeyValuePair using the DisplayMemberPath.
  • #203714, #203119: In SfPicker, the HeaderText is now updated dynamically.
  • #137019: The HeaderFontFamily, SelectedItemFontFamily, and UnSelectedItemFontFamily properties are now working fine.
  • #203119: The SelectedItem is now appearing at the middle of the picker on Android.
  • #202351,#200321: The SelectedItem property is now bound correctly without crash on iOS.
  • #202342,#188279: The SfPicker is appearing clearly when opening the pop-up.

Features

  • #203828 - The DisplayMemberPath support for SfPicker has been implemented.
  • Now, picker supports auto reverse (items will be navigated to first item after reached the last item and vice-versa) functionality. It can be done by enabling the EnableLooping property.

SfPopupLayout

Bug fixes

  • #204840, F137129: Binding context is not set to the PopupView and its child views in iOS and UWP platforms in Xamarin.Forms issue has been fixed.
  • #204036: Pop-up does not update its layout when the screen orientation is changed when the pop-up opens. This issue has been fixed.
  • #F136773, 204818: ShowPopupAtTouchPoint does not work fine in Android platform in Xamarin.Forms when navigating between pages or when pop-up does not have focus. This issue has been fixed.
  • #206050: Pop-up is not displayed in view in iOS platform in Xamarin.Forms when using the SfPopupLayout as the root view approach. This issue has been fixed.
  • #207202, F137801: Null reference exception occurs if the exception settings are enabled when converting the template of the PopupView to native view in Android platform in Xamarin.Forms. This issue has been fixed.

Enhancements

  • #204789: Provided support for slide on right and slide on bottom animations when opening or closing the pop-up.
  • #200862, 204363: Provided support to display the pop-up without parent on any existing application.
  • Provided support to display the pop-up at an absolute position when showing by using the SfPopupLayout.ShowRelativeToView method.
  • Any static text in the pop-up can be localized to any desired language from the PCL/.NET standard project itself.

Changes

  • No need to pass the root view in show methods of the SfPopupLayout control from this version. Old methods that require root view parameter are deprecated and alternate methods are provided.
  • The SfPopupLayout.ShowRelativeToView method passes two additional optional parameters for absolutely positioning the pop-up in the view where it is relatively placed.

SfProgressBar

Bug Fixes

Breaking Change

  • #201065 – Changed the data type for AnimationDuration property to int.
  • #201065 – Changed the data type of the animation duration parameter in SetProgress method to int.
  • Circular progress bar indeterminate animation has been changed as like the linear progress bar.

SfPullToRefresh

Changes

  • Shadow effect will now be applied for the progress indicator for iOS and UWP platforms in Xamarin.Forms.

SfRadialMenu

Bug Fixes

  • #203888: In Xamarin.Forms UWP, rendering image in CenterButtonView has been updated in SfRadialMenu.

SfRadioButton Preview

The radio button is a selection control that allows users to select one option from a set. It has two states: checked and unchecked.

Key Features

  • Allow users to select and clear the control by tapping.
  • Supports radio button color and label text customization.

SfRangeSlider

Feature

  • #197350: Now, support has been provided to customize value label using string format.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

  • #136975: The Schedule is rendered properly in StackLayout while changing the orientation to
    landscape.
  • #137226: The Schedule appointments are rendered properly when changing the orientation (iOS).
  • #137099: The Schedule All day appointments are rendered properly.
  • #206262: The exception is no longer thrown when RecurrenceRule value is null in RecurrenceRuleMapping (iOS).
  • #207239: The exception is no longer thrown when TimeInterval is set and TimeSlotColor is applied properly for scrollable portion’s background while scrolling up/down (iOS).

Features

  • #196915, #196970: Support to arrange the appointments which has different start and end date and duration lesser than 24 hours in time slots instead of all day panel.
  • #192877: Support to display selected date appointments below the month view in an agenda view.
  • #152828, #165484, #165660, #128890, #191627, #199073, #199688: Support to reschedule the appointments using drag and drop operations.
  • #174276: Support to customize the month cell view through the month cell template and template selector.
  • #163573: Support to set partial working hours, a start hour, and an end hour according to the requirements.
  • Support to display appointments created in various time zones in the provided time zone.
  • Supports localizing the custom texts from PCL/.NET Standard.

Breaking Changes

  • In DayViewSettings, WeekViewSettings and WorkWeekViewSettings class, StartHour, EndHour, WorkStartHour and WorkEndHour properties data type changed from “int” to “double”.
  • Spanned appointments have different start and end time and duration lesser than 24 hours will be displayed in time slot cell. Previously, it was displayed in all day panel.
  • The IsRecursive property of ScheduleAppointment class and IsRecursiveMapping property of ScheduleAppointmentMapping class are marked as obsolete. If the RecurrenceRule or RecurrenceRuleMapping property is specified, the recurring appointments will be created without considering the IsRecursive or IsRecursiveMapping property respectively.
  • Date navigation is improved in all three cross platforms while switching between schedule views. Previously, it had different behaviors. Current behavior while switching between views are as follows:
Scenario Current view Behavior while changing the view
Month Week Workweek Day
With selection Any Moved to the selected date. Moved to the selected date. Moved to the selected date. Moved to the selected date.
Without selection and the view has current date Any Moved to the current date. Moved to the current date. Moved to the current date. Moved to the current date.
Without selection and current date is not in view Month view NA Moved to the first week of the month view. Moved to the first work week of the month view. Moved to the first day of the month view.
Week view Moved to the month of the first visible date. NA Moved to the work week of the first visible date. Moved to the first visible date.
Workweek view Moved to the month of the first visible date. Moved to the week of the first visible date. NA Moved to the first visible date.
Day view Moved to the month of the day. Moved to the week of the day. Moved to the work week of the day. NA
  • IsSpecific property in RecurrenceProperties is marked as obsolete.
  • The below APIs are marked as obsolete and alternate APIs has been provided. Refer the below table for the obsolete APIs and new APIs.
APIs marked as Obsolete New APIs
RecurrenceProperties.RangeStartDate RecurrenceProperties.StartDate
RecurrenceProperties.RangeEndDate RecurrenceProperties.EndDate
RecurrenceProperties.DailyNDays RecurrenceProperties.Interval
RecurrenceProperties.GenericMonth RecurrenceProperties.Month
RecurrenceProperties.NthWeek RecurrenceProperties.Week
RecurrenceProperties.SpecificMonth RecurrenceProperties.Month
RecurrenceProperties.SpecificMonthDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfMonth
RecurrenceProperties.WeekDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfWeek
RecurrenceProperties.WeeklyEveryNWeeks RecurrenceProperties.Interval
RecurrenceProperties.MonthlyEveryNMonths RecurrenceProperties.Interval
RecurrenceProperties.MonthlyNthWeek RecurrenceProperties.Week
RecurrenceProperties.MonthlySpecificMonthDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfMonth
RecurrenceProperties.MonthlyWeekDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfWeek
RecurrenceProperties.YearlyEveryNYears RecurrenceProperties.Interval
RecurrenceProperties.YearlyGenericMonth RecurrenceProperties.Month
RecurrenceProperties.YearlyNthWeek RecurrenceProperties.Week
RecurrenceProperties.YearlySpecificMonth RecurrenceProperties.Month
RecurrenceProperties.YearlySpecificMonthDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfMonth
RecurrenceProperties.YearlyWeekDay RecurrenceProperties.DayOfWeek
RecurrenceProperties.IsRangeEndDate RecurrenceProperties.RecurrenceRange.EndDate (RecurrenceRange is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsRangeNoEndDate RecurrenceProperties.RecurrenceRange.NoEndDate (RecurrenceRange is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.RangeRecurrenceCount RecurrenceProperties.RecurrenceCount
RecurrenceProperties.IsRangeRecurrenceCount RecurrenceProperties.RecurrenceRange.Count (RecurrenceRange is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklySunday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Sunday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklyMonday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Monday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklyTuesday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Tuesday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklyWednesday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Wednesday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklyThursday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Thursday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklyFriday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Friday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsWeeklySaturday RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays.Saturday (WeekDays is Enum)
RecurrenceProperties.IsMonthlySpecific RecurrenceProperties.Week (If value is set, the same week each year/monthly occurrence will be created for yearly/monthly occurrences respectively )
RecurrenceProperties.IsYearlySpecific RecurrenceProperties.Week (if value is not set, the same day each year occurrence will be created for yearly occurrences)
RecurrenceProperties.RecurrenceRule ScheduleAppointment.RecurrenceRule
RecurrenceProperties.EveryNYears RecurrenceProperties.Interval
RecurrenceProperties.IsDailyEveryNDays RecurrenceProperties.WeekDays (WeekDays is Enum)

SfSegmentedControl Preview

The segmented control provides options to choose from a linear set of two or more segments, each of which functions as a mutually exclusive button.

Key features

  • Supports displaying the segments with text, font icons, or both.

  • Supports scrolling and aligning the segments equally within the available space.

  • Populates the segments from a collection of strings and views along with the objects of built-in classes.

  • Supports customizing the text and other UI elements.

SfSunburstChart

Features

  • Selection support has been provided for SfSunburstChart.

  • Drill-down support has been provided for SfSunburstChart.

  • Animation support has been provided for SfSunburstChart.

  • Tooltip support has been provided for SfSunburstChart.

Breaking changes

  • Default Palette type(Metro) is changed to “Natural”.

SfTabView

Bug fixes

  • #200776: The entry control and scrolling are now working fine in SfTabView on Android.
  • #200776: Whenever the page is loaded, the selected tab is displayed in SfTabView as expected.

Feature

  • #137227,#205924: Now, tab view is available in Xamarin.Forms for UWP also.
  • The Center Button support has been implemented in the TabView control. This can be achieved using the OverflowMode as CenterButton.
  • #203354: Tab name in the SelectionChanged event has been implemented.
  • #203199: Font icon support for OTF font file type in SfTabView control has been implemented.

VS-Extensions

Features

  • Project Template support for Xamarin.
  • Visual Studio custom Toolbox with Syncfusion Xamarin control.

XlsIO

Features

  • #201193 - Provided support to retain formula references while removing and reattaching worksheets.
  • #196744 - Provided support for “Repeat All Item Labels” option in pivot table.
  • #193297 - Provided support for GroupShapes.
  • #186369 - Provided support to skip blank cells on range copy.
  • Provided support for Resize and Offset operations in IRange.
  • Provided support for extension lists that are supported by Microsoft Excel.

Breaking Changes

  • #201193 - UpdateSheetFormulaReference is added in IApplication interface to ensure whether to remove worksheet reference in formulas on removing and reattaching the worksheet.
  • #196744 - RepeatLabels property is added in IPivotField interface.
  • #196744 - RepeatAllLabels(bool) method is added in IPivotTableOptions interface.
  • #193297 - Group(IShapes), UnGroup(IGroupShape), UnGroup(IGroupShape, bool) methods are added in IShapes interface.
  • #186369 - CopyTo(IRange, ExcelCopyRangeOptions, bool) method is added in IRange interface to skip blank cells while copying.
  • #198134 - FullFileName property is added in IWorkbook interface.
  • #198663 , #198664 - IRange and IWorkbook interfaces are implemented with IEnumerable.
  • Resize() and Offset() methods are added in IRange interface.
  • ShowLeaderLines and LeaderLines properties are added in IChartSerie interface.
  • IIconConditionValue interface with properties IconSet and Index is added.

Bug fixes

  • #200525 - Corruption issue while removing last row in a table is fixed.
  • #200090 - Space preservation issue while resaving a binary (XLS) file to xml format (XLSX) is fixed.
  • #198853 - Incremental formula is set properly for formulas with sheet reference.
  • #198385 - Legend color is not set when applied for entire legend collection is fixed.
  • #198849 - Column styles will be moved properly while inserting column in a worksheet.
  • #198858 - File with macros can be saved successfully without any corruption.
  • #198898 - Excel file with external formula reference in data validation can be opened without any exception.
  • #198785 - Find values within range accepts ExcelFindType.Values without any exception.
  • #198289 - Performance issue while opening Excel file with data validation applied on large range is resolved.
  • #198385 - Issue with chart axis font color for binary file is fixed.
  • #158298 - Month and day columns in pivot table can be sorted properly.
  • #195255 - Performance issue while closing the workbook is fixed.
  • #197896 - Filter icon visibility issue in merged column header is fixed.
  • #197903 - Number formats are preserved correctly without any addition of extra slashes.
  • #198277 - Exception raised while opening the Excel file with date cell type is resolved.
  • #197711 - Exception thrown while saving an XML file having default parent style index to XLSX format is resolved.
  • #197433 - Issue with row height value when changing the system resolution is resolved.
  • #197106 - Calculated field can be added to more than one pivot table without any file corruption.
  • #196836 - Object reference exception when worksheet has custom property set to null is resolved.
  • #196955 - Chart font color settings are applied properly in chart elements.
  • #158298 - Issue with pivot table field sorting when sort field items are less than the field item count is fixed.
  • #196737 - Worksheet header image can be replaced properly without any variation in image size.
  • #196502 - Exception while opening an Excel file with empty fill tag is resolved.
  • #191260 , #196173 - Used range is properly updated while layouting a pivot table.
  • #196117 - Issue with hyperlink added to a cell after adding shape hyperlink is fixed.
  • #195137 , #196893 - Column text contains DateTime formatted values instead of Date values is fixed.
  • #198849 - Cell data validation is removed properly while copying empty cells.
  • #F136967 - Issue while parsing numeric cell value in Brazil culture is fixed.
  • #200508 - Pivot field sorting is incorrect while sorting month name is fixed.
  • #203029 - Issue with nullable properties not getting exported in Business Objects is fixed.
  • #201868 - ArgumentException raised while retrieving UsedRange for binary file is fixed.
  • #201968 - Issue while setting formula with IF function is fixed.
  • #200818 - File gets corrupted while setting numeric value for named ranges is resolved.
  • #201967 - Issue with percentage values in chart is fixed.
  • #201131 - Formula value is incorrect while parsing the workbook is fixed.
  • #201140 - Performance issue while opening Excel file with charts is fixed.
  • #200629 - Need to skip the exception for null values in template marker.
  • #199992, #202778, #202886 - Issue with invalid formula in OfficeChart is fixed.
  • #201506 - Memory leak issue in OfficeChart is resolved.
  • #203971 - Issue with OLE object type of Acrobat document is fixed.
  • #203204 - Exception thrown while setting negative values to shape properties is resolved.
  • #202589 - Issue with Picture property of OLE object is fixed.
  • Corruption issue is resolved while copying tables with same name by AddCopy().
  • Performance issue while copying entire column to another range is resolved.
  • Conditional formats are removed from destination range while copying is fixed.
  • Worksheet unused columns are not collapsed in Google Sheets.
  • Exception is no longer thrown while copying tables to existing table ranges.
  • Exception while opening Excel file with DDE link formula is resolved.
  • Fixed various issues in CopyTo() and AddCopy() of tables, formulae, ranges, shapes and worksheets.
  • AutoShapes are not re-positioned properly after moving to same or different worksheet using CopyTo() is fixed.
  • Issue with incorrect table formula value is fixed.
  • Chart line colors are not varied and are returned properly.
  • Issue with left and top positions for Checkbox is returned is fixed.
  • Chart category axis value is proper while creating a chart with data values containing formula.
  • Null reference exception thrown while setting “BASE” formula is resolved.
  • Worksheet data is exported to data table with proper column name.
  • Exception thrown while opening a workbook having unused formats with ParseWorksheetsOnDemand is resolved.