Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms Release Notes(Beta)

v17.1.0.32
March 13, 2019

UI Templates Preview

Login screen templates have been added to help you to easily reuse the code to add login screens to your Xamarin.Forms application.

  • Login Page - A page with visual elements to enter the credentials to login or login using social media.

  • Sign Up Page - A page with visual elements to enter the user details to create a new user account.

  • Forgot Password Page - A page with visual elements to get the email from the user to send the password recovery link.

  • Reset Password Page - A page with visual elements to get the new password and confirm password from the user.

Common

Features

  • Provided predefined item templates to login the Visual Studio for Xamarin.Forms.

  • Xamarin.Forms dependency has been upgraded to version 3.1.0.697729.
  • Support has been provided to dark theme for Syncfusion controls using predefined dynamic resource keys.

DocIO

Features

  • #225207 - Support has been added to preserve chart while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #215654, #215551, #217709, #217596, #213468, #220078, #221808, #218691, #221806, #220279, #218691, #223653 - Improved text size calculation in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #219302, #224607, #224937 - Improved font retrieval and substitution algorithm in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #224654 – API has been added to set created date and time for Word document comments.
  • #223907 - API has been added to skip the Complex format is not supported exception while opening an incrementally saved DOC format Word document.

Bug Fixes

  • #221972 - Text is now highlighted properly while converting a Word document to tagged PDF.
  • #223350 - Table cell is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.
  • #222922 - Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222713 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while adding a table.
  • #222608 - Font name is now preserved properly while converting an HTML document to Word document.
  • #222751 - The StackOverFlowException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222670 - Inline content control text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222320 - Hyperlink is now preserved properly in inline content control while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222345 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while updating TOC in RTF format document.
  • #221260 - Line space preservation issue has been resolved While converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #221153 - Inline content control custom XML data is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #221725 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while cloning a Word document.
  • #221611 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while saving a Word document.
  • #220710 - Table row is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #220324 - Checkbox content control state is now preserved properly while cloning a Word document.
  • #221119 - List number is now preserved properly while opening an RTF format document.
  • #218943 - List bullet is now preserved properly while opening an RTF format document.
  • #221974 - Gray scale recoloring is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #219092 - Merge field before and after text is now preserved properly while executing mail merge.
  • #223340 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222852 - Footer content is now preserved properly while merging multiple RTF documents.
  • #223355 - Tab is now preserved properly while converting a cloned Word document to Image.
  • #223510 - Text overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #223931 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #222588 - Formula field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
  • #224323, #225518, #225883 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while calling the GetText API.
  • #224412 - Tab is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224287 - Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #223508 - Word document instance is now disposed properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225386 - Page field is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225611, #225386 - Table content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #218799 - Pagination issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224351, #224561 - Inline content control’s text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224062, #226901 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document as RTF.
  • #226599, #226243, #220279 - Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #226599, #226243, #225970, #225679, #226352, #223713, #223959, #224412, #221455 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #226243 - Frame content is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #227112 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while updating the Word document fields.
  • #224637 - Picture preservation issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225091 - Check box is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225458, #223134 - Table row border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225091 - Underline is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #224701 - Univers 45 Light font is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225176 - Image is now preserved properly while converting the RTF document to HTML.
  • #226725 - Embedded Microsoft Visio (VSDX) object is now preserved properly in DOCX to DOCX conversion.
  • #220362 - Picture watermark is now preserved properly while resaving the RTF document.
  • #225947 - Number format is now preserved properly while performing Mail merge.
  • #225062 - Image is now preserved properly while importing a Word document.
  • #218957, #220198 - The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #225481 - The NotSupportedException will no longer be thrown while opening an HTML document.
  • #225481 - Image size is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.
  • #225481 - Table border is now preserved properly while opening an HTML document.

PDF

Features

  • #136187 - Added support to create the ZUGFeRD PDF invoice.
  • #135996, #179159, #124105 - Added support to create the PDF/A-2b and PDF/A-3b conformance level document.
  • #222759, #226015 - Added support to import and export a PDF annotation with FDF and XFDF formats.
  • Added support to rotate annotations.
  • #220871 - Added support to retrieve the acroform radio button option values.
  • #141170, #222335, #223048 - Added support to retrieve review status and comments from a PDF annotation.
  • #221779 - Added support to update the layout result.
  • #194410, #198765 - Added support to create an ink annotation with ink list collection.
  • #141253 - Added support to create multiple range of page labels.
  • #227357 - Added option value support to import and export the radio button field.

Breaking Changes

  • #223629 – Now, by default, EnableMemoryOptimization is set to false when append the PDF files, so close the existing PDF document after saving the new PDF document.
  • Free text annotation call-out line coordinate points are now changed to top to bottom.
  • Annotations are now rotating based on the page rotation in an existing PDF document.

Bug Fixes

  • #215133 - Performance has been improved when accessing the PDF document layers.
  • #210943, #216074 - String was not recognized as a valid DateTime exception will no longer occur while loading a PDF document.
  • #215941 - Barcode is now preserving with proper size when specifying the size of a barcode.
  • #215595 - The 1D barcode is now scanning properly with default width.
  • #215096 - FNC characters in the given input is now preserving properly for PdfGS1Code128Barcode.
  • #215166 - The Null-reference exception will no longer occur while loading a PDF document.
  • #214918 - Light table header is now preserving properly when providing the data source through IEnumerable.
  • #214401 - The ArgumentException will no longer occur when loading a PDF document.
  • #219778 - Object reference not set to an instance of an object exception will no longer occur when saving the PdfInkAnnotation.
  • #217829 - Index was outside the bounds of the array exception will no longer occur when loading the PDF document.
  • #220618 - “Object reference not set to an instance of an object exception will no longer occur when creating PDF signature..
  • #219990 - Text mark annotation is now preserving properly when flatten the PDF document.
  • #217865 - NullReferenceException will no longer occur while removing custom metadata entries.
  • #218695 - Bookmark destination is now preserving properly after reading the bookmark.
  • #218348 - Gap between barcode data sections is now preserving properly when drawing 1D barcode to PDF.
  • #218231 - The PdfCode128Barcode Size property is now working properly.
  • #218235 - Barcodes are now preserving properly with its default size.
  • #218230 - Exception will no longer occur when getting the size of the PdfCode128Barcode.
  • #217889 - The PDF document is now preserving properly when drawing a string with OTF font.
  • #219709 - Object reference not set instance of an object exception will no longer occur when drawing PdfGrid in a PDF.

  • #218192, #218299 - NullReferenceException will no longer occur when saving the document with EnableValidationAppearance.

  • #227081 – Row span is now applying properly in PdfGrid header.
  • #224992, #225719 – Argument out of range exception will no longer occurs when importing pages from a PDF document.
  • #227605 – Border width is now retrieving properly from the free text annotation.
  • #226916 – Documents will no longer be corrupted when creating PDF template from imported PDF document.
  • #226124 - PDF lexer issues are now thrown with PdfException.
  • #226167 – PDF documents will no longer be corrupted after modifying the PDF document information.
  • #221393, #221376 – Memory leaks will no longer occurs when converting Word document to PDF.
  • #225910 – The “PathException” will no longer occurs while retrieving custom metadata from an existing PDF document.
  • #225853 – Display date format is now preserving properly while filling the PdfLoadedXfaDateTimeField.
  • #225896 – “ArgumentOutOfRangeException” will no longer occurs while importing the PDF document.
  • #222797, #225325 – Vertical alignment of the Thai language text is now preserving properly.
  • #223629 – Performance of the PDF append method is now improved.
  • #224583 – Font size is now preserving properly in combo box field.
  • #224603 – Null reference exception will no longer occurs while merging certain PDF documents.
  • #223346 – Images are now preserving properly while encrypting the PDF document.
  • #224531 – Null reference exception will no longer occurs while saving the PDF document.
  • #224269 – Free text annotation’s properties are now retrieving properly.
  • #221805 – Fonts are now embedding properly in conformance enabled PDF document.
  • #141148 – Tool tip is now changing as expected for PdfSignatureField.
  • #219569 – Arithmetic overflow exception will no longer occurs while signing the PDF document.
  • #185722 – PDF document content is now preserving properly after merging the PDF files.
  • #224887 – Added PDF signatures are now valid.
  • #221808, #205098 – Text is now preserving properly while converting Word document to PDF.
  • #225055 – The bounds are now retrieving properly from PdfLoadedTextBoxField.
  • #225055 – RTL text is now preserving properly in PDF form fields.

Presentation

Features

  • #220046 - Support has been added to convert PowerPoint presentation to Image in Xamarin applications.
  • #220046 - Support has been added to convert PowerPoint presentation to PDF document in Xamarin applications.
  • #227243 - Support has been added to add the OLE Object into PowerPoint slide as link.

Bug Fixes

  • #224226 - Application will no more hang while adding an image to a PowerPoint slide.
  • #225390 - PowerPoint file will no longer get corrupted while resaving multiple times with charts.
  • #222440 - Notes in a PowerPoint slide can now be cloned and added to another slide.

SfAccordion Preview

The Accordion control allows content to be organized in a vertically stacked list of items that is collapsible. Each item can also be expanded to reveal the content associated with that item.

Key Features

  • Animation - Supports customization of animation duration and easing.
  • Different expand modes - Support to expand single or multiple items.
  • Customization - Supports to customize the header icon position, space between the items and more.

SfAutoComplete

Bug fixes

  • #I227655 - [UWP] Now, the value is updated properly in the RemovedItem property of the SelectedChanged event.

Breaking Changes

  • In previous, SfAutoComplete have default height and it has been removed in our control. Now, SfAutoComplete height renderer based on parent height or height request provided in the sample.

SfBackdropPage

Features

  • #F141702 - Allows users to customize the icons of navigation header in the revealed and closed states separately.

SfBadgeView

Bug fixes

  • #228223 - The ObjectDisposedException will no longer be thrown when adding the BadgeView control in SfTabView and navigating from current page to other page.
  • #225151 – [Android] The BadgeText will be aligned properly, when long text is set.
  • #229765,#229666 – [Android] The BadgeText will no longer be cropped when adding the control inside the StackLayout and set the LayoutOptions to Horizontal.

SfBorder

Features

  • [Android, iOS] Now, add shadow to border control using HasShadow API.

SfButton

Bug fixes

  • #I227465 - Now, padding is applied to the layout inside the content of button.

Features

  • [Android, iOS] Now, add shadow to button control using HasShadow API.

SfCalendar

Bug Fixes

  • #223789 – [iOS, UWP] BlackoutDates will be rendered properly while adding in MonthChanging event of SfCalendar.
  • #228340 - [UWP] Now, the range selection works properly when select the start date and reset the collection dynamically in RangeSelection of SfCalendar.

Features

  • SfCalendar appearance has been improved.
  • In MonthViewSettings, TodaySelectionTextColor and TodaySelectionBackgroundColor properties have been implemented to change the today selection text color and background color.
  • #219012 - Accessibility support has been provided.
  • #209390 - Right-to-left (RTL) layout support has been provided.
  • #211133 - Hide trailing dates and leading dates support has been provided.
  • #136933 - Commands support has been provided for OnCalendarTapped, SelectionChanged, MonthChanged and OnDateCellHolding events in SfCalendar.

Enhancements

  • In SfCalendar, VisibleDates property has been implemented which is used to show the visible dates of month view.

Breaking Changes

  • [UWP] InlineView will be open even if the month cell doesn’t have an appointment in SfCalendar.
  • [Android] In SfCalendar, circle RangeSelection will be drawn as on iOS.
  • In MonthViewSettings, the default InlineBackgroundColor has been changed from E6E6E6 to F7F7F7.
  • In MonthViewSettings, the default DateSelectionColor has been changed from E9E9E9 to ECECEC.
  • [Android] The selection range will be drawn based on the touch movement in RangeSelection and MultiRangeSelection of SfCalendar.
  • In SfCalendar MonthHeader, , has been removed between the Year and Month title.
  • [Android] In SfCalendar, the default month cell text size has been changed from 10 to 15.
  • [Android, iOS] In MonthViewSettings, the default DateTextAlignment has been changed from Default to Center.
  • [Android] In MonthViewSettings, the default DayLabelTextAlignment has been changed from Left to Center.
  • [Android] In SfCalendar, the boldness of the header has been reduced from Bold to None.
  • [Android] In SfCalendar, the default header arrow height and width has been changed from 25, 12 to 20, 10.
  • [Android, iOS] The navigation arrows will be shown on right-side of the SfCalendar header.
  • [Android, iOS] The DayHeader default values have been changed from Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat to S, M, T, W, T, F, S.
  • In MonthViewSettings, the default CellGridOptions has been changed from Horizontal to None.
  • [Android] The default DayHeader height has been changed from 50 to 30.
  • [Android, iOS] In MonthViewSettings, the default SelectionShape has been changed from Fill to Circle.
  • [iOS] In SfCalendar, the default header arrow height, width, and thickness has been changed from 25, 12, 3 to 16, 8, 2.
  • [iOS, UWP] Navigation arrows have been implemented based on the NavigationDirection. e.g. if NavigationDirection is Horizontal the arrows will be shown as <, > else shown as ^, v.
  • DayCellFont marked as Obsolete from MonthViewSettings. Use DayFontSize, DayFontAttributes, DayCellFontFamily instead of this.
  • DayHeaderFont marked as Obsolete from MonthViewSettings. Use DayHeaderFontSize, DayHeaderFontAttributes, DayHeaderFontFamily instead.
  • HeaderFont marked as Obsolete from MonthViewSettings. Use HeaderFontSize, HeaderFontAttributes, or HeaderFontFamily instead.
  • DateFormat, DayLabelSize, DateLabelSize marked as obsolete from MonthLabelSettings.
  • DayFormat marked as Obsolete from MonthLabelSettings. Use DayHeaderFormat from MonthViewSettings instead.
  • In MonthViewSettings, the default TodayTextColor has been changed from Red to DodgerBlue.
  • [UWP] Navigation arrows will be shown on left side of the SfCalendar header.
  • In SfCalendar, DisplayDate property setter access modifier has been changed from public to internal.
  • TransitionMode marked as Obsolete from SfCalendar.
  • NullableSelectedDate marked as Obsolete from SfCalendar. Use SelectedDate instead.
  • In SfCalendar, SelectedDate property type has been changed from DateTime to DateTime? .
  • AddDatesInPast method marked as Obsolete from SfCalendar. Use EnableDatesInPast instead.
  • [Android, iOS] The default SelectionRadius value has been changed to render the selection circle based on the available height of month cell without overlapping appointment indicator.
  • In SfCalendar, Forward arrow will be disabled when it reaches MinDate and Backward arrow will be disabled when it reaches MaxDate.

SfChart

Bug fixes

  • #I227856 - [Android] Now, the series is animated properly when setting the AnimationDuration value to below 1.
  • #I226416 - [Android, iOS] The System.FormatException will no longer be thrown when applying the LabelFormat for trackball LabelStyle with the TrackBallCreatedEvent.
  • #I226040 - [Android] Now, the ColumnSeries is rendered properly in all devices when scrolling the chart.
  • #I223524 - [Android, UWP] Now, the axis labels are created properly for even very small values when setting the axis LabelFormat to Exponential.
  • #F141180, I221758, I223524 - [Android, iOS] Now, the NumericalAxis supports the Exponential LabelFormat when applying very small values.
  • #I218476 - [iOS] Now, the x-axis range is updated properly when changing the primary axis multiple time with multiple charts at load time.

Features

  • #I220173 - Now, the chart control supports to add and interact more than one trackball in a single chart.
  • #I205947 - Now, the DataMarker connector lines are aligned based on the available space of series clip rect for PieSeries and DoughnutSeries.
  • #I218495 - The OnCreateLabels override method is exposed to customize the axis label content based on the position in ChartAxis.
  • #I218495 - Now, the chart control supports fast scatter series type.
  • #I205947 - Now, the chart control supports to show the legend item based on its series data points for all chart types.
  • #I219983 - Now, the SplineSeries supports the dashed line.
  • #I205947, I224398, I225317 - Now, the chart supports the offset x and offset y values for all legend DockPosition.
  • #I219862 - [UWP] Now the chart supports to get the chart as stream.
  • The SeriesRendered event is exposed in the chart control to know whether the chart is rendered.

Enhancements

  • #I205947 - Now, the CenterView of DoughnutSeries has been resized based on the chart size.
  • #I220552 - Now, the chart control supports to insert or replace the axis in any position of the Axes collection based on the index.

SfCheckBox

Features

  • [iOS, UWP] Support has been provided to customize the tick color using the TickColor API.

SfCircularGauge

Bug fixes

  • # 225194, #141805 – SfCircularGauge Header text size will be same as the Label Annotation text size.
  • # 221969 - [UWP] SfCircularGauge will be rendered properly when adding control in multiple content view and dynamically switching over the view.
  • #225998 – Invalid context warnings will no longer occur when adding RangePointer with animation in circular gauge.
  • #226414 - [iOS] RangePointer will be rendered under the rim when using multiple Scales.
  • #226526 - [UWP] Range will be rendered properly when setting the StartAngle and SweepAngle value as equal.

  • #222056,#228001 - [iOS]RangePointer animation will no longer be triggered twice on page navigation.

  • #229279 – The Length of Major and Minor ticks will be rendered with provided size when changing the orientation.

SfComboBox

Bug fixes

  • #I228009 - The IsSelectedItemsVisibleDropDown property works properly when the IsEditable mode is set to false.
  • #I221910 - Now, the SfComboBox is rendered properly when changing the device orientation.
  • #I222541, #I223402 - [UWP] The ClearButtonColor and SelectedDropDownItemColor properties are working properly.

Breaking Changes

  • [iOS] The default height of the SfComboBox control has been changed based on the entry height.

  • In previous, SfComboBox have default height and it has been removed in our control. Now, SfComboBox height renderer based on parent height or height request provided in the sample.

SfDataForm

Bug Fixes

  • #142234 – [UWP] Now, the Password data type in SfDataForm returns actual password value when validate method is called dynamically.
  • #142329 - Now, the numeric editor data binding works properly in SfDataForm.
  • #142332 - Now, SfDataForm renders properly when DataObject has grouped data fields with complex class.
  • #139529 - Now, the current date value is displayed when null value is set for DatePicker and TimePicker in SfDataForm.
  • #138593 - [iOS] Now, the label height is measured properly when SfDataForm visibility is changed dynamically in the ScrollViewer layout.
  • #142653 – [iOS] Fixed the issue with SfDataForm scroll down when canceling auto suggestion in editor.

Features

  • #136272, #206011 - Right-to-left (RTL) layout support has been provided.
  • #136272 - The MaskedEditText editor support has been provided.
  • #140080 – Provided ValidationCompleted event support to get invalid DataFormItems details when dataform ValidationMode is set to explicit. Support has also been provided to scroll to the specific editor using ScrollTo method available by passing the property name.
  • #209895 –DataBinding support has been provided for TextEditor, Multiline Text editor, Numeric editor, Date editor, Time editor, Segment editor, CheckBox editor, Switch editor, DropDown editor, Picker editor, NumericUpDown editor, Password editor, and RadioGroup editor.
  • #221985, #140457 – Now, custom DataFormItems can be generated in SfDataForm for the business model.
  • #142561 – TheEditorFontSize, LabelFontSize, and ValidationLabelFontSize properties have been implemented in DataFormItem class. Named Font Size support has also been provided.
  • #215131 – Provided support to collapse all individual items in a group when the IsVisible property value of DataFormGroupItem is changed.
  • #226170 – Added OnUpdateValue and OnUpdateReadOnly protected internal virtual methods to the DataFormEditorBase class.
  • #208293, #139500, #223758 , #225287 - Provided support to loading of customized editor layout in the DataForm for business models.

Breaking Changes

  • The base class of DataFormTextItem has been changed from DataFormItem to DataFormTextItemBase. DataFormTextItem keyboard type settings have been moved to DataFormTextItemBase.
  • The IList< DataFormItemBase > interface implementation has been removed from DataFormItems class, and interface members have also been removed. Now, DataFormItems class is directly inherited from the List<DataFormItemBase>.
  • The DataFormsItems property setter has been changed to internal from public in the SfDataForm class.

SfDataGrid

Features

  • #I1213741 - Support for disabling a cell when IsEnabled property of the GridCell is set to false is provided.
  • #F140419 - DataTemplateSelector support has been provided for LeftSwipeTemplate and RightSwipeTemplate in the datagrid.
  • #I210389, #I213091 - Support for notification of scroll state changes via the ScrollStatesChangedEvent is provided.
  • #I210435, #I222549, #I229328 - Support for firing current cell events when navigating the grid using keyboard has been provided.
  • #I217635 - Support for loading a template inside TableSummaryRows along with support to DataTemplateSelector has been provided.
  • Support for scrolling the row/column to particular position in the datagrid using programmatic scrolling is provided.
  • Support for changing the aspect of the image loaded inside the GridImageColumn is provided.
  • Support has been provided to cancel auto scroll during row/column drag and drop.

Bug Fixes

  • #I225738 - [UWP] Now, navigation through cells via keyboard scrolls to the next cell properly.
  • #I227689 - [UWP] A template loaded inside the summary rows will now handle touch first.
  • #I225367 – The CaptionSummary text does not overlap with the text of the GridCells in the frozen column.
  • #I226534 - Assigning new collection to DataGrid.SelectedItems at runtime updates the selection according to the new value.
  • #I218038 - The UnboundRow style properties work properly when set via QueryCellStyle event.
  • #I226216 - [UWP] DataGrid does not flicker when scrolled using touch in Xamarin.Forms version 3.0 and upwards.
  • #I221598 - Null reference exception is not thrown when exporting images are present as FileImageSource in the application.
  • #I218038, #I230171 - Unbound rows will no longer be considered for applying alternating row colors.

SfDiagram

Features

  • #214069 - [iOS, Android] Padding support for save as image has been provided.
  • #214099 - [iOS, Android] Now, SfDiagram supports connector’s constraints.
  • #212364 - [UWP] Now, support has been provided to save as JSON data.

SfExpander Preview

The Expander is a layout control that can load any UI view in Header and Content which can be easily expanded or collapsed by tapping on the header and thus saving valuable screen space.

SfImageEditor

Bug fixes

  • #141991 - Path shape thickness will be updated when adding the path shape with customized stroke thickness using the AddShape method.
  • #223574 - Rectangle shape will no longer exceed the boundary of SfImageEditor.
  • #226032 – [Android] Saving image background will be transparent when saving image in PNG format.
  • #225097,#227319,#226985 -[UWP] The ObjectDisposedException will no longer be thrown when saving the image more than two times.
  • #226514 - [iOS] Path stroke thickness preview will be shown properly when changing stroke thickness value using slider.
  • #226510 – Shapes will be positioned properly, when saving the image with custom size.
  • #143063 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when changing the view with cropping handles.
  • #229065 - The FontSizeof text will be updated when changing the value of FontSize dynamically.

Features

  • Support has been provided to highlight the edited text in the text editor dialog box.

SfKanban

Bug fixes

  • #I219845 - Now, the Kanban column’s ItemsCount is updated properly when dynamically clearing the columns and again adding them with HeaderTemplate.
  • #F140882 - [Android] Cannot access a disposed object exception will no longer be thrown on localization.

Breaking Changes

  • Due to internal architecture change, now, it is not required to add the Syncfusion.SfKanban.Android.dll and Syncfusion.SfKanban.iOS.dll assemblies to your platform specific projects such as Android and iOS in Xamarin.Forms, respectively. Hence, you need to remove these two assemblies from your platform specific projects.

SfLinearGauge

Bug fixes

  • # 215230 - [UWP] SfLinearGauge will be rendered with the available size.
  • # 224262, #226639 - Annotation view will be shown when adding custom annotation views inside the layouts.
  • # 225581 - The ObjectDisposedException will no longer be thrown when adding the linear gauge in ListView.
  • # 225513 - [iOS] LinearScale’s Pointers collection will be updated properly when changing the pointer collection dynamically.
  • # 226627 - Gradient colors will be applied properly when changing the start and end values of the Range.
  • # 225513 – Labels will be visible when changing the ShowLabels value dynamically with multiple scales.
  • # 143039 – [Android] The value of BarPointer will be updated properly when setting the decimal points.

Features

  • #221892 - Support has been provided to set the duration for Pointers Animation.

SfListView

Bug Fixes

  • #227430 - The selection border will be reset properly when the SelectedItem is set to null at run time in SfListView.

  • #227683 - [iOS]The issue “Argument exception occurs when navigating back from listview page with StickyGroupHeader” has been fixed.

Features

  • #223193 - The AutoOnScroll LoadMore support has been provided to SfListView.
  • The DynamicHeight mode support has been provided in AutoFitMode to re-layout the content in view when content size is changed at run time.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

  • # 222606, #141389 – MarkerTemplate binding works properly when changing the MarkerTemplate dynamically.
  • # 141437, #222839 – The KeyNotFoundException will no longer be thrown when changing the Marker collection.
  • # 226047 – The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when changing the ZoomLevel value before adding the control in view.
  • # 226910 – The InvalidOperationException will no longer be thrown when setting the MarkerTemplate using DataTemplateSelector.
  • # 226888 – The Legend position will be aligned properly when resizing the window.
  • #226888 - The Legend FontSize and Icon color will be applied properly when adding multiple ShapeFileLayer.
  • #226047 – [iOS] The ShapeFileLayer’s ZoomLevel value will be updated properly.
  • #225777 – [UWP] The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when enabling data labels using the ReadAsStream method.
  • #228007 – Cleared the ShapeLayer’s SelectedItems collection when unselecting the shapes.
  • #228671 - The [UWP]InvalidOperationException will no longer be thrown when selecting the shapes.

Features

  • # 226888 – The FontFamily and FontAttributes supports have been added for Marker’s Label.
  • # 225826 – The RequestTileUri event support has been added to get the custom MapsProvider Uri.
  • #217199,#224951 - The sublayer support has been provided for ImageryLayer.

SfMaskedEdit

Bug fixes

  • #I226866 - [UWP] The values gets entered correctly in the latest windows version(1809) .

SfNavigationDrawer

Bug fixes

  • #I227004 - [Android] Now, entry is focused when placing inside the content view of the navigation drawer.

SfNumericTextBox

Bug fixes

  • #I227318 - Now, we can type non-numeric character in SfNumericTextBox when the AllowNull property is set to true.
  • #I227414 - The Maximum property works properly when parsing mode is double.
  • #I225057 - Now, the SfNumericTextBox is rendered with correct height inside the SfTextInputLayout control.
  • #I225538 - [UWP] SfNumericTextBox works properly in custom string formating.

SfNumericUpDown

Bug fixes

  • #I227365 - [Android] The data types of the resultant value are updated properly.
  • #I227346 - [UWP] SfNumericUpDown works properly when increment and decrement the value in comma culture.
  • #I224232 - Now, the focus of the SfNumericUpDown control is not changed when changing the value using the increment and decrement buttons.
  • #I221583 - [UWP] SfNumericUpDown works properly when setting Culture to fr-CA.

SfPdfViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #225315 – [Android] Document will now be loaded when downloaded from the URL using WebClient.
  • #223801 – [Android] Page navigation will now work properly when using the GotoPage API.
  • #224216 – [iOS] Application will no longer crash while setting a value to the PageNumber property in SfPdfViewer.
  • #224628 - Document will now be displayed properly when placing PDF Viewer in popup page and disabling the built-in toolbar.
  • #F141550 – [iOS] Application will no longer crash when loading a PDF document on placing PDF Viewer in popup page and disabling the built-in toolbar.

  • #221019 – [Android, iOS] Text search functionality will now work properly in SfPdfViewer.

  • #218802 – [Android] Collection modified exception will no longer be thrown when toolbar visibility is set to true in the XAML page.
  • #221854 - Document will now be loaded properly when passing it as a stream, which is not seekable.
  • #226089 – [Android, UWP] Large PDF documents are now loaded in ‘SfPdfViewer’ with minimal time.

Features

  • #202982 – [Android, iOS] SfPdfViewer is now displayed without errors in XAML previewer for Xamarin.Forms.

SfPicker

Features

  • #I207554, #I207803, #F132375, #F136839, #I218035, #I226541 - Support has been provided to customize the text color and background color of the OK and Cancel buttons in footer view.

SfPopupLayout

Features

  • Support to display the popup in full width and height of the screen is provided.
  • Support to change the flow of text in the right-to-left direction has been provided.

Bug Fixes

  • #I227287, #F142074, #F142489, #I227407, #I227768 – Null reference exception is no longer thrown when setting the content template for popup view in Xamarin.Forms version 3.5.
  • #I228037, #I228051, #I228371, #I228555, #F142789, #I228786, #I228716 - No more lags when opening and closing the popup multiple times.
  • #I228037, #I228051, #I228371, #I228555, #F142789, #I228786, #I228716 – The same view will not be shown as the content of the PopupView of two different SfPopupLayout instances.
  • # I226140 - [iOS] The PopupView detects orientation changes of the iPad and positions at the center properly.
  • # I227301 - [UWP] Application will not crash when popup is opened a second time, if the PopupView’s content template is created outside the DataTemplate delegate.
  • # I224985 - [Android] By default, PopupView fits within the screen bounds when launched in Android_Emulator_x_86_Oreo.
  • # I225064 - [iOS] Popup opening events will not be fired for orientation changes from/to FaceUp and FaceDown.

SfProgressBar

Bug fixes

  • #I223714 - The SfProgressBar works properly when updating the progress value dynamically.

SfPullToRefresh

Features

  • #F142243- Support for loading individual templates for pulling and refreshing have been provided.
  • #F138824, #I217378 - Support for refreshing programmatically in MVVM has been provided.

SfRangeSlider

Features

  • #I213332 - Support has been provided to customize the thumb size using the ThumbSize API.

SfRotator

Bug fixes

  • #F141430 - [UWP] Thumbnail is updated properly when using the content template.
  • #F142096 - Content TapGesture is working properly when using it in ItemTemplate.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

  • #227480 – [UWP] NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when adding SfSchedule to the SfTabView.
  • #228056 - [iOS] Now, SfSchedule appointments render properly when an appointment is dragged and dropped next to the previous appointment.
  • #222939, #227939, #142681 – Now, GetRecurrenceDateTime method returns the recurrence appointments when the recurrence rule is set to NoEndDate.
  • #228013 - Now, RRuleParser method returns correct values of recurrence range and weekdays in SfSchedule.

Features

  • #142240 – The GetVisibleAppointments method works properly when using the VisibleDatesChangedEvent in SfSchedule.

Breaking Changes

  • In ScheduleTappedEventArgs and VisibleDatesChangedEventArgs, the Schedule property is Obsolete. Please use Sender property instead.

SfSegmentedControl

Enhancements

  • Layout and UI have been improved in SfSegmentedControl. Now, selection strip draws inside the segment border.

Breaking Changes

  • In previous, the SfSegmentedControl had minimum height and width, and now it has been removed from our control. Now, the height of SfSegmentedControl is rendered based on both the SegmentHeight and BorderThickness properties, and width is rendered based on the VisibleSegmentCount or SegmentWidth and BorderThickness properties.

SfTabView

Bug fixes

  • #I227915 - The tab header content is displayed properly when changing the visible header count dynamically.
  • #I225073, #I228465, #I225073 - The SfTabItem Title property is updated properly when changing dynamically.
  • #I227188, #I227343, #I228860 - [Android] Selected item is updated properly when using using nested TabView.
  • #I227135, #I227343 - SfTabView works properly when updating to the latest Xamarin.Forms version.
  • #I226347 - [iOS] Allow simultaneous recognition of multiple gestures inside the ScrollView in SfTabView.
  • #I228002 , #I229614, #I229556 - Content is updated properly when changing BindingContext dynamically.

SfTextInputLayout

Features

  • #I222148, #I227654, #I229791, #I229797 - Support has been added to customize padding around the input view.
  • #I221103, #I222148, #I222666, #I220275, #F142099, #I229786 - Support has been added to customize the font family, font size, and font attributes for hint, error, helper text, and the counter label.

SfTreeMap

Features

  • #221283 - The ToolTip support has been provided to TreeMap.
  • #221283 - Support has been provided to trim,wrap and hide the overlapping data labels.
  • #I228501,#F141141 - The ItemSelected event support has been added to TreeMap.

SfTreeView

Bug Fixes

  • #228167, #228888, #223215 - The issue that occurred after upgrading to Xamarin.Forms 3.5 when setting the data template or custom view has been resolved.

  • #228423, #229209 -[Android, iOS] TreeView node disappears on repeated expand collapse and margin property didn’t respect for tree view node when value returned from converter has been resolved.

Features

  • The CheckBox support has been provided to SfTreeView for Xamarin.Forms.
  • The ExpanderPosition support has been provided to change the expander icon position in SfTreeView.
  • Animation support has been provided to expand or collapse nodes in SfTreeView.
  • Support has been provided to update the ChildItems when the property in underlying model is changed in SfTreeView.
  • Support has been provided for Real-time updates when binding ItemsSource for both Bound and Unbound modes in SfTreeView.
  • The Hierarchy adapter data model support has been provided to SfTreeView.

XlsIO

Features

  • #F99670, #185459, #194756, #197860 - Added support for custom table styles in Excel.
  • #128585, #132019, #224861 - Provided support to format unique and duplicate values in conditional formatting.
  • #199594, #199992, #206375, #206374, #209766, #F139259, #218497, #225207 - Provided support for chart to image/PDF conversion in .NET Standard.
  • #222797 - Added support for complex script rendering in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Provided support for PDF conformance level in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Added support for Excel 2019 version in XlsIO.

Breaking Changes

  • #F99670, #185459, #194756, #197860 - The TableStyles property is added in IWorkbook interface to get the table styles collection for adding custom table styles.
  • #128585, #132019, #224861 - The Unique and Duplicate types are included in ExcelCFType enumeration to highlight the cells with unique and duplicate values using conditional formatting feature.
  • #199594, #199992, #206375, #206374, #209766, #F139259, #218497, #225207 - Added ExportChartImageOptions property and ConvertToPDF() and ConvertToImage() methods in IXlsIORenderer class and SaveAsImage() method in IChart interface.
  • #222797 - AutoDetectComplexScript has been added in ExcelToPdfConverterSettings class to support complex script rendering in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Enumeration PdfConformanceLevel is added in ExcelToPdfConverterSettings class to set conformance level in PDF document that is converted from Excel.
  • Type Xlsx is added in ExcelVersion enumeration to represent Excel version 2019 and above.

Bug Fixes

  • #222397, #222732 - Table with query is now preserved properly on invoking Table.Refresh().
  • #223856, #224976 - File will no longer be corrupted while copying a range with multiple list objects.
  • #226454 - The IndexOutOfRange exception will no longer be thrown while converting Excel document into PDF with header and footer.
  • #224770 - Exception will no longer be thrown while exporting worksheet data into data table.
  • #223667 - Exception will no longer be thrown if chart’s data range column is deleted.
  • #225065 - Currency number format is now properly detected in XlsIO generated Excel file.
  • #224023 - Exception thrown while opening an XlsIO re-saved document with group shape has been resolved.
  • #223946 - Conditional format is now preserved properly while saving the workbook multiple times.
  • #223839 - Infinite recursive loop on modifying and saving Excel document with improper chart series indices has been resolved.
  • #224024 - Not implemented exception thrown while opening an Excel document with external formula range in check box has been fixed.
  • #223448 - Pivot table field settings are now preserved properly on resaving the Excel file.
  • #223167 - Custom time format [h]:mm:ss is now detected automatically.
  • #223376 - Exception occurs while saving the Excel document with OLE object has been resolved.
  • #223226 - The NullReferenceException thrown when converting an Excel file to HTML has been fixed.
  • #223041 - Data validation formula is now preserved properly while saving the Excel document as XML.
  • #221229 - Issue with pivot field values due to improper pivot field data format has been resolved.
  • #214445 - Table.Refresh() is now working properly with ODBC connection.
  • #223918 - Conditional format is now preserved properly on converting Excel document to PDF.
  • #223859 - Hyperlink is now set properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #221079 - Exception thrown if print-title row height is higher in Excel to PDF conversion has been fixed.
  • #221693 - The Parameter invalid exception thrown while converting Excel document to PDF has been fixed.
  • #222797 - Incorrect Thai font in Excel to PDF conversion has been fixed.
  • #222156 - Improper number detection with invariant culture has been fixed.
  • #F141101 - Issue with incorrect parsing of comments has been resolved.
  • Issue with incorrect conditional formatting operator type in resaved Excel document has been fixed.
  • Setting a table column header name will no longer corrupt the Excel document.
  • DataBar color is now applied properly for negative values.
  • External formula is now applied properly in .NET Standard.
  • Shapes rendering issue for curved shapes in Presentation to Image conversion has been fixed.