Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms Release Notes

v17.1.0.47

May 14, 2019

DocIO

Bug Fixes

#230017 - The HtmlExportOmitXmlDeclaration is now working properly while converting a Word document to HTML.
#228510, #232429, #233051 - The JPEG format images are now preserved properly while parsing and serializing the Word document.
#233421 - Empty paragraph preservation issue has been resolved while replacing text with table.
#232599 - The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while opening an RTF format document.
#231722 - HTML end tag is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to HTML format document.
#231594 - Dropdown form field is now preserved properly while converting an HTML to RTF format document.
#225752,#230460,#230460 - Line space preservation issue has been resolved when updating the Word document fields.
#F142931 - The DocProperty value is now preserved properly while converting a Word document as PDF.
#219214,#228161 - Merge field is now properly updated while executing Nested Mail merge.
#233913 - Right to left text is now preserved properly in DOCX to DOCX conversion.
#232775 - Header and Footer contents are now preserved properly in XML to DOCX format conversion.
#232718 - The Content control text is now preserved properly in DOCX to Text format conversion.
#F143772 - Nested bookmark is now preserved properly while opening a DOC format Word document.
#F143774 - Table cell contents are now preserved properly while applying horizontal merge to the table.
#232505 - Font is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#232502 - Content is now preserved properly while converting an RTF to HTML format conversion.
#232265 - Spacing issue has been resolved while converting an HTML to DOCX format document.
#231592 - TOC content is now preserved properly while updating table of content in Word document.
#231721 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#226490 - Corruption issue has been resolved while saving the DOCX format Word document.
#F143006 - Text is now preserved properly while replacing the bookmark content in DOC format document.
#228442 - Table alignment is now cloned properly while cloning the Word document.
#228370 - Table styles are now preserved properly while converting an HTML to DOCX format document.
#226490 - Corruption issue has been resolved while saving the DOC format Word document.
#230678, #228611 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229685 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229738 - Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231056 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231712 – The NullReferenceException will be no longer thrown while updating fields in the Word document.
#231056 - Text overlapping issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#F142888, #229094 - Table cell borders are now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228272 - Table border is now preserved properly while converting an RTF format document to PDF.
#227754 - Multiple TOC page numbers are updated properly while calling the UpdateTableOfContents method.
#231550 - Performance has been improved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#231426 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229685 - Font is now embedded properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#229891 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228974 - Ref field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
#228974 - Unknown field result is now preserved properly while updating the Word document fields.
#228968 - Hanging issue has been resolved while updating the Word document fields.
#231751 - Space is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#227429 - Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228386 - Text with capital style is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#228319 - Page border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
#212671, #212772, #220859, #230072, #232381 - List style name is now updated properly while opening and saving a Word document.
#232395 - Added support to show warning while converting a Word document to PDF when Word document contains metafile images.
#232395 – Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

PDF

Bug Fixes

#231273 - Free text and polygon annotation are now preserving properly while flattening the PDF document.
#231625 - Review status is now preserving properly while exporting or importing the annotations.
#231273 - Object null reference exception no longer occurs while flattening the PDF documents.
#231795, #231668, #231273, #233045 - Review status and layer are now preserving properly while importing annotations from the XFDF file.
#226015 - Grouped annotations are now preserving properly while importing or exporting the annotations.
#232559 - PDF form fields are now cloned properly.
#233194 – Text is now preserving properly while filling form fields.
#232477, #232754 - Application will no longer crash while importing pages from the PDF document.
#228012, #231381 - Form fields are now preserving properly when loading a PDF document in different instances.
#226230 - Form fields will never be missing while importing pages from a PDF document.
#232496 - File size will no longer increase while continuously saving a PDF document.
#233102 – Invalid cast exception will no longer occur while flattening the combo box fields.
#233004 – Form fields size is now preserving properly while flattening form fields.
#231901, #228043 - Annotations are now flattened properly in a PDF document.
#231965, #231964 - Now, you will get proper exception messages while creating the QR barcodes with incorrect values.
#230688 - Document will no longer corrupt while saving the encrypted PDF document.
#230023 - Output document will no longer corrupt while loading the PDF documents.
#228375 - Annotations are now preserved properly while flatting them.
#228486 - Key not found exception will no longer occur while loading PDF document.
#232754 - Exception will no longer occur while importing pages from existing PDF document.
#228202, #228667 - Output document will no longer corrupt while merging the PDF documents.
#228635, #226614 - Exception will no longer occurs while obtaining destination from annotation.
#231801 - Exception will no longer occur while opening 256-bit protected document in Nuance PDF.
#228341 - Code 128, code 32, and code 93 extended barcodes are now rendered properly.
#228336 - Null reference exception will no longer occur while merging the PDF documents.
#227845 - Acroform fields tab index is now retrieved properly.
#229922, #234322 – Color is now preserving properly while using PDF linear gradient brush with vertical mode.
#226451 - Font is now retrieved properly in the free text annotation.
#231299 - Null reference exception will no longer occur while saving a PDF document with Incremental update.
#142705 - QR barcode is now preserved properly while using special characters.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

#212572, #229361 - The group-shapes will now be rendered properly if vertical or horizontal flips applied along with rotations.
#229361 - Table cell background is now properly applied for vertically merged cells in PowerPoint to PDF conversion.
#232725 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting PowerPoint to PDF.
#230386 - The StackOverflowException will no longer be thrown while accessing paragraph font color.
#230575 - Formatting will be preserved properly after clone and merge a PowerPoint slide with destination theme.
#232687 - Chart axis and labels will now be rendered properly in PowerPoint to PDF conversion.

SfAccordion

Features

Themes support has been provided for SfAccordion.
Provided support to customize the icon color for SfAccordion.

Bug Fixes

#234608 - [iOS] BackgroundColor will be set to the AccordionItem.

SfAutoComplete

Bug fixes

#233323 - The SelectedItem API is now working properly in dynamic update.

SfBadgeView

Bug fixes

# F144090 - [Android] The Java.Lang.LinkageError will no longer be thrown when setting the content to the badge view in Android version 4.4 devices.

SfCalendar

Bug Fixes

#232379 – The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when moving to specific date at run time on placing calendar inside ComboBox (iOS).
#232379 – The navigated date will be displayed properly when closing and opening the calendar after calendar date swiping (UWP).

SfCircularGauge

Bug fixes

# 232295 - [UWP] The StackOverflowException will no longer be thrown when the value of gradient stop is lesser than the end value of range.
# 232412, #143502 - [Android] Dragging pointer works properly for needle pointers and marker pointers.

SfDataForm

Bug Fixes

#143962, #144308 – Now, the ItemSource property binding works properly for DataFormDropDownItem when adding as a custom DataFormItem.

SfExpander

Features

Themes support has been provided for SfExpander.
#232724, #144043 - Provided support to customize the icon color for SfExpander.

Bug Fixes

#144138 - [iOS, UWP] Expander content will be displayed in the nested SfExpander.
[iOS] When the Orientation is changed at runtime, the expander header and the icon will layout properly now. Also view and text are updated without blank and crop.
[Android] Expander header will work properly without shrink when loaded inside the MasterDetail Page.

SfImageEditor

Bug fixes

# 231108 - The ToolbarSettings of SfImageEditor will no longer be reset when navigating between the pages.
# 229903 - [UWP] The Offset and length were out of bounds exception will no longer be thrown when loading the image from file.
# F143025,I234600 – [UWP] The application will no longer be frozen when saving the image in release mode.

SfListView

Bug Fixes

#144245 - Empty space will not be created when scrolling the first item using ScrollTo method with ScrollToPosition as center.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

# 229656 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when the value of ShapeIDPath is set to null.
# 230337 - [Android] Shape selection works properly after zooming.
# 229656 - [UWP] The ShapeSelectionChanged event raised only one time when selecting a shape.
# 231962 – The GeoCoordinatesChanged event will be raised when loading the maps and setting the CacheTilesFiles to False.

SfMaskedEdit

Bug fixes

# 231390 – The Value of MaskedEdit will be updated properly when pasting the text from clipboard.
# 231962 - [UWP] The deleted text will not be displayed when entering new text.
# 233970- The capitalization keyboard will be shown when entering the text, if the SfMaskedEdit’s KeyboardFlags is set to CapitalizeCharacter.
# 233278 – The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown when setting the minimum length to zero in Mask.
# F144241 – The PromptChar characters will be hidden when loading the SfMaskedEdit.

SfPdfViewer

Features

#226544 – Localization support for ScrollHead has been provided.
#226922 – Accessibility support for SfPdfViewer has been provided.

Bug Fixes

#230299 – Now, the PDF document will be loaded properly when it is loaded inside the OnAppearing method block.
#232883 – Now, radio button with same form field groups can be selected properly.
#232731 - Scroller will no longer move to first page while entering input in the text box field presented in other pages.
#232733 - First item of combo box will not be selected or shown if the loaded document does not contain selection index.
#232833, #230868 - Application will no longer crash when loading the PDF document.
#232737 - Now, the form field values will be preserved properly when saving a PDF document.
#233304 - [Android] Null Reference Exception will no longer occur and the application will not get crashed while unloading particular PDF document.
#232829 - [iOS] Signature field will be visible when loading the particular PDF document.
#232829 - [Android] Application will no longer crash when loading the particular PDF document.
#231180 - [Android, iOS] Radio buttons and check boxes will be displayed properly in the particular PDF document.
#234246 – [UWP] DocumentLoaded event will not be raised when resizing the application window.
#233757 – Null Reference Exception will no longer occur while loading a particular PDF document.
#231299 - Application will no longer crash by throwing NullReferenceException while saving the PDF document which contains form fields.
#228010, #230801 – [Android] Buttons in the signature will not be cropped irrespective of device text size.
#229152 – Now, search bar will be fit to the width of the SfPdfViewer.
#227860, #228012 – Form fields in the saved document using the SfPdfViewer will be displayed properly in Adobe reader.
#228012 – Now, form fields are editable while loading the specific PDF document.
#227492 - UnhandledException will no longer occur on navigation to the MasterDetail page which contains SfPdfViewer.
#226758 – Exception will not be thrown while unloading the SfPdfViewer.
#F142467 – [iOS] Exception will no longer occur while performing ClearAllAnnotation.
#F143933 – Existing ink annotation associated with the PDF document will be displayed and saved properly.
#F143778 – ObjectDisposedException will no longer occur while unloading the SfPdfViewer which is placed inside SfNavigationDrawer.
#F142673 – [Android] IllegalStateException will no longer occur after adding FreeText annotation.

SfPopupLayout

Bug Fixes

#I233950 - #I233950 - Now, the pop-up is loaded properly with the template content even when the SfPopupLayout.PopupView.ContentTemplate is assigned to a template view from the SfPopupLayout.Opening event handler.

SfRadioButton

Bug fixes

#I232732, #I230812 - [Android] Now, SfRadioButton is rendered properly when setting custom application theme.

SfSchedule

Bug Fixes

#232809 – Dynamic changes in the ShowAppointmentsInline property work properly when changing in CellTappedEvent (iOS).
#231264 – The schedule click events will not occur when clicking out of the min/max date range.

Breaking Changes

#143900 – The custom TimeInterval will be adjusted based on the start and end hours of the Schedule.

XlsIO

Features

#227983 - Exception, “Text length cannot be more than 32767” can be ignored using ExcludeAdditionalCharacters flag.

Breaking Changes

#227983 - ExcludeAdditionalCharacters has been added in IApplication class to ignore exception and exclude characters more than 32767 (maximum allowed characters) in a cell text.

Bug Fixes

#F144022, #224520 - Conditional formatting formula with sheet reference is now proper.
#227766, #231068 - Chart legend in now rendered properly while changing the chart type.
#232040, #232682 - Cell background color is now rendered properly on converting XML to XLSX format.
#229121 - Picture name is now updated proper after removing a picture and inserting a new picture.
#226753 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening Excel file with formula in Dutch culture.
#230294 - Picture created with camera tool is now properly changed with INDIRECT() formula.
#230697 - After accessing the used range, relative range indexer is now working proper.
#231469 - Application no longer hangs while opening Excel file with picture that has unsupported element.
#226860 - Performance will not degrade on exporting a range to a data table multiple times.
#229117 - Named range index is updated properly while copying ranges from two different workbooks.
#228853 - Footer value in source worksheet no longer changes while modifying footer in cloned worksheet.
#228560 - Null reference exception is no longer thrown while cloning the workbook.
#224793 - Extra pages are no longer added with FitAllColumnsOnOnePage layout setting in Excel to PDF conversion.
#231271 - Timestamp is preserved in zip file.
#227209 - Argument out of range exception is no longer thrown while applying template marker with UnKnownVariableAction.ReplaceBlank.
#232727 - Argument exception is no longer thrown while opening Excel file with IgnoreErrors.
#228711 - Performance will not degrade on exporting data from Grid to Excel.
#226133 - ArgumentOutOfRangeException is no longer thrown while accessing a range from cloned workbook.
#225831 - NullReferenceException is no longer thrown while converting worksheet to PDF.
#229460 - Exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel to PDF with hyperlink.
#231882 - Performance will not degrade on exporting pivot grid to Excel.
#232040 - Cell Styles are preserved properly after resaving the output file with Microsoft Excel.
#232473 - Macro name is now set properly in shapes.
#227998 - Pivot table with tabular layout no longer increases the page count in Excel to PDF conversion.
#230759 - Conditional formatting with discontinuous range is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
#229528 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening a re-saved Excel document with ExcelIgnoreError option.
#F141716 - Exception is no longer thrown while opening the Excel file when a namespace is not defined.
#F142864 - Exception is no longer thrown while accessing IRange.Value property in multi threading.
#F143467 - Argument null exception is no longer thrown while converting Excel to PDF.