Essential Studio for Xamarin.Forms Release Notes

v17.4.0.46
January 30, 2020

DocIO

Features

  • #17555, #123036, #130235, #F117690, #135953, #136014, #136677, #139383, #140946, #143065, #150226, #157199, #162767, #162891, #168515, #168983, #171073, #178572, #179473, #183440, #188778, #189881, #190783, #191732, #182319, #198068, #189881, #202966, #217393, #230817, #238068 - Automatically resizes the table to fit its content in DOCX to PDF conversion.

Bug Fixes

  • #249887, #257815 - The extra paragraph is now removed properly when replacing bookmark content by using the ReplaceBookmarkContent() method.
  • #257956 – The “ArgumentOutOfRangeException” will no longer be thrown while cloning picture in the Word document.
  • #257974 – Picture is now preserved properly when open and save the DOCX Word document.
  • #257472 - IF field is updated properly while calling updateDocumentFields() method.
  • #256459 - Frame is now preserved properly when open and save the DOCX Word document.
  • #255071 - Outline level for built-in heading styles are preserved properly while resaving the Word document.
  • #F142273 - The “NullReferenceException” will no longer be thrown while deleting bookmark content by using the DeleteBookmarkContent() method.
  • #255497 - Group shapes will be preserved properly when open and save the DOCX Word document.
  • #260062 - The “NullReferenceException” will no longer be thrown while calling the GetText() method.
  • #258741 - NumPages field is updated properly when using updateDocumentFields in the Word document.
  • #258487 - Content control of type repeating section will be preserved properly when converting the Word document to PDF.
  • #252217 - Shape is now preserved properly when converting the Word document to PDF.
  • #257671 - Nested group shapes are now preserved properly when open and save the DOCX format Word document.
  • #257373 - Table is now preserved properly when converting the Word document to PDF.
  • #257135 - Track changes are now accepted properly while using the AcceptChanges() method.
  • #255497 - Text spaces are now preserved properly when open and save the DOCX Word document.
  • #256481 - The “NullReferenceException” will no longer be thrown when converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #F145154 - Bookmark is now preserved properly while removing table column in the Word document.
  • #F144828 - The “NullReferenceException” will no longer be thrown while replacing bookmark content by using the ReplaceBookmarkContent() method.
  • #257975 - Text box is now aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #256459, #256303 - Improved the stability of Word to tagged PDF conversion.
  • #199319 - Improved the stability by resolving a possible NullReferenceException occurred in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #258741 - Page field is updated properly while updating fields from RTF document.
  • #258247 - Hyperlink is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #256602, #255237 - Text box is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #255040, #F149824 - Picture is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #257983, #256602 - Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #257373 - Text is now aligned properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #252217 - Tab is now preserved properly in the generated PDF.
  • #256836 - Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to Image.
  • #256459 - Frame is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #255462 - Header is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #255071 - The IndexOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
  • #256504, #258239 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.

PDF

Bug Fixes

  • #257443 – PDF page size will be preserved properly when appending two documents with different page size.
  • #256504 – Word to PDF conversion will be working properly with particular document.
  • #257413 – The NullReferenceException no longer occurs while enabling LTV for store certificates.
  • #259787 – PdfAnnotation will be flattened with proper borders.
  • #259394 – PdfInkAnnotation will be flattened properly.
  • #256196 – The OutOfMemoryException no longer occurs while saving a large PDF document.
  • #256196 – Performance of remove layer functionality is optimized now.
  • #257531 – Layers will be removed properly in PDF documents.
  • #136014 – Paragraph inside the table cell will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
  • #260424 – The NullReferenceException no longer occurs while saving a PDF document multiple times.
  • #252711 – Image will be preserved properly while drawing it to PDF document.
  • #255550 – The EndOfStreamException no longer occurs while drawing image to PDF document.
  • #260117 – PdfUriAnnotation will be preserved properly with provided string format in PdfGrid.
  • #251733 – PdfCodeUPCBarcode will be preserved properly with provided dimension.
  • #257221 – PdfTextBoxField will be preserved properly with AutoFontSize and Multiline options.
  • #256614 – BackColor will be preserved properly in PDF 2D barcodes.
  • #255136 – The DateTimeInvalidLocalFormat exception no longer occurs when creating a PDF A document.
  • #F144285 – PdfSignature appearance will be preserved properly based on the page rotation.

Presentation

Bug Fixes

  • #250406 - The PdfException will no longer be thrown while converting a PowerPoint presentation to PDF.
  • #257963 - The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while cloning a PowerPoint slide with hyperlink.
  • The ArgumentException will no longer be thrown while setting an invalid link or path as hyperlink.

SfCalendar

Bug fixes

  • #258036 – [Android] The behavior of the ExpandInlineView method has been improved and the inline view will no longer collapse while calling the ExpandInlineView method twice in SfCalendar.

SfCardView

Bug Fixes

  • #260676 - [Android] Now, the tap gesture will be triggered properly when added to the SfCardView parent.

SfChart

Enhancement

  • #I254627 – Histogram series loading performance was improved.

Bug fixes

  • #I261681 - [UWP]Now, the circular series will render properly with data marker created event.

SfChip

Bug fixes

  • #I261752 - [iOS]Now, the chip icons will display properly while deploying with the IPA file.

SfComboBox

Bug Fixes

  • #254718 - [UWP] Now, popup does not get closed when SfComboBox placed in a complex layout.
  • #261117 - [Android] NRE has been resolved in SfComboBox while navigating pages.

SfDiagram

Bug Fixes

  • [iOS] Diagram bounds will be updated properly now when connector is added outside visible region.
  • [UWP] Connector will be rendered properly now when connector tool is enabled.

SfImageEditor

Bug fixes

  • #150294 - [Android] NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when drawing path with time delay while continuously navigating pages.

SfLinearGauge

Bug fixes

  • #260157 - [iOS] Linear gauge will be rendered properly when setting ListView CachingStrategy as RetainElement.

  • #260843 - NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown when clearing annotation collection in SfLinearGauge.

SfListView

Bug Fixes

  • #236756, #F150623, #259997 - Application will no longer crash when IsScrollingEnabled is set to False in the SfListView control.

SfMaps

Bug fixes

  • #259980 - [UWP] Map view will be disposed properly when adding sub layers to maps.

SfNumericTextBox

Bug fixes

  • #260539 - [UWP] Now, the numeric keyboard will pop-up when clicking on the SfNumericTextBox control in touch devices.

SfPdfViewer

Bug Fixes

  • #I255050, #I254983 - Check box field in the PDF can now be edited.
  • #I256075 - [iOS] Application will no longer crash while adding text markup annotations on the PDF.
  • #I255974 - [iOS] Application will no longer crash while performing text search on the PDF.
  • #I255263 - [Android] Performance delay will no longer occur while zooming the PDF in PageByPage mode.
  • #I251108 - [UWP] High memory consumption will no longer occur while loading multiple PDFs.
  • #I254866 - [iOS] Application will no longer crash while performing text search on the PDF.
  • #I255009 - [iOS] Search instances will now be properly highlighted while performing text search in the PDF.
  • #I256675 - [iOS] Toolbar style will now be updated properly in dark mode.
  • #I255009 - [iOS] SearchPrevious command will now work properly.
  • #I256686 - [UWP] Page number will now be properly updated while rotating the PDF pages.
  • #I257406 - [iOS] Background color of existing free text annotation will now be preserved.
  • #F149392 - [Android] Application will no longer crash while adding annotations programmatically.
  • #I256567 - [iOS] Zooming operation will no longer be slow for the PDF document.
  • #I256779 - Text will now be aligned properly in text box fields while zooming.
  • #I257853 - Flattened text box field will no longer be displayed with white background.
  • #I255801 - [iOS] Scroll head value will now be updated properly.
  • #I257853 - Flattened text box form fields will no longer be displayed with white background.
  • #I257960 - Performance delay will no longer occur while scrolling or zooming the PDF files with high quality images.
  • #I256821 - [iOS] Application will no longer crash when the Cancel button of the signature pad is tapped.
  • #I258516 - [iOS] Performance delay will no longer occur while performing text search in large PDF documents.
  • #I258511 - [Android] PDF document will now be displayed with proper zoom value in tablet.
    [Android] Radio button will now be displayed properly in the PDF document.

SfPicker

Bug Fixes

  • #259323 - [Android] The SfPicker will now work correctly in API 19 version devices.

SfPopupLayout

Bug Fixes

  • [Android] Flickering of the popup and the keyboard no longer occurs, when an editable element loaded inside the Popup is focused.

SfProgressBar

Bug Fixes

  • #I257834 - [Android] Visual Studio Previewer will now be properly working.

SfRadialMenu

Bug Fixes

  • #150577 - [Android] The SfRadialMenu center button back view is now aligned properly.
  • #261156 - [iOS] The SfRadialMenu items will now be added or removed dynamically.

SfRangeSlider

Bug Fixes

  • #254985, #260688 - [iOS] The SfRangeSlider label now gets updated properly when changed dynamically.

SfRichTextEditor Preview

Features

  • #I253663, #F138559, #I258571 - Provided HTMLText bindable property for RichTextEditor.
    Support for Localization has been provided.

Bug Fixes

  • #I260483, #F150481 - RichTextEditor content with carriage return(‘\r’) will no longer displays blank RichTextEditor.
  • #I253856 - [iOS] ToolBar will now placed properly when keyboard is raised while editing RichTextEditor.
  • #I260531 - Hyperlink will now be preserved properly while retrieving the HTMLText property.
  • #I260334 - [Android] TextChanged event will now be fired properly when running RichTextEditor in Android KitKat version.
  • #I259441 - NullReferenceException will no longer been thrown while setting different ToolBarOptions.

SfRotator

Bug Fixes

  • #145972 - [iOS] Now, the CheckBox control will be disposed when used inside the SfRotator.
  • #261015 - [iOS] Now, the rotator items will not be hidden when swiped vertically in Horizontal swipe direction mode.

SfStepProgressBar

Features

Support for dynamic style update in StepProgressBar has been provided.

Bug Fixes

  • #I253724 - [iOS] Font Family issue has been resolved now in iOS 13.

SfSwitch

Bug Fixes

  • #259657 - The SfSwitch Visual State Manager (VSM) will now work properly.

SfTabView

Bug Fixes

  • #262033 - [UWP] Now, the SfTabView works fine without NRE.
  • #260156 - [Android] The SfTabItem is now added dynamically when the IsVisible API is enabled.
  • #260490 - [Android] Now, the scroll icon of the SfTabView will not be clipped to the right.

XlsIO

Bug Fixes

  • #257403 - Cells in the Excel output are properly formatted when importing POCO with nullable fields.
  • #256142 - Shapes are positioned properly after hiding the rows.
  • #250406 - Exception will no longer be thrown on parsing the named range.
  • #245527 - Accounting format is now set properly for the cell when number is set to 0.0.
  • #257296 - Creating a chart with double values in German culture no longer gives corrupted output.
  • #257771 - Conditional formatting formula is now set properly for XLSX versions.
  • #257476 - Exception is no longer raised while opening the Excel document with large number of rows and columns.
  • #257356 - Exception is no longer thrown while copying the worksheet using AddCopy() method with ParseOnDemand option.
  • #258536 - Formatting in output file is now proper while copying all the worksheets to another workbook using AddCopy() method.
  • #258419 - Page break is now correct when page setup has FitToPage in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #255317 - RTF alignment is now proper in text boxes.
  • #257864 - Chart legend with Arabic text is now rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #249446 - Page content is no longer cropped while converting the Excel document into PDF with custom scaling.
  • #259825 - Table style options are now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document.
  • #258600 – XlsIO generated HTML files are now showing properly in Microsoft Edge browser.
  • #252205 - Column width is now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #258534 – Excel file will no longer hang on parsing conditional formats.
  • #258419 - Borders are now preserved properly in Excel to PDF conversion when different line styles are applied in the same cell.
  • #258722 - The issue with Font size that is getting changed while copying the worksheet is fixed.
  • #255781 - Excel file is no longer corrupted when resaving the document with extension list.
  • #257358 - Issue with applying the tabular row layout to pivot fields layout is fixed.
  • #260561 - Refer to range no longer throws exception after getting display text.
  • #250513 - Performance of opening the XLS file with comments is improved.
  • #256286 - Chart axis line and label are now rendered separately in chart to image conversion.
  • #258419 - Custom scaling is now proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #F149527 - Conditional format is now preserved properly in the newly added worksheet when saving the workbook twice.
  • #F149617 - Vertical page break for Arial font is now correct in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • #F149932 - Chart legend is rendered properly while converting chart to image.
  • Issue with incorrect cell value in Excel to PDF conversion is fixed.
  • Starting page number is now correct in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Split text starting position is now correct in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • AutoShape border is rendered properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Shape text is now proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Conditional format icon for discontinuous ranges is now proper in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • White font color for cells is now applied properly in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Textbox fill and border colors are now preserved properly while resaving the Excel document.
  • Range intersection works properly for the entire row and column.
  • Conditional format icon is now proper for negative cell values in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • CF number format is properly applied in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Strike through is properly applied for header in Excel to PDF conversion.
  • Excel file having conditional format with negative priority is now properly converted to PDF.
  • Shrink to fit is now working for numbers in Excel to PDF conversion.