12.1.0

General

Read our release blog post for more information about new features in Avalonia 12.1.0!

What's Changed

Enhancements

• Core – Allow setting ThemeVariant to Default to reset theme to system on android by @emmauss in #16340
• Core – Allow Dispatcher to be converted to a TaskScheduler by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #21032
• Core – Remove obsolete int32 limit on DispatcherTimer.Interval by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #21113
• Core – Bump MicroCOM and use source generators by @maxkatz6 in #21218
• Core – Improve composition hit testing performance with per-visual AABBs by @hez2010 in #21310
• Core – Tests/render data drawing context coverage by @ZehMatt in #21341
• Core – Align Touch/Pen capture semantics with Mouse (#21325) by @miloush in #21363
• Core – Refactor per-draw render data allocations with a binary opcode stream by @ZehMatt in #21366
• Core – Allow attaching a platform-specific event cookie to platform events by @kekekeks in #21378
• Core – Pass original logical size to render targets by @kekekeks in #21380
• Core – Pass shadow extents to the platform by @kekekeks in #21385
• Core – A bit better handling of gpu context loss by @kekekeks in #21387
• Core – Platform event to toggle drawn decorations state by @kekekeks in #21388
• Core – Use eglGetProcAddress instead of NativeLibrary.TryGetExport by @kekekeks in #21392
• Core – Support desktop OpenGL profiles via EGL by @kekekeks in #21393
• Core – Implement IStorageProvider.OpenFileWithResultAsync by @MrJul in #21418
• Core – Implement Bitmap.Save with a format by @MrJul in #21455
• Core – Disable region dirty rect clipping by default by @MrJul in #21553
• Core – Enable stencil buffers by default + add configurable option by @MrJul in #21586
• Core – avoid SKBitmap.Copy when creating ImmutableBitmap from pixels by @kekekeks in #21675
• Core – Generate a CycloneDX SBOM per published NuGet package by @grokys in #21681
• Core – Composition-aware geometries and drawing change detection by @MrJul in #21682
• Controls – Improve pull-to-refresh usability in RefreshContainer by @gentledepp in #18617
• Controls – Add Scrollbar Context Menu by @drasticactions in #19413
• Controls – Add custom CalendarDatePicker date parsing to allow for multiple user input formats by @Deadpikle in #21193
• Controls – Implement TableView by @MrJul in #21511
• Controls – Show checkerboard background for transparent ColorView palette items by @Jaex in #21613
• Controls – Allow copying and cutting revealed TextBox passwords by @zrt2399 in #21710
• Windows – Optimize rendering performance by reducing premultiplied AlphaMode by @lindexi in #20757
• Windows – Create Avalonia.WinUI for initial WinUI embed support by @drasticactions in #21430
• Windows – Implement Win32Properties.WindowCornerPreference by @MrJul in #21615
• Windows – Support rendering at max refresh rate of current displays by @emmauss in #21643
• Windows – Let GraphicsAdapterSelectionCallback see unfiltered adapters and warn on Adreno WARP fallback by @nickna in #21695
• X11 – Implement automatic fps detection by @kekekeks in #18558
• X11 – Implement XDND: drag-and-drop support for Linux by @MrJul in #20926
• X11/Wayland – Update to latest Tmds.DBus.Protocol by @tmds in #21472
• X11/Wayland – Better platform window handle abstraction for DBusSystemDialog by @kekekeks in #21379
• X11/Wayland – Introduce cross-thread support for AutomaticRawEventGrouperDispatchQueue by @kekekeks in #21386
• X11/Wayland – Workarounds for NVIDIA EGL drivers by @kekekeks in #21590
• Wayland – Wayland-specific handling for platform surface readiness by @kekekeks in #21382
• Wayland – Roslyn generator for generating cross-thread call proxies by @kekekeks in #21384
• Wayland – Wayland protocol support by @kekekeks in #21448
• Wayland – Added GLib event loop support to wayland backend by @kekekeks in #21669
• Android/iOS – Add platform feedback api for sound and haptic feedback by @emmauss in #21189
• Android – Use BCL storage for TryGet api by @emmauss in #21641

Fixes

• Core – Remove dead code in AvaloniaObject by @grokys in #21452
• Core – Fix text selection brush not applying when text selection changes by @emmauss in #21480
• Core – Fix RequestedThemeVariant default value by @MrJul in #21624
• Core – Rework text fallback itemization by @Gillibald in #21631
• Core – InterWordJustification fixes by @Gillibald in #21701
• Core – Fix BclLauncher.Exec throwing instead of returning false by @Misaka-L in #21704
• Controls – Return false by default from FocusManager.CanHaveFocusableChildren by @freddiesmartbox in #21640
• Controls – Fix SelectableTextBlock selection offset with InlineUIContainer by @JoshuaRowePhantom in #21646
• Controls – Fix PART_OnContentPresenter name typo in ToggleSwitch by @zrt2399 in #21728
• XAML – Compiled Bindings: Fix unpredictable binding to method selection by @maxkatz6 in #21617
• XAML: Don't include non-text files in Roslyn's AdditionalFiles by @maxkatz6 in #21729
• Windows – Fix TopMost handling for Popups by @StefanKoell in #17841
• Windows – Support decimal in automation ComVariant (fixes NumericUpDown crash under UIA) by @valentino-saitz-optris in #21634
• Windows – Respect IME preedit cursor position by @gotoh in #21632
• Windows – Align ExpandCollapseState member order with UIA by @jmacato in #21693
• Windows – Fix working area changed won't update screen by @Misaka-L in #21707
• Windows – Fix empty automation bounds for custom root providers by @jmacato in #21730
• X11 – Fix mishandled cancellation in DBusTextInputMethodBase by @deryaza in #21527
• X11 – Re-read _NET_WORKAREA on WM PropertyNotify by @lambgoesbaa in #21651
• X11 – Fix XEmbed client by @kekekeks in #21677
• Android – TalkBack should still respond to all hover events by @IsaMorphic in #21644
• Android – TalkBack should highlight controls instead of their ancestors by @IsaMorphic in #21654
• Android – Fix crash populating accessibility node for some peers by @mikegoatly in #21726
• Android – Fix AvaloniaView double root creation by @MrJul in #21738
• Browser – Fix typo: verityPermissions -> verifyPermissions by @Frederisk in #21281
• Headless – Fix hang if exception is thrown during headless session app construction by @ThadHouse in #21688

Misc

• Samples – Update ControlCatalog to use the Page system by @emmauss in #21044
• Samples – Fix OpenGL Lease page not showing in ControlCatalog by @MrJul in #21198
• Samples – Improve ControlCatalog sidebar search by @jsuarezruiz in #21236
• Samples – ControlCatalog: improve transparent appearance by @MrJul in #21441
• Infra – Reset API suppressions by @MrJul in #21106
• Infra – update .gitignore for left over generated files, and VS Code C# Dev Kit *.lscache by @Shirasagi0012 in #21228
• Infra – Link to integration tests readme by @miloush in #21329
• Infra – Adjust build instructions by @MrJul in #21397