8.0.0-preview.7.8842

How to install?

This release is best with Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 1 on Windows, Visual Studio for Mac latest release, or the .NET MAUI extension for VS Code (Preview).

Windows

Install Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 1 and select the .NET Multi-platform App UI workload, and then check the optional component “.NET MAUI (.NET 8 Preview)”.

Mac

In order to enable the latest Visual Studio for Mac to work with .NET 8 previews, enable .NET 8 previews in the preferences "Preview Features" section.

To install .NET 8 Preview 7 follow the instructions below.

All

Follow these instructions unless you have installed on Windows with the Visual Studio version above.

Download the .NET 8 Preview 7 SDK, followed by:

> dotnet workload install maui
...
Successfully installed workload(s) maui.

To verify installation:

> dotnet workload list

Installed Workload Id      Manifest Version                            Installation Source
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
maui                    8.0.0-preview.7.8842/8.0.100-preview.7      SDK 8.0.100-preview.7

What's Changed

• [ios] fix memory leak in Border by @jonathanpeppers in #15946
• [Windows/macOS] Implement menu key accelerators by @jsuarezruiz in #14740
• Connect event to internal handler by @StephaneDelcroix in #15881
• [Android] Fix issues setting Shell TabBar appearance. by @PureWeen in #15734
• Fix ".SFUI" magic font string on iOS/MacCatalyst by @Redth in #15990
• [android] improve performance of Entry.MaxLength by @jonathanpeppers in #15614
• Streamline ModalNavigation lifecycle events by @PureWeen in #15799
• Ensure "text boxes" preserve cursor location by @mattleibow in #15099
• Fix IsSpellCheckEnabled by @jknaudt21 in #15459
• Implement all permutations of InputTransparent and CascadeInputTransparent by @mattleibow in #14846
• Include headers/footers in EmptySource count so they show up when ItemsSource is null by @hartez in #15979
• Set the SafeAreaInset Property with updated value by @tj-devel709 in #15512
• Improve the customization of WebView on Android by @mattleibow in #16032
• [android] fix memory leak in Window by @jonathanpeppers in #16045
• Null check small refactoring by @Lehonti in #16086
• Revert "[Windows] Allow to refresh the RefreshView using the mouse (#14261)" by @rachelkang in #16128
• Add GotoAsync overload for single use query parameters by @PureWeen in #15585
• Add logic to set DefaultLabelPosition on the WinUI CommandBar by @Foda in #15835
• Android: fix dialog button colors in dark mode by @webwarrior-ws in #15091
• [iOS] Avoid to use CornerCurve in iOS < 13 by @jsuarezruiz in #16101
• [Windows] Fix Slider MinimumTrackColor (#16056) by @molesmoke in #16057
• Various fixes for Border on Android by @jstedfast in #15458
• Map all menu items through a single selector by @mattleibow in #16174
• [controls] fix memory leak with Grid Row/ColumnDefinitions by @jonathanpeppers in #16145
• Stop DispatcherTimer after Tick fires if IsRepeating is false by @hartez in #16173
• Compiled Bindings to Array by @StephaneDelcroix in #15944
• Make Add/Remove Logical public by @PureWeen in #16046
• Revert default for UseSafeAreaProperty to value from .NET 6 for iOS by @hartez in #16093
• Text needs to be set before other properties by @mattleibow in #16116
• Style specificity by @StephaneDelcroix in #13818
• Don't use loaded/unloaded on FlyoutPage by @PureWeen in #16241
• TextTransform set before Text by @mattleibow in #16248
• [Bug] Fix Grid cells not honoring MaxWidth by @jknaudt21 in #16215
• Fix default constructors for many control handlers by @agaluzzi in #16270
• Update mappers instead of replacing field values by @mattleibow in #13836
• Fix infinite recursion error in CommandMapper.Add() by @agaluzzi in #16264
• Fix issue with ListView not firing SelectedItemChanged by @PureWeen in #16275
• [Windows] Allow to customize the Shell FlyoutIcon by @jsuarezruiz in #14663
• [ios] fix memory leak in Editor by @jonathanpeppers in #16348
• [ios] fix memory leak in Entry by @jonathanpeppers in #16349
• attribute SolidColorBrush for the XamlC processor by @StephaneDelcroix in #16370
• [release/8.0.1xx-preview7] [C] fix SelectedIndex propagation for picker by @github-actions in #16412

Tests

• [tests] make Windows memory leak tests consistent by @jonathanpeppers in #15998
• [net8.0] Fix cells leak tests by @rmarinho in #16231
• [tests] fix DeviceTests on Windows, maybe other platforms? by @jonathanpeppers in #16151
• Windows (packaged) Device tests for CI by @jfversluis in #15629
• Enable WinUI Core Tests on CI by @PureWeen in #15885
• Start docs for UITesting by @sbanni in #15836
• [tests] introduce AssertionExtensions.WaitForGC() by @jonathanpeppers in #16237
• [net8.0] Fix cells leak tests by @rmarinho in #16231
• Improve the names of the test files/runs by @mattleibow in #16262
• Add a Mac Catalyst device test run by @mattleibow in #16260
• [net8.0] Fix Catalyst and Windows device tests by @rmarinho in #16343
• [uitests] Don't continue pipeline if appium install fails by @rmarinho in #16350
• Windows apps should be --self-contained by @mattleibow in #16289
• [release/8.0.1xx-preview7] [build] CI build fixes and UItests by @github-actions in #16419

Docs

• Add note to Colors.xaml to make people aware of Android specific colors by @jfversluis in #15855

Dependency Updates

• [net8.0] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-android by @dotnet-maestro in #15940
• [net8.0] 20230701 Android ecosystem updates by @moljac in #15960
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro in #15974
• Bump Xamarin.UITest from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0 by @dependabot in #15987
• [housekeeping] Group dependabot PR's by dependency area/type by @Redth in #16111
• Revert "Bump Xamarin.UITest from 4.1.4 to 4.2.0" by @mattleibow in #16122
• Update sourcelink, set deterministic builds in CI by @Redth in #16127
• Bump powershell from 7.3.5 to 7.3.6 by @dependabot in #16167
• Android Ecosystem 20230714 net7.0 nuget bumps fix issue 16074 type renaming by @moljac in #16176
• Bump the xunit group with 3 updates by @dependabot in #16113
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro in #16065
• Bump the aspnetcore group with 7 updates by @dependabot in #16114
• [net8.0] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-android by @dotnet-maestro in #16024
• [net8.0] Bump Tizen to 8.0.100-preview7 version 7.0.122 by @rmarinho in #16211
• [main] Update dependencies from dotnet/xharness by @dotnet-maestro in #16318
• [net8.0] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-macios preview 7 by @dalexsoto in #16323
• [net8.0] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-android by @dotnet-maestro in #16273
• [net8.0] Bump Microsoft.Extensions packages by @rmarinho in #16257
• [appium] Bump appium version by @rmarinho in #16351
• Bump Microsoft.Web.WebView2 from 1.0.1823.32 to 1.0.1901.177 by @dependabot in #16338
• [net8.0] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-macios preview 7 by @dalexsoto in #16369
• [net8.0] Bump aspnet packages 8.0.0-preview.7 by @rmarinho in #16375
• [release/8.0.1xx-preview7] Update dependencies from xamarin/xamarin-macios by https://github.com/dotnet-maestro in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/16391

Housekeeping

• Update DEVELOPMENT.md by @BretJohnson in #15777
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #15980
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #15988
• Add VS Feedback and VS Code links to bug report template list by @Eilon in #16121
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #16033
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #16221
• Add a solution for vscode on macos by @mattleibow in #16229
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #16271
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #16300
• [provisioning] Make sure to provision mono for nuget by @rmarinho in #16347
• [housekeeping] Automated PR to fix formatting errors by @github-actions in #16356
• [net8.0] Bump maui stable version by @rmarinho in #16342
• [release/8.0.1xx-preview.6.2] Bring old tizen and iOS versions and net8 changes by @rmarinho in #16381
  *[ci] Sign unsigned .net 8 preview 7 files by https://github.com/pjcollins in https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/16422

New Contributors

• @Lehonti made their first contribution in #16086
• @webwarrior-ws made their first contribution in #15091
• @molesmoke made their first contribution in #16057
• @agaluzzi made their first contribution in #16270

Full Changelog: 8.0.0-preview.6.8686...8.0.0-preview.6.8771