.NET 8.0.1xxx - Xcode 15.1 / 15.2 Support (8004)

This is a servicing release to the previous .NET 8 release and It is also included inside Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8.5 and Visual Studio 2022 version 17.9 Preview 3. This release adds Xcode 15.1 and Xcode 15.2 support.

Note: these are the base SDKs that add support for the platforms in question, for MAUI (which is built on top of our SDKs), go here instead: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 17.2.8004
• tvOS: 17.2.8004
• macOS: 14.2.8004
• Mac Catalyst: 17.2.8004

🚨 This release requires Xcode 15.1 or Xcode 15.2.

What's Changed

• [AppKit] Fix binding for NSFontDescriptor.Create. Fixes #19659. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19731
• [AppKit] Implement the NSUserInterfaceItemSearching protocol. Fixes #19649. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19732
• [bgen] Fix assembly comparison. Fixes #19612. by @rolfbjarne in #19639
• [dotnet] Call the _CreateAssetPackManifest target during the build. Fixes #19669. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19714
• [dotnet] Compute the path to the Xamarin SDK root as a relative path to .NET's root directory. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19638
• [msbuild] Detect any dylibs in NativeReferences. Fixes #19520. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19571
• [UIKit] Fix broken UITrait bindings. Fixes #19410. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19730
• Bump the default target platform version to Xcode 15.1. by @rolfbjarne in #19748
• Bump to Xcode 15.1 by @dalexsoto in #19717
• Fix sending MidiPacket when MidiPacket has been created using a point. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19716

Full Changelog: dotnet-8.0.1xx-8490...dotnet-8.0.1xx-xcode15.1-8004

Full release notes: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/.NET-8-release-notes