Release History / 2018 v2
2018 v2

This section contains information about all the new features, enhancements, and breaking changes in Xamarin.Android since 2017 v3.

General

Improvements

  • Added a new Entity Framework Core project template.
  • Added Visual Studio for Mac project templates.
  • Improved C1Weather sample with updated design and use of Geolocator Plugin to get your local weather.
Core

Improvements

  • Constructor of the renderers changed to take the context in order to avoid using obsolete(since version 2.5) base class constructor.
FlexChart

Improvements

  • Added sunburst update animation.
  • Added Histogram Chart type.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where axis labels could be cut off when LableAngle is set to 45 and LegendPosition is top or bottom.
  • Fixed the issue where ConenctingLine property for DataLabels was not displayed properly on all platforms.
  • Improved the Auto positioning behavior for LegendPositon
  • Fixed an issue where the '{high}' value of financial charts would return an empty string when getting from TooltipContent/DataLabelContent.
  • Fixed several issues where tooltips where not updating properly when data was removed or changed position.
  • Fixed a problem where selection StrokeDashArray also would apply to border of DataLabel when select any pie slice.
  • Fixed an issue where an Image annotation would not displayed if another type of annotation was not added.
  • Fixed several issues where annotations where not updating properly when data was removed or changed position.
FlexGrid

Improvements

  • Added WordWrap property for GridRow.
  • Added FrozenLinesColor property for styling grid lines in frozen rows.
  • DefaultColumnHeadersRowHeight property added.
  • KeyActionTab property added for enabling Excel-like cycling when keyboard tabbing.
  • Grid-lines were improved to display better in the edges of the grid, in grouping scenarios, and in column or row dragging
  • Added customizable selection menu.
  • Added GridColumn HeaderBackgroundColor/HeaderTextColor properties.
  • Added GridRow BackgroundColor/TextColor/HeaderBackgroundColor/HeaderTextColor properties.
  • Added RowHeaderSelectedTextColor/ColumnHeaderSelectedTextColor properties.
  • Added FullTextFilterBehavior.MatchCase and MatchWholeWord properties.
  • Updated Light and Dark mode colors.
  • Added implicit conversion from CAMediaTimingFunction to C1Easing on iOS.
  • Added sunburst update animation
  • Added Histogram Chart type.
CollectionView

Improvements

  • While using filtering, can now use MatchCase and MatchWholeWord.
Input

Improvements

  • Added Completed Event for input control.
  • Added MaskCompleted Property for C1MaskTextField.
  • Added Improved animation.
  • Added AutoCompleteMode property in the AutoComplete control.
  • Added ShowClearButton property for showing/hiding clear button from editable input control.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the cursor would move to the first position when the delete button is pressed on an Android device using the Google Keyboard.
  • Fixed an issue where the selected item BackgroundColor could be retained after selecting a new item on Android.