Release History

UI for Xamarin Q2 2015 (version 2015.2.624.142)

June 23, 2015

Alert (New Control)

DataForm (New Control - Beta)

Common for the whole suite

FIXED

• Xamarin.Forms
  • All controls are shown with default size when put in StackLayout with no size set.

Calendar

NEW

• Xamarin.Forms
  • Events display modes – Inline, Popup, None (default).
  • New selection mode – None (disables selection).
  • Events can now be loaded from various external sources like web services, parsing local files etc.
• Xamarin.iOS
  • Support for Arabic numerals in TKCalendar.
  • Cross month range selection is now allowed.

FIXED

• Xamarin.Forms
  • An issue with cell’s decorator.
  • Issues with customization.
  • SelectedDate and DisplayDate return wrong values.
  • The calendar freezes when the end-user swipes to change the month in Android
  • There is an IllegalArgumentException when setting MaxDate in Android

• Xamarin.Android
  • An issue with PieSeriesLabelRenderer regarding the value to string converter 
• Xamarin.iOS
  • Week numbers disappear.
  • Setting the equalWeekNumber property to NO is not working in TKCalendarMonthPresenter.
  • The viewForCellOfKind method is not called when using TKCalendar in week view mode.
  • The "n more ..." text does show when the number of events exceeds the maxEventsCount.
  • It is not possible to override the default cell when using week view with the calendar:viewForCellOfKind: method.
  • The day cell text is clipped when text alignment is set to TKCalendarCellAlignmentLeft.
  • There is an exception when using TKCalendarEventKitDataSource.
  • TKCalendar does not call didSelectDate when in TKCalendarViewModeFlow.

SideDrawer

NEW

• Xamarin.iOS
  • TKSideDrawerView class that simplifies the setup of TKSideDrawer
  • edgeSwipeTreshold property to determine the pan threshold.
  • Scale down pusher transition in TKSideDrawer.
  • The fill is now applied when the blur effect is enabled.

FIXED

• Xamarin.Forms
  • An issue that caused many tap gestures to be ignored.
• Xamarin.iOS
  • Shadow does not update on orientation change when the side drawer is opened.
  • When using showWithTransition method TKSideDrawer does not layout its main content correctly.
  • TKSideDrawerTableViewCell does not update its visual appearance when item's fill and stroke are updated in the delegate.
  • The frame is not correct when using Scale Down Pusher transition and the screen is rotated.

CHANGED

• Xamarin.iOS
  • The itemIndex and sectionIndex arguments are replaced NSIndexPath in TKSideDrawerDelegate methods.
  • TKSideDrawerTableView now inherits directly from UITableView.
  • The viewController property of TKSideDrawer is removed.
  • The initWithHostview: method of TKSideDrawer is removed.
  • The initWithViewController:hostview: method of TKSideDrawer is now removed.
  • The hostView property of TKSideDrawer is now readonly.

Chart

NEW

• Xamarin.Forms
  • Support for decimal values.
  • ChartAnimationPanel class which allows the chart series to be animated.
• Xamarin.iOS
  • An option to set zoom zoom limits to axes.
  • It is now possible to use custom gesture recognizers simultaneously.

FIXED

• Xamarin.Forms
  • The DateTimeContinuousAxis labels are incorrect when "dddd" or "ddd" is present in the LabelFormat in iOS
  • The axis LabelTextColor property is ignored on Android.
• Xamarin.iOS
  • Data points with nil values are make the Chart crash.
  • Pan jumps to the far left edge of plot area when date time axis is zoomed.
  • TKChartAxis visiblePoints method returns more points than visible in some scenarios.
  • There is an exception when you zoom and double tap to clear zoom.
  • There is an exception when setting dataSource to the chart and calling removeAllData and reloadData several times.
  • There is an exception when clicking on a legend item.
  • The length and offset of the axis major ticks is considered when calculating the size of the axis labels even when the ticks are hidden.
  • Setting the axis position to right has no effect.
  • There is a visual glitch when rendering area series in TKChart and there are two consecutive equal values.
  • minColumnWidth and maxColumnWidth properties are ignored in OHLC and Candlestick series.
  • The TKChartCategoryAxis range is not updated when adding a series.
  • The Y-Axis in TKChart is rendered erroneously when the chart has specific bounds (e.g under 200).
  • TKChart does not show axis labels correctly when using date-time axis with week calendar unit.
  • The Scatter series do not work with DateTimeAxis.
  • There is a line when the pie chart contains only one item.
  • The last point shape in series does not get selected.
  • The FirstLabelTextAlignment does not work if set to an automatically created axis.
  • Removing the annotations one by one has no effect.
  • When the axis range is small the labels don't appear.
  • Setting the hidden property of TKChartAxis does not affect the chart when using automatic axes.
  • There is an exception in TKChart when using live update and vertical axis stroke is set.
  • There is an exception in pie chart when all items are of zero value.
  • Animating TKChart on iPad causes the chart to fully render before the animation starts.
  • When the animations are disabled, the pie chart does not show.
• Xamarin.Android
  • An issue with PieSeriesLabelRenderer regarding the value to string converter.

ListView

NEW

• Xamarin.Forms
  • The ListView control is new to the Xamarin.Forms part of UI for Xamarin product.
• Xamarin.iOS
  • endSwipe: method.
  • Manual load-on-demand mode.
  • The selection icon of TKListViewCell can be customized.
  • Linear, Grid and Staggered layouts.
  • Ability to add and remove item animations.
  • Horizontal layout support in all layouts.
  • numberOfSections, numberOfItemsInSection, visibleCells, indexPathForVisibleItems, indexPathForItemAtPoint, indexPathForCell, scrollToItemAtIndexPath methods.
• Xamarin.Android
  • Deck of Cards layout

FIXED

• Xamarin.Forms
  • An issue with template cell and group header template.
  • The control now raises Tapped event for its cells.
  • Incorrect dates shown on DateTimeContinuousAxis on Android.

• Xamarin.Android
  • An issue when changing the Items value in ListViewDataSourceAdapter.
  • An issue with single selection in ListViewDataSourceAdapter
• Xamarin.iOS
  • Group header layout is wrong when using horizontal orientation with wrap layout and grouping.
  • Swipe cell doesn't work in vertical direction.
  • Pull to refresh is not working properly when using horizontal scrolling 
  • Cell highlighting is not working.
  • cellSwipeThreshold is not working when set to 0.
  • Long-press selection mode is not working properly.
  • The item reordering looks wrong when there is a header item.
  • The drawer-icon stays static when swiping is allowed.
  • Multiple selection does not work when it is set with a button.
  • The items are not arranged correctly when the screen is rotated.
  • Item appear/disappear animations.
  • Exception when trying to move an item to the last position.
  • It is not possible to swipe a cell before you scroll items.

CHANGED

• Xamarin.iOS

  • cellBufferSize property is renamed to loadOnDemandBufferSize.