.NET 9.0.1xx Preview 2 (9244)

We're excited to announce our second preview release for .NET 9!

Note: these are the base SDKs that add support for the platforms in question. For MAUI (which is built on top of our SDKs), visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/.

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 17.2.9244-net9-p2
• tvOS: 17.2.9244-net9-p2
• Mac Catalyst: 17.2.9244-net9-p2
• macOS: 14.2.9244-net9-p2

Full release notes: .NET 9 release notes
Known issues: Known issues in .NET 9

What's Changed

• [Accelerate] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19991
• [AppKit] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19987
• [AudioToolbox] Fix computing array size. by @rolfbjarne in #19952
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioConverter.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19848
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioFile.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19936
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioFileGlobalInfo.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19906
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioFormat.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19954
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioQueue.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19933
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioSession.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19834
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioToolbox.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19840
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in MusicSequence.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19839
• [AudioToolbox] Sprinkle DynamicallyAccessedMembers attributes to fix ILC trimmer warnings. by @rolfbjarne in #19913
• [AudioUnit] Make P/Invokes in ExtAudioFile.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19995
• [CFNetwork] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20037
• [Compression] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19996
• [CoreAnimation] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19997
• [CoreFoundation] Make P/Invokes in CFBundle and CFDictionary have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20060
• [CoreLocation] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20001
• [CoreText] Add NotNullWhen to help MAUI with null errors. by @mandel-macaque in #20050
• [Foundation] Create a strong dictionary for NSAttributedStringDocumentAttributeKey. by @rolfbjarne in #19824
• [HealthKit] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20005
• [MapKit] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20006
• [MediaPlayer] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20012
• [Metal] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20009
• [MetalPerformanceShaders] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20014
• [mmp] Add PreserveSmartEnumConversionsSubStep to the linker sub steps. Fixes #19712. by @rolfbjarne in #19836
• [MobileCoreServices] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20015
• [monotouch-test] Ignore the MetalPerformanceShadersGraph.MnistTest test, it fails randomly. by @rolfbjarne in #20033
• [msbuild] Correctly add custom entitlements to the archived entitlements. by @rolfbjarne in #19920
• [msbuild] Disable certain .NET behaviors we don't need when doing stuff on a remote Mac. by @rolfbjarne in #19961
• [msbuild] Don't try to bundle the BouncyCastle.Crypto library anymore. by @rolfbjarne in #20044
• [msbuild] Enable nullability and improve error reporting in the PackLibraryResources task. by @rolfbjarne in #19998
• [msbuild] Enable nullability for ArTool and AcTool. by @rolfbjarne in #20010
• [msbuild] Enable nullability in the CollectBundleResources task. by @rolfbjarne in #19992
• [msbuild] Fix item name confusion - the texture atlas item group is called AtlasTexture, not TextureAtlas. by @rolfbjarne in #19994
• [msbuild] Fix WriteAssetPackManifest class name and abstractability after recent changes. by @rolfbjarne in #19978
• [msbuild] Merge the Archive[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19949
• [msbuild] Merge the BTouch[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19951
• [msbuild] Merge the CreateBindingResourcePackage[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19975
• [msbuild] Merge the DetectSdkLocations[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19977
• [msbuild] Merge the ReadItemsFromFile[Task] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19875
• [msbuild] Merge the ResolveNativeWatchApp[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19879
• [msbuild] Merge the ScnTool[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19880
• [msbuild] Merge the SmartCopy[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19904
• [msbuild] Merge the SpotlightIndexer[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19893
• [msbuild] Merge the SymbolStrip[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19894
• [msbuild] Merge the Task[Base] classes overriding Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core tasks. by @rolfbjarne in #19956
• [msbuild] Merge the TextureAtlas[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19895
• [msbuild] Merge the UnpackLibraryResources[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19905
• [msbuild] Merge the ValidateAppBundle[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19907
• [msbuild] Merge the WriteAppManifest[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19921
• [msbuild] Merge the WriteAssetPackManifest[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19928
• [msbuild] Merge the WriteItemsToFile[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19931
• [msbuild] Merge the Zip[TaskBase] classes. by @rolfbjarne in #19932
• [msbuild] Pass /p:RestoreConfigFile to 'dotnet build' in addition to 'dotnet restore'. by @rolfbjarne in #20008
• [msbuild] Process custom entitlements as if they came from an Entitlements.plist file. by @rolfbjarne in #19942
• [msbuild] Remove SimpleAssemblyResolver - it's not used. by @rolfbjarne in #20016
• [msbuild] Remove usage of GitInfo in Xamarin.Messaging.Build. by @rolfbjarne in #19935
• [msbuild] Rename numerous files to match their task name. by @rolfbjarne in #20013
• [msbuild] Take the CustomEntitlements item group into account in DetectSigningIdentity. by @rolfbjarne in #19919
• [msbuild] Use exact version of XVS' packages. by @rolfbjarne in #20043
• [net9.0] [tests] Add a test to verify that we can build .NET 8 apps. by @rolfbjarne in #19897
• [net9.0] Bump min iOS and tvOS version to 12.2. by @rolfbjarne in #19953
• [VideoToolbox] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #20019
• Avoid passing null to TaskRunner.FixReferencedItems by @mauroa in https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-...

.NET 8.0.1xxx (8043)

This is a servicing release to the previous .NET 8 release.

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: 17.2.8043
• tvOS: 17.2.8043
• macOS: 14.2.8043
• Mac Catalyst: 17.2.8043

🚨 This release requires Xcode 15.1 or Xcode 15.2.

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

Full Changelog: dotnet-8.0.1xx-xcode15.1-8022...dotnet-8.0.1xx-xcode15.1-8043

.NET 7.0.3xx (7141)

This is a servicing release to the previous 7.0.3xx service release.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 16.4.7141
• tvOS: 16.4.7141
• macOS: 13.3.7141
• Mac Catalyst: 16.4.7141

These builds are supported using both Xcode 14.3 and Xcode 15.1 / Xcode 15.2

What's Changed

• Avoid passing null to TaskRunner.FixReferencedItems by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #20023

Full Changelog: dotnet-7.0.3xx-7133...dotnet-7.0.3xx-7141

.NET 9.0.1xx Preview 1 (9088)

We're excited to announce our first preview release for .NET 9!

Note: these are the base SDKs that add support for the platforms in question. For MAUI (which is built on top of our SDKs), visit: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/maui/.

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 17.2.9088-net9-p1
• tvOS: 17.2.9088-net9-p1
• Mac Catalyst: 17.2.9088-net9-p1
• macOS: 14.2.9088-net9-p1

Full release notes: .NET 9 release notes
Known issues: Known issues in .NET 9

What's Changed

API improvements / fixes / additions

• [AppKit/UIKit] Adjust a few availability attributes in NS[Mutable]ParagraphStyle. Fixes #19209. by @rolfbjarne in #19211
• [AppKit] Add support for Xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19119
• [AppKit] Fix binding for NSFontDescriptor.Create. Fixes #19659. by @rolfbjarne in #19663
• [AppKit] Implement the NSUserInterfaceItemSearching protocol. Fixes #19649. by @rolfbjarne in #19662
• [AppKit] Make NSGraphics.NSBestDepth P/Invoke blittable. by @rolfbjarne in #19614
• [AppKit] Remove [NSImage imageWithSymbolName:bundle:variableValue:] from Mac Catalyst. by @rolfbjarne in #19320
• [AppKit] Update the NSBezelStyle enum according to latest headers. Fixes #19555. by @rolfbjarne in #19556
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioFileStream.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19835
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in AudioServices.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19841
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in MusicPlayer.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19694
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in MusicTrack.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19678
• [AudioToolbox] Make P/Invokes in SystemSound.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19677
• [AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration] Add missing constructors to AEAssessmentApplication. Fixes #19133. by @rolfbjarne in #19180
• [CoreBluetooth] Fix a typo in CBPeripheralDelegate.DiscoveredService for XAMCORE_5_0. by @rolfbjarne in #19582
• [CoreMidi] Add CoreMidi enums to Watch so that we can have them for avfoundation. by @mandel-macaque in #19580
• [CoreMidi] Add support for tvOS. by @mandel-macaque in #19529
• [CoreMidi] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19706
• [CoreMidi] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19724
• [CoreMidi] Obsolete the MidiPacket.Bytes property. by @rolfbjarne in #19705
• [CoreText] Fix a few nullability issues in CTFontDescriptor. by @rolfbjarne in #19439
• [CoreText] Implement CTFontDescriptor.MatchFontDescriptors. Fixes #19397. by @rolfbjarne in #19399
• [Foundation] Add support for Xcode 15 beta 7. by @mandel-macaque in #19007
• [Foundation] Bind a few missing notifications. Fixes #19837. by @rolfbjarne in #19846
• [Foundation] Create a strong dictionary for NSAttributedStringDocumentReadingOptionKey. by @rolfbjarne in #19667
• [Foundation] Fix a few issues with NSUrlConnection.SendSynchronousRequest. by @rolfbjarne in #19458
• [Foundation] Improve visibility of NSObject members in intellisense by @haritha-mohan in #19106
• [Foundation] Make P/Invokes in NSDecimal.cs have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19702
• [Foundation] NSArray.FromNSObjects will never return null objects. Fixes #19622. by @rolfbjarne in #19627
• [GameKit] Add support for Xcode 15 by @haritha-mohan in #19285
• [ImageIO] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19701
• [InputMethodKit] Remove existing code for InputMethodKit. by @rolfbjarne in #19462
• [LocalAuthentication] Make path have the correct case by @rolfbjarne in #19465
• [Metal] Add support for Xcode15. by @mandel-macaque in #19379
• [MetalFX] Add the framework (which was added in Xcode 14) and add xcode 15 support. by @mandel-macaque in #19107
• [MetalKit] Add support for Xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19274
• [ModelIO] Include MDLMaterial.cs in the build. by @rolfbjarne in #19464
• [NerabyInteraction] Add support for xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19273
• [Network] Add support for Xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19418
• [ObjCRuntime] Cache a few expensive and frequent operations in Class. Fixes #19079. by @rolfbjarne in #19086
• [ObjCRuntime] Throw a more descriptive InvalidCastException when failing to create an instance of the appropriate type in Runtime.CreateNSObject. by @rolfbjarne in #19629
• [PassKit] Add support Xcode15 Beta 7 by @tj-devel709 in #19139
• [PassKit] Fix the intro tests for PassKit on macOS. by @mandel-macaque in #19760
• [Speech] Fix wrong added API in macOS. by @mandel-macaque in #19759
• [Storekit] Add support for xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19309
• [UIKit] Add missing attrs for catalyst. by @mandel-macaque in #19355
• [UIKit] Add support for Xcode 15. by @mandel-macaque in #19120
• [UIKit] Adjust availability attributes for UIButtonConfiguration.[Sub]TitleLineBreakMode. Fixes ##19377. by @rolfbjarne in #19384
• [UIKit] Fix a few nullability issues by @rolfbjarne in #19688
• [UIKit] Fix broken UITrait bindings. Fixes #19410. by @rolfbjarne in #19411
• [UIKit] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19725
• [UIKit] Make P/Invokes related to UIAccessibility have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19698
• [UIKit] Store the delegate in a local variable in the UIContextMenuInteraction. by @rolfbjarne in #19386
• [Vision] Add support for Xcode 15 by @haritha-mohan in #19099
• [Vision] Make P/Invokes have blittable signatures. by @rolfbjarne in #19703
• [Vision] Update Xcode 15 support by @haritha-mohan in #19412
• [WebKit] Add missing notification attrs. by @mandel-macaque in #19275
• [WebKit] Add support for Xcode 15 by @haritha-mohan in #19237
• Fix sending MidiPacket when MidiPacket has been created using a point… by @jamesdlow in #18981

Misc bug fixes / improvements

• [bgen] Adjust logic to handle protocol-backed events. by @rolfbjarne in #19689
• [bgen] Fix assembly comparison. Fixes #19612. by @rolfbjarne in #19619
• [bgen] Fix generated code to be nullability correct. by @rolfbjarne in #19655
• [bgen] Fix logic to handle protocol-backed events. by @rolfbjarne in #19707
• [Generator] == on a type those a reference equals check. by @mandel-macaque in #19756
• [Generator] Add BindingTouchConfig to BindingTouch by @dustin-wojciechowski in #19485
• [Generator] Allow to have a way to attach to the generator. by @mandel-macaque in #19565
• [Generator] Clean the AttributeManager from deps and fix a bug in the errors. by @mandel-macaque in https://...

.NET 8.0.1xxx (8022)

This is a servicing release to the previous .NET 8 release.

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: 17.2.8022
• tvOS: 17.2.8022
• macOS: 14.2.8022
• Mac Catalyst: 17.2.8022

🚨 This release requires Xcode 15.1 or Xcode 15.2.

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

What's Changed

• Avoid passing null to TaskRunner.FixReferencedItems by @rolfbjarne in #19885
• [dotnet] Fix typo causing universal builds to not keep any symbols when stripped. Fixes #19860. by @rolfbjarne in #19924
• [msbuild] Take the CustomEntitlements item group into account in DetectSigningIdentity. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19930
• [msbuild] Correctly add custom entitlements to the archived entitlements. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19943
• [msbuild] Process custom entitlements as if they came from an Entitlements.plist file. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19955

Full Changelog: dotnet-8.0.1xx-xcode15.1-8004...dotnet-8.0.1xx-xcode15.1-8022

.NET 7.0.3xx (7133)

This is a servicing release to the previous 7.0.3xx service release.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 16.4.7133
• tvOS: 16.4.7133
• macOS: 13.3.7133
• Mac Catalyst: 16.4.7133

These builds are supported using both Xcode 14.3 and Xcode 15.

What's Changed

• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19770
• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19811
• [release/7.0.3xx] [tests] Fix certificate tests after Apple started blocking the Thawte certificate. by @rolfbjarne in #19800
• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19853

Full Changelog: dotnet-7.0.3xx-xcode14.3-7129...dotnet-7.0.3xx-7133

.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

.NET 7.0.3xx (7129)

This is a servicing release to the previous 7.0.3xx service release.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 16.4.7129
• tvOS: 16.4.7129
• macOS: 13.3.7129
• Mac Catalyst: 16.4.7129

These builds are supported using both Xcode 14.3 and Xcode 15.

What's Changed

• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19553
• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19562

Full Changelog: dotnet-7.0.3xx-7127...dotnet-7.0.3xx-xcode14.3-7129

.NET 8.0.1xxx (8490)

This is a servicing release to the first .NET 8 release.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 17.0.8490
• tvOS: 17.0.8490
• macOS: 14.0.8490
• Mac Catalyst: 17.0.8490

What's Changed

• [tools] Don't detect/resolve binding resource packages in mtouch/mmp/dotnet-linker. Fixes #19378. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19463
• [UIKit] Store the delegate in a local variable in the UIContextMenuInteraction. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19469
• [msbuild] Fix resolving static libraries inside an XCFramework in a NuGet. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19523

Full Changelog: dotnet-8.0.1xx-8478...dotnet-8.0.1xx-8490

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

.NET 7.0.3xx (7127)

This is a servicing release to the previous 7.0.3xx service release.

Versions

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 16.4.7127
• tvOS: 16.4.7127
• macOS: 13.3.7127
• Mac Catalyst: 16.4.7127

These builds are supported using both Xcode 14.3 and Xcode 15.

What's Changed

• [release/7.0.3xx] Update dependencies from dotnet/installer by @dotnet-maestro in #19409
• [release/7.0.3xx] [CI] Pin the python version to 3.11 until ESRP fixes their deps. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #19501

Full Changelog: dotnet-7.0.3xx-7125...dotnet-7.0.3xx-7127