Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.5 Release Notes
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Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Releases
- March 28th, 2023 —Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.5.3
- March 14th, 2023 —Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.5.2
- March 7th, 2023 —Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.5.1
- February 21st, 2023 —Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.5.0
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Blog Posts
The Visual Studio Blog is the official source of product insight from the Visual Studio Engineering Team. You can find in-depth information about the Visual Studio 2022 for Mac releases in the following posts:
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.3 
- 17.5.3 build 15 released March 28th, 2023*
What's New in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.3
Updates in this release include:
- Improved performance in editor tooltips, which were causing some typing delays on macOS Ventura. This may have an impact on Intellisense on Visual Studio for Mac 2022 lags on Ventura so we are interested in your feedback on that Developer Community issue.
- By default, a new tooltip display implementation is used. This can be disabled in Preferences -> Editor -> General -> Coding -> Use fast tooltips, if desired.
- Fixed an error that would yield the following message: "The File xxx Could Not Be Opened: Failed to marshal the Objective-C object" when trying to open a file.
- Brace formatting is now applied consistently while typing after pressing the Enter key.
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.2
- 17.5.2 build 14 released March 14th, 2023*
What's New in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.2
Top updates in this release include:
- The .NET SDKs were updated to version 7.0.202 and 6.0.407.
- Automatic Brace Insertion behavior now works consistently.
- Addressed fonts configured in Preferences not being saved on closing Visual Studio for Mac.
- Fixed a crash caused in the Git Changes pad on macOS Catalina when a non-default font or font size was used.
- An improvement was made to editor code paths to reduce overhead resulting in improved performance and memory consumption. Performance issues observed while editing on Ventura is still under investigation.
- Addressed cyclic project references causing application crashes.
- Fixed a crash updating commands.
- Source files now reopen on loading a solution.
Developer Community
- Under investigation:
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.1
- 17.5.1 build 23 released March 7th, 2023*
What's New in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.1
Top updates in this release include:
- More improvements have been made to editor performance and memory use. We continue to investigate performance issues specific to macOS Ventura.
- The .NET SDK was updated to version 7.0.201.
- Addressed cyclic project references which could result in the application crashing.
- Fonts configured in Preferences are now properly saved on closing Visual Studio for Mac.
- Source files previously left open now reopen upon loading the related solution.
- Brace matching option UI fixed so the check box isn't disabled unexpectedly.
- Addressed a crash occuring intermittently when updating command state.
Developer Community
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.0
- 17.5.0 build 1802 released February 21st, 2023*
What's New in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.5.0
Top updates in this release include:
- IDE Hot Exit - Quitting the VSMac app from the dock, main menu, or restarting the IDE from Preferences or Updater will conduct a Hot Exit, where unsaved changes in the editor are not saved, but made available again upon restarting the IDE and opening the previous solution.
- Git Branch Selection - There is now Git branch information and functionality in the status bar at the bottom of the IDE. One can select a Git branch by clicking on the branch indicator. Additionally, changes are also indicated in the status bar.
- Improved typing performance compared to earlier versions - note that the Visual Studio for Mac team continues to investigate typing performance to make improvements.
- Code formatting improved. Format Document and Format Selection work again to format code according to formatting configuration. The Visual Studio for Mac team continues to investigate formatting issues.
- Improved experience in the Git Changes window. Git Changes window works better when starting auto hidden. Git Changes window now has a 'Conflict' category area similar to Changes and Staged Changes, improving conflict resolution. Improved usability of the Git Changes window, including getting started guidance in the Git Changes window.
- Selection highlighting in the code editor matches behavior of Visual Studio for Windows. Highlights to other occurrences of the current selection are indicated.
- Find and Replace dialog initializes with search text similar to the behavior of Visual Studio for Windows. When the cursor is on bracket characters the search text is not populated.
- Improved Xcode integration. Asset catalog folders now show in the solution view for supported project types. Info.plist editors advanced UI correctly launches Xcode when "Open in Xcode" is invoked.
- Improved crash analytics for the MSBuilder process related to Visual Studio 2022 for Mac.
- Tests will correctly be displayed in the Test Pad even when wild cards are used in the unit test NuGet package specifications. Additionally, performance improvements and UI responsiveness while loading unit tests into the Test Pad have been made.
- Unit Tests targeting .Net 6 and multiple platforms will now run correctly. Project with multiple platform targets and using .NET 6.0 can now run unit tests and the correct test host is used.
- Visual Studio 2022 for Mac now runs on .NET 7.
- Improved capability to capture coredumps for select issues.
- Removed dependencies on NRefactory.
Fixes in this release include:
- VSMac now supports the following .NET SDKs: 7.0.200 and 6.0.406.
- VSMac now supports Xcode 14.2 for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac projects.
- Several memory leaks were addressed.
- Fixed a UI freeze when a large amount of project files is deleted from disk.
- Fixed a crash when trying to move a solution folder inside itself in the solution view.
- Syntax colorization issue in some .razor and .cshtml files has been addressed.
- Cleaner, valid list of properties page values for projects targeting .Net SDK (excluding deprecated ones).
- During debugging, while hovering over the equals sign in an assignment (such as
x = x + 1
), the value of the left-hand variable was actually being reassigned during the debugging session. This has now been fixed. Additionally, hovering over the+
operator will evaluate the right-hand side of the expression. This matches the behavior found in Visual Studio 2022. - Adding a project reference to a Blazor Web Assembly project no longer fails.
- Adding a NuGet package to a Blazor project no longer shows an 'Invalid configuration mapping' error in the Solution window.
- Highlighting text in hex editor now works properly.
- VSMac updates Link items in project files changing only slashes and backslashes.
- VSMac no longer deletes MauiImage properties from csproj files inadvertantly.
- Properties (e.g. dependencies) now updated properly in NuGet package manager when switching versions.
- Unnecessary changes no longer added to .csproj files when adding NuGet package.
- Auto save feature now works with IDE Hot Exit.
- Configuration icon in toolbar is no longer always a phone image.
- Task Pad views now have correct column header colors in dark theme.
- "Build" is now localized in French when right-clicking a project.
- "Coding" and "Code Folding" are now localized in General page of the Preferences dialog.
- Detached windows are now correctly on top of the main IDE window.
- Window order restored upon restarting the IDE.
- Fixed an issue preventing the split view button from appearing when editing Android designer files.
- Change font in preferences now works correctly in the Build Output panel.
- Dragging text over the Watch window appropriately adds a new value in the grid.
- Drag & drop improvements to tabs in the main IDE window were made.
- Voice Over now announces activity for the Hex Editor.
- Voice Over improved for the Tasks window.
- Buttons and status inside the Git Changes window tree now have a Voice Over label.
- Frame animations now supported in the status bar.
- Improved cursor interaction with multibyte characters.
- Scrolling the tab strip in the main IDE window no longer leaves tabs highlighted.
- Tabs in the main IDE window can now be reordered with drag & drop as expected.
- Assembly browser now sets the selection to the opened .dll in a drag & drop scenario.
- Toolbar items no longer clipped on Ventura.
- Project/Solution Properties dialog no longer prevents the IDE from shutting down.
- The "Gathering class information" icon no longer persists for F# items.
- Navigate Back key binding now scrolls position to center of screen.
- The Find field in text search now initializes similar to Visual Studio for Windows.
- Default fonts for Text Editor and General Tool Window Text have been restored to Cascadia Code and System Font, respectively.
- The Model Class to use drop-down box option is now populated when add Scaffolding in Web Application (MVC) project.
- Git delete no longer throws exceptions.
- Git history no longer shows no files for first commit.
- Git clone stores recent repositories.
- Git history icons display correctly for added/removed files.
- Git Changes works correctly when auto hidden.
- Git Changes: hover buttons no longer stop hovering.
- Selecting Amend updates the commit message no longer causes a long delay.
- Git performance improved when loading a solution.
- Notification bar is now cleared as expected.
- Updating a .NET Core 3.1 Web Application project to .NET 7.0/6.0 on M1 Machine, running the project no longer encounters an error "version '3.1.0' (arm64) was not found".
- Workload manifest failure no longer occur when older previews of .NET 7 SDK are installed side-by-side.
- Content in properties window is now the correct width.
- Addressed error "Error MSB4018: 'The AOTCompile' task failed unexpectedly" in .NET6 PR build when Rosetta was not installed on an M1 machine. The IDE now warns that Rosetta is needed.
- Project is now reloaded after MAUI workload install from the info bar.
- Addressed a UI hang when cancelling iOS processes.
- Address an issue when a debug target to iOS device failed with "Could not connect to the debugger" for Xamarin.Forms project.
- Status bar animation performance improved.
- Solution window now syncs with .xml files.
- Focus in the Editor window is no longer lost after ending debugger session.
- Property window now displays a scroll bar as needed.
- Version number line in About dialog is now selectable.
- "C# Source Code" Options Panel now properly handles variable line spacing and breaks.
- Semi-colon autocorrect can now be disabled, if desired.
- Inline rename adornment UX in the editor has been improved.
- Page up-down now works in completion list.
- Added support for Assets.xcassets folders in net6.0 and MAUI projects.
Developer Community feedback addressed in this release include:
- Fixed failure to install the Android Emulator.
- Default font is now correctly chosen (in Preferences dialog).
- Renaming a solution run configuration now renames the configuration instead of adding a new entry to the list pane.
- The Visual Studio menu command "Hide Application" has been renamed "Hide Visual Studio".
- The IDE no longer fails to close.
- Space no longer automatically appears after Turkish character "ı".
- Rerun Tests button no longer switches the active window.
- Renaming a directory with different capitalization no longer crashes.
- MsTest tests now discovered in VS for Mac.
- RoslyCodeTaskFactory error message no longer encountered.
- Docker-compose options dialogue updates appropriately when switching options.
- Solutions Build Configurations no longer lose config value when scrolling.
- Visual Studio maintains full screen mode appropriately.
- The Build/Run Button now appropriately updates status after operations.
- When working with a Unity projects, the scripts folder is now visible as expected.
- Replace in files actions are no longer reported as changed outside of Visual Studio.
- Fixed an issue in the New Project dialog where some template options in the UI didn't work as expected.
- Fixed spaces appearing automatically after Cyrillic characters in the terminal window.
- Custom Template Ide.Host parameter replacement now works as expected.
- Visual Studio for Mac no longer intermittently displays incorrect syntax color.
- Remove breakpoint button no longer acts as a delete button when the editor is in focus.
- Regions are now shown correctly on the Document Outline tab.
- Preferences C# code now legible in dark theme.
- File explorer and Errors, Warnings and Messages now work correctly on macOS with Unity.
- Renaming file, but only changing the case, no longer causes the file to disappear from filesystem.
- The dotnetRunMessages and other custom parameters can now be set in launchSettings.json.
- VS 2022 for Mac iOS apps Connected Services can now be activated.
- Addressed an issue where a macOS application isn't running after debugger is started.
- XAML Hot Reload now starts correctly.
- Address a XAML Hot Reload Problem with the Mono Interpreter.
- Addressed building in release mode when starting without debugging for iOS where a "The application has not been built" error was encountered.
- Extract Method refactoring now reproduces nullability of generic parameters of method parameters.
- Opening Mac app storyboard in Xcode now opens as a project.
- SurveyPrompt component now available in a .NET MAUI-Blazor app.
- Unloaded project no longer tries to restore Nuget packages and build.
- Cascadia Code font now honors the selected weight
- VS Mac Solution Explorer Font is now legible.
- Typing square brackets[ & ]now works correctly.
- Visual Studio no longer hangs opening ASP.Net Core project.
- The "Expand selection to line" command now appropriately extends selection to the whole line.
- When running in Mac M1 hardware, 64-bit simulators now also support ARM64.
- XAML Content Page nesting fixed in the solution explorer. This issue was filed in a few feedback tickets:
Known issues:
- Updates to the content of the Modules view of the Debugger can encounter a UI delay.
- A UI delay may be encountered in the search results pad scrolling over all the matches after a Find In Files operation.
- Solution Explorer font rendering produces text that is hard to read.
- A workaround is available when attempting to debug a net6.0-macOS projects fails. (See the linked feedback ticket for workaround details.)
- MAUI TFM conditional project references do not display correctly per platform.
- After a long-running session, memory consumption has grown.
- IntelliSense on macOS Ventura encounters UI delays after editing several files over a long IDE session.