Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.6 Preview Release Notes
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What's New in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.6
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac Releases
- March 14th, 2023 — Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.6 Preview 2
- February 21st, 2023 — Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.6 Preview 1
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 v17.6 Preview 2
17.6 Preview 2 build 983 released March 14th, 2023
Core IDE
- Added support for .NET 7.0.202 + 6.0.407 SDKs
- Improved readability and usability for IDE status bar
- Addressed several accessibility issues
- Improved performance in editor tooltips, which were causing some typing delays on macOS Ventura. By default, a new tooltip display implementation is used as well. This can be disabled in Preferences -> Editor -> General -> Coding -> Use fast tooltips.
- Git Changes pad did not update when .gitignore was saved
- Git Changes add & remove buttons did not disappear on scroll
- Git Changes window fix where the Commit all button was not being enabled when a new file was added to the project and is not staged.
- Git status bar and branch name in the solution window would disappear after closing a solution and reopening the same or another one.
- We fixed a problem with the debugger not being able to debug some macOS .NET projects
- Opening a solution from Finder when running Check for Updates blocks the use of VS for Mac
- Right click a file on solution, Properties. Window is empty
- solution folder
Xamarin & MAUI
- Android Manifest Editor improvements (application icons, min/target versions)
- Emulator can be re-launched after closing it before deploy start
- Sign and Distribute UI not displaying correctly
- Add support for Android adaptive icons in .NET 6 standalone projects
Known Issues
- Some files are not shown in a .NET Core project in the Solution Explorer
- MAUI TFM conditional project references do not display correctly per platform
- Regression: Saving .sh file removes execute permissions
- Cannot debug net6.0-macos Apps
- Hot Reload setting page is blank
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac v17.6 Preview 1
17.6 Preview 1 build 402 released February 21st, 2023
Fixes and new capabilities in this release include:
Core IDE
- Hex Editor GOTO capability - users can goto a specified position (hex or decimal position) in the Hex Editor via CTRL-G/Goto command (part of Search/Go To menu)
- Improved Installer reliability
- Async lightbulb/quickfix - Quick Actions (Light Bulbs) will now be populated asynchronously, improving performance
- We have updated the extension compatibility to version 17.5 due to API changes in Visual Studio for Mac that affect extensions.
- Editor change indicator no longer shows an offscreen change which looks like the entire view has changed.
- Performance improvement in laying out the editor's spacer margin.
- Fixed a crash that can occur when debugging a Mono project under specific conditions.
- *.pubxml files have no syntax highlighting
- Window moved to the other monitor when restoring the minimized application
- cannot remove not-loadable project from solution
- Press to search doesn't work as expected in VS2022 for Mac
- Creating a new MAUI content page XAML
- When creating new xaml contentpage doesn't link xaml and code behind
- dotnet new template dropdowns missing displayName tag
- VS for MAC new XAML file issue
- Indentation guides flicker while you type
- Running unit tests is painfully slow
- Since 8.4 the Test Runner frequently hangs
Razor
- Update references in .razor files along with .cs files when renaming
- Rename attribute parameter from markup
- Find All References doesn't fully work on component property
- Go to Defintion for component attributes doesn't work if they're bound
- Rename doesn't properly work for component's parameters
- Razor attribute hover info is inconsistent
- Add go-to-def capability for Razor component attributes via more Roslyn integration
- Crashes on startup significantly increased after migration to .NET6
Xamarin & MAUI
- C# file foo.xaml.cs not nested under foo.xaml when creating new ContentPage Item (XAML)
- Installing the emulator fails "Operation Failed: Installing Android Emulator v31.2.10"
- Android Device Manager not available
Known Issues
Core IDE
- Some files are not shown in a .NET Core project in the Solution Explorer
- MAUI TFM conditional project references do not display correctly per platform
- Regression: Saving .sh file removes execute permissions