Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.1 release notes

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What's New in this Release

WebAuthenticator Options

Added ability to clear login information on iOS with PrefersEphemeralWebBrowserSession on the new WebAuthenticatorOptions class.

Pin AndroidX NuGets

Xamarin.Essentials now is built against Android 13.0 SDK.

Release History

  • Friday, December 15, 2023 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.1
  • Thursday, August 10, 2023 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0
  • Monday, July 3, 2023 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0 Preview 2
  • Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0 Preview 1

Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.1

Issues Fixed

  • GH-1739 Added support for reduced accuracy detection on iOS 14
  • GH-2108 Add API 34/Android 14 compatibility for Connectivity & Battery

Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0

Issues Fixed

  • GH-2093 Make UWP FilePicker FutureAccessList more robust

Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0 Preview 2

Issues Fixed

  • GH-2090 Fix failing auth redirect on Android
  • GH-2091 Remove wrong Connectivity dispose calls on Android

Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0 Preview 1

Issues Fixed

Breaking Changes

  • There are no API breaks in the update
  • On Android the library has aligned with Xamarin.Forms and the Xamarin Community Toolkit to pinning specific versions of AndroidX dependencies and compiling only against Android 10.0. This means you must compile your application against Android 10.0, which has been a Google Play requirement since August 3, 2020.

Blogs

Xamarin Blogs

Thank you

Thank you to our community for helping to make Xamarin.Essentials even better!

This release, we received amazing contributions from these individuals:

  • @dimonovdd Fixing the Share sheet title on iOS
  • @leonluc-dev Added support for reduced accuracy detection on iOS 14

Give them a big round of applause!

Xamarin.Essentials Feedback

Your feedback is important to us. If you encounter problems with Xamarin.Essentials, check the .NET Q&A for Xamarin.Essentials and Xamarin.Forms GitHub for existing issues. Report new issues and suggestions on GitHub.

Open Source

Xamarin.Essentials 1.8.0 is based on the open-source Xamarin.Essentials repository: