Xamarin.Forms 1.3.5.6333-pre1

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This is a prerelease version of Xamarin.Forms.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Xamarin.Forms --version 1.3.5.6333-pre1                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package Xamarin.Forms -Version 1.3.5.6333-pre1
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Xamarin.Forms" Version="1.3.5.6333-pre1" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Xamarin.Forms --version 1.3.5.6333-pre1                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: Xamarin.Forms, 1.3.5.6333-pre1"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Xamarin.Forms as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Xamarin.Forms&version=1.3.5.6333-pre1&prerelease

// Install Xamarin.Forms as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Xamarin.Forms&version=1.3.5.6333-pre1&prerelease

Build native UIs for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone from a single, shared C# codebase

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
MonoAndroid monoandroid10 is compatible. 
MonoTouch monotouch10 is compatible. 
Windows Phone wp8 is compatible.  wp81 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios10 is compatible. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

NuGet packages (1.9K)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Xamarin.Forms:

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Rg.Plugins.Popup

Plugin for Xamarin forms. Allows you to open any page as a popup.
Xamarin.FFImageLoading.Forms

Xamarin Library to load images quickly and easily on Xamarin.Forms. Ensure you call CachedImageRenderer.Init() on each platform!!! Features: - Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin.Mac and Windows (WinRT, UWP) support - Configurable disk and memory caching - Multiple image views using the same image source (url, path, resource) will use only one bitmap which is cached in memory (less memory usage) - Deduplication of similar download/load requests. *(If 100 similar requests arrive at same time then one real loading will be performed while 99 others will wait).* - Error and loading placeholders support - Images can be automatically downsampled to specified size (less memory usage) - Fluent API which is inspired by Picasso naming - SVG / WebP / GIF support - Image loading Fade-In animations support - Can retry image downloads (RetryCount, RetryDelay) - Android bitmap optimization. Saves 50% of memory by trying not to use transparency channel when possible. - Transformations support - BlurredTransformation - CircleTransformation, RoundedTransformation, CornersTransformation, CropTransformation - ColorSpaceTransformation, GrayscaleTransformation, SepiaTransformation, TintTransformation - FlipTransformation, RotateTransformation - Supports custom transformations (native platform `ITransformation` implementations)
Prism.Forms

Prism provides an implementation of a collection of design patterns that are helpful in writing well structured, maintainable, and testable XAML applications, including MVVM, dependency injection, commanding, event aggregation, and more. Prism's core functionality is a shared library targeting the .NET Framework and .NET. Features that need to be platform specific are implemented in the respective libraries for the target platform (WPF, Uno Platform, .NET MAUI and Xamarin Forms). Prism for Xamarin.Forms helps you more easily design and build rich, flexible, and easy to maintain Xamarin.Forms applications. This library provides user interface composition as well as modularity support.
Xamarin.Forms.Maps

Maps models and renderers for Xamarin.Forms
CarouselView.FormsPlugin

Create Horizontal and Vertical carousels, add page indicators, navigation arrows and much more. “How to” at Github repository.

GitHub repositories (320)

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dotnet/maui
.NET MAUI is the .NET Multi-platform App UI, a framework for building native device applications spanning mobile, tablet, and desktop.
dotnet/BenchmarkDotNet
Powerful .NET library for benchmarking
microsoft/ailab
Experience, Learn and Code the latest breakthrough innovations with Microsoft AI
xamarin/Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.Forms is no longer supported. Migrate your apps to .NET MAUI.
mono/SkiaSharp
SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library. It provides a comprehensive 2D API that can be used across mobile, server and desktop models to render images.
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## Important Notes ##
Device.StartTimer callbacks should now return on the main thread for iOS. If you still have issues please let us know :)

Entry/Editor/SearchBar's inside a ViewCell now set the input mode to AdjustPan rather than AdjustResize when focused. This allows them to correctly focus.


## Bug Fixes ##

- [Bug 20786](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20786) - Android - ViewCell - Entry and non default Keyboard type
- [Bug 21373](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21373) - [Android only] An Entry in a ViewCell loses focus immediately
- [Bug 22706](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=22706) - Device.StartTimer has inconsistent behavior across platforms
- [Bug 24179](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24179) - ListView.ScrollTo does not work as expected on Windows Phone
- [Bug 25555](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=25555) - WP DisplayAlert behaves differently when using back button
- [Bug 26569](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=25659) - [Android] Unable to focus Entry inside ListView
- [Bug 25844](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=25844) - [iOS] Scroll Editor autoscrolls too far when keyboard appears in iPad iOS 7.1 landscape view
- [Bug 25948](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=25948) - [Android] ViewCell Entry fields in a ListView with StackLayout lose focus and do not bring up keyboard
- [Bug 26528](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26528) - NullReferenceException in Android.PickerRender.UpdatePicker()
- [Bug 26566](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26566) - Map with IsShowingUser set to true still polls for location after map is no longer displayed (Android)
- [Bug 26650](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26650) - [Android] Out of Memory error when repeatedly moving back and forth between main page and grid of images in StackLayou
- [Bug 26667](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26667) - [iOS] Keyboard causes view to scroll incorrectly
- [Bug 26767](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26767) - [Xamarin.Forms] Xamarin.Forms.Init() must be called prior to using it
- [Bug 26776](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26776) - [Xamarin.Forms] ListView TextCell.TextProperty only wraps on Android
- [Bug 26797](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26797) - Custom renderers "cut off" by 44px when NavigationPage's NavigationBar is set to hidden
- [Bug 26814](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26814) - Rotating an image in the delegate for MessagingCenter.Subscribe causes app to crash.
- [Bug 26817](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26817) - Binding to label with stringFormat doesn't visualize the expected string
- [Bug 26868](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26868) - GroupHeaders do not extend on Windows Phone
- [Bug 26889](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=26889) - Global, Implicit Styles Are Not Applied to Modal Pages
- [Bug 27027](https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=27027) - SearchBar.SearchCommandParameter is not passed to the command

## Other Fixes ##

- Changing a DynamicResource triggers incorretly RemoveDynamicResource, when used with a binding
- Several additional cases of the infamous Android IntPtr.Zero crash.
- TextColor now resets to the proper value when a style is un-applied.
- Minor memory perf enhancement
- WP ListView group header cell now respects the height property correctly