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Release History

• February 6, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 3
• January 23, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 2
• December 18, 2018 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 1

Release Highlights

This release focuses on improving the quality in Visual Studio for Mac through bug fixes, performance improvements, and reliability improvements.

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 3 (7.7.0.1607)

released February 6, 2019

Shell

• We fixed an issue where custom key bindings for Remove Unused and Sort (Usings) don't work.

.NET Core

• We fixed an issue where the create button doesn't create new project for .NET Core 3.0 preview 2.
• We fixed an issue where .NET Core 3.0 can be selected in the New Project dialog when it is not supported.

Web Tools

• We fixed an issue where Publish to Azure creates a profile with the wrong name.

Xamarin

• We fixed an issue when attempting to drag and drop controls to iOS storyboards from the Tool Box after searching for controls does not work.

Xamarin.Android

• We fixed an issue where the JDK notification was shown on the welcome page, even for non-Android projects.
• We fixed an issue where launching Visual Studio for Mac without any Java installed shows 2 system prompts to install Java.

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 2 (7.7.0.1547)

released January 23, 2019

Code Editor

• We fixed an issue where Using statement indenting is incorrect.
• We fixed an issue where Roslyn throws a fatal exception (System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException).
• We fixed an issue where formatting of parameters across multiple lines is incorrect.
• We fixed an issue where the constructor generator would cause Visual Studio for Mac to crash.
• We fixed an issue where smart semicolon placement causes incorrect semicolon placement.

Shell

• We fixed an issue where switching from the application and returning, does not focus on the editor correctly.
• We fixed an issue where the cursor in editor window is lost when switching applications.
• We fixed an issue where focusing out/into Visual Studio changes the default focused element on the UI.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac would fail to track file changes for files in certain folders.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac doesn't remember opened files.
• We fixed an issue where the Toolbar selector for build configuration is disabled.

NuGet

• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac crashes after 'Could not add packages' error.

.NET Core

• We removed the VB.NET option from .NET Core projects.

ASP.NET Core

• We fixed an issue where the Folder profile would be created with 'Default' configuration instead of 'Release'.

Web Tools

• We fixed an issue where application arguments are not passed to the Azure Functions host.
• We added the following additional Azure Functions templates
  • CosmosDB trigger
  • EventHub trigger
  • IoT Hub trigger
  • SendGrid trigger
  • ServiceBus Queue trigger
  • ServiceBus Topic trigger

Xamarin

Xamarin.Android

• We fixed an issue where the Android resource update could occur at the same time as a build which could then cause build issues.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac would fail to upload APK to Acer Chromebook R11.

Debugger

• We fixed an issue where the debugger would fail when running on an external console on Mojave.

Test Tools

• We fixed an issue where xUnit Fact 'DisplayName' not shown in test explorer if the name has a period at the end.
• We fixed an issue where the text editor unit test integration ('Unit test 'name' could not be loaded') would fail.

F#

• We fixed an issue where open statements for F# must be manually added when pasting/writing code.

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Preview 1 (7.7.0.1471)

released December 18, 2018

Code Editor

• We fixed an issue where typing can be slow in large files when accessibility is enabled.
• We fixed an issue where a fatal error can occur when trying to navigate inside the editor using VoiceOver.
• We fixed an issue where the caret location in quick fix margin is incorrect.
• We fixed a performance issue where indent correcting is taking up too much time on large files.
• We fixed an issue where Intellisense soft-selection is confusing.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac can't open .targets files.
• We fixed an issue where the display updates partially when commenting a collapsed method.
• We fixed an issue where C# syntax highlight doesn't work for some of the keywords.
• We fixed an issue where invoking some snippets from the toolbox in .cs files leads to poorly formatted code.
• We fixed an issue where pressing Down to choose the closing tag completion in XAML IntelliSense closes the completion window.
• We fixed an issue where the file 'redacted' could not be opened.
• We fixed an issue where sometimes pasting fails in XAML files.
• We fixed an issue where, when adding an attribute via Intellisense, it does not trim 'Attribute' from the name.
• We fixed an issue where code suggestion does the wrong thing when ( is pressed after a stray arrow key.

Project System

• We fixed an issue where the copy & paste of a XAML file causes a disassociation between the .xaml and .xaml.cs files.
• We fixed an issue where files are being added to ItemGroup.Compile(Remove) and this related issue - Error type of namespace not found.
• We fixed an issue where an invalid C# file is created with a new library project.
• We fixed an issue where it is not possible to create a culture specific .resx file through the 'New File .' menu in the Solutions Explorer context menu.

Shell

• We fixed an issue where adding a new folder to a project does not allow instant renaming.
• We fixed an issue where Start Debugging after Start without Debugging results in an exception for ASP.Net projects.
• We fixed a performance issue with build output search.
• The Run Item command on the Solution Explorer has been renamed to Run Project.
• We fixed an issue where the welcome page is shown when loading a solution from finder.

NuGet

• We updated the version of NuGet to 4.8.
• NuGet package diagnostic warnings are now shown in the Solution Explorer. Any diagnostics warnings will be rendered with a warning icon and the full text of the warning available as a tool tip.
• We fixed a set of issues with NuGet:
  • problem while restoring NuGet packages which don't have stable version.
  • The VS4Mac bundle nuget version is too old: 4.3.1.
  • Referencing packages conditionally using variable does not work correctly.
  • Xamarin.Forms app with multi target framework library referenced fail to build.
  • Visual Studio Mac Csproj build not support Item contidion.
  • Support conditional NuGet PackageReferences in multi-targeting projects.
  • Show per-framework dependencies when multi-targeting.
  • VS cannot build F# dotnet core solution.
  • Nuget restore ignore build targets.
  • NuGet restores the wrong version of Microsoft.AspNetCore.App.

Assembly Browser

• We fixed an issue where the Assembly Browser shows the wrong icon for properties.
• We fixed an issue where System.DayOfWeek enum (Wednesday) does not appear to be assigned a value.

Web Tools

• We fixed an issue where it was not possible to publish to Azure API App instances.

Xamarin

• We updated the Xamarin Test Cloud agent NuGet version.
• We fixed an issue where the View Archives command would appear in .NET Core projects.

Designers

• We fixed an issue where the toolbox regressed Android designer usage.

Xamarin.iOS

• It is now possible to choose .pdf files for image assets that do not support vector images.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac erroneously indicates that a Xamarin.Mac property is unavailable.
• We fixed an issue where it is not possible to choose devices for named colors in the asset catalog.
• We fixed an issue where the iOS simulator is no longer brought to front when starting a debug session.
• We fixed an issue where Native References not working in iOS library projects and appear to be ignored.
• We fixed an issue where deleting a Native Reference does not delete the the file on disk.
• We fixed an issue where the Debugger doesn't connect to a keyboard extension on any device.

Xamarin.Android

• We fixed an issue where new Android apps have uppercase letters in the package name.
• We fixed an issue where 'Your project is not referencing the 'Mono.Android.Version=v8.1' framework' when AndroidUseLatestPlatformSDK is true.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac does not recognize AndroidManifest in specific build configurations.
• We fixed an issue where opening the Report A Problem dialog also displays 'Install JDK' dialog.
• We fixed an issue where the Google Play SDK warning is shown even when publishing Ad-Hoc.

Xamarin.Forms

• Intellisense in Xamarin.Forms XAML files for FontFamily is now available.

Xamarin.Mac

• We fixed an issue where .xib templates seem to need customObjectInstantitationMethod='direct' added.
• We fixed an issue where it is not possible to change the target framework version for Xamarin.Mac full on re-opening project options.
• We fixed an issue where the project options for a Mac build (classic) shows incorrect UI.

Test Tools

• We fixed a performance issue where the 'Test Results' pane has bad performance when very large amounts of text are shown.
• We fixed an issue where the unit test integration in the editor does not properly trigger test cases.
• We fixed an issue that could cause xunit to fail to restore.

Accessibility

• We fixed a number of accessibility issues in this release, including several VoiceOver issues in the Debugger and in creating iOS developer certificates, and Keyboard issues in the Android SDK Manager.

Other

• We fixed an issue where new F# projects shows IntelliSense errors.
• We fixed an issue where unchecking the Organize Using > Place System directives first setting does not save.
• We fixed an issue where Visual Studio for Mac is not remembering settings.
• We fixed an issue for F# projects where Visual Studio for Mac overwrites the project GUID to be lowercase instead of uppercase.
• We fixed an issue for F# projects where Visual Studio for Mac overwrites the project GUID to be lowercase instead of uppercase.

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