MonoTouch ReleaseNotes

MonoTouch Release Notes:

Table of contents 1 1.0 RC2 2 1.0 RC 3 1.0 Beta 8 4 1.0 Beta 7 5 1.0 Beta 6 6 1.0 Beta 5 7 1.0 Beta 4 8 1.0 Beta 3 9 1.0 Beta 2 10 1.0 Beta 1

1.0 RC2

Fixes in RC2

• In very specific cases, wrappers could be shared improperly between methods leading to a crash.

1.0 RC

Additions in RC

• Added System.Json
• Added Mono.Security for HTTPS and NTLM
• Added MonoTouch.Foundation.PreserveAttribute to preserve members from the linker
• Added NSObject.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(Selector,NSObject), NSObject.BeginInvokeOnMainThread(NSAction) for the non-waiting behavior of -[NSObject performSelectorOnMainThread:withObject:waitUntilDone] (i.e. when waitUntilDone=NO)
• Added CGImage.WithMaskingColors (float [])
• Added static NSObject.Alloc (Class)
• Added MediaPlayer binding
• Added DrawString overloads for UIView
• Added NSUrlMutableRequest binding
• Added encoding operations to convert strings to NSData
• Added NSData to string conversion routines
• Added NSUrlConnection.SendSynchronousRequest
• Added NSUrlRequest indexer to retrieve Header values

Fixes in RC

• Fixed crash when using -linksdkonly
• Fixed SpecialFolders.MyDocuments to point to the sandbox/Documents
• Fixed System.IO.Compression
• Fixed MapKit binding to allow interchangable use of MKAnnotation and MKPlacemark
• Fixed NSBundle.LoadNib to property return an NSArray
• Fixed Serialization of value type properties
• Fixed invalid GCHandle storage of deleted objects
• Fixed alignment error when throwing exceptions in the simulator
• Fixed static generic context trampoline to not clobber $r1

Removals in RC

• Removed NSObject.InvokeOnMainThread (Selector, NSObject, bool)

Changes in RC

• Renamed static CGImage.Copy (CGImage) to instance CGImage.Clone ()
• Renamed instance CGImage.Copy (CGImage, CGColorSpace) to instance CGImage.WithColorSpace (CGColorSpace)
• Renamed static CGImage.FromImageInReck (CGImage, RectangleF) to instance CGImage.WithImageInRect (RectangleF)
• Renamed static CGImage.FromImageMask (CGImage, CGImage) to instance CGImage.WithMask (CGImage)
• Renamed URL property to Url on NSUrlRequest

1.0 Beta 8

Additions in Beta 8

• added -gcc_flags option to mtouch
• added NSData.Bytes and NSData.Count
• added full support for decimal types

Fixes in Beta 8

• fixed a bug when linking assemblies with InternalsVisibleTo attributes
• fixed bug when pinvoke callbacks were called on an unregistered thread
• fixed TabBarItem to exist on UIViewController
• fixed compilation on x86 when -ObjC is used
• fixed NSBundle.LoadNib binding

Changes in Beta 8

• removed -lib flag from mtouch (use -gcc_flags)

1.0 Beta 7

Additions in Beta 7

• Added NSBundle.LoadNib
• Added NSBundle.PathForImageResource
• Added NSBundle.PathForSoundResource
• Added NSData.FromUrl
• Added UIImage.FromData
• Added UITabBarController.TabBarItem

Fixes in Beta 7

• Fixed mtouch invocation of the linker for simulator configurations.
• Fixed UIActionSheet.WillDismiss event.

Changes in Beta 7

• Removed the OpenTK.Graphics.ES11.GL.LoadAll() and OpenTK.Graphics.ES20.GL.LoadAll() methods. Now to initialize the GL types you must do one of two things:
  • Inherit from OpenTK.Platform.iPhoneOS.iPhoneOSGameView, and call either iPhoneOSGameView.CreateFrameBuffer() or iPhoneOSGameView.Run() before using any GL methods.
  • Call OpenTK.Platform.Utilities.CreateGraphicsContext() before making any GL calls.
• The GLPaint and OpenGLESSample samples have been updated to use Utilities.CreateGraphicsContext() to initialize GL
• New GLPaint-GV and OpenTLESSample-GV samples have been added to use iPhoneOSGameView for comparison

1.0 Beta 6

Additions in Beta 6

• added experimental System.Xml support

Fixes in Beta 6

• fixed long alignment when transitioning to icalls
• fixed long alignment in managed methods compiled by the cross compiler
• fixed exception handling when assemblies have been stripped

Changes in Beta 6

• Updated OpenTK to r2183 (this is a API and ABI change)
• renamed OpenTK.Graphics.ES11.ES to OpenTK.Graphics.ES11.GL
• renamed OpenTK.Graphics.ES20.ES to OpenTK.Graphics.ES20.GL

1.0 Beta 5

Additions in Beta 5:

• added Initial experimental Snow Leopard support.
• added AVFramework bindings
• added AddressBook bindings
• added AddressBookUI bindings
• added mtouch -lib for linking static native libraries

Fixes in Beta 5:

• fixed null object marshalling
• fixed Missing selector exception when using PerformSelector / InvokeOnMainThread
• fixed Socket problem on device when probing for ipv6 support
• fixed implicit conversion of null NSStrings
• fixed UILabel.Text to allow null’s
• fixed mtouch to generate xcodeproj’s with the requisite frameworks linked

1.0 Beta 4

Fixes in Beta 4:

• fixed UIAlertView.Messeget typo
• fixed crash with HttpWebClient.Credentials in NtlmClient
• fixed #532128, UIBarButtonItem.Clicked not working in some cases
• fixed #530963, linking issue with virtual generics methods
• fixed #531955, full-aot crash when using Dictionary<int,int>
• fixed #532120, full-aot crash working with String[]

1.0 Beta 3

Additions in Beta 3:

• added bindings for NSAutoreleasePool
• add moutch –version command
• added bindings to StoreKit
• added bindings to SystemConfiguration
• Add NSObject.InvokeOnMainThread () bindings.

Fixes in Beta 3:

• fixed alwaysBounceHorizontal typo
• fixed #530807 (typo in UITableView)
• fixed UIView.MovedToSuperview typo
• fixed alignment of doubles in the cross compiler
• Improve documentation import run at installation time
• fixed generic interface thunk code to not clobber IP register
• fixed LINQ iterators with value types
• fixed linking of GenericComparer<> (#530961)
• fixed null argument handling in runtime marshaller
• fixed stackoverflow in PerformSelector call

1.0 Beta 2

Additions in Beta 2:

• Added a -linksdkonly parameter to mtouch to link only the sdk and preserve the user assemblies.

Fixes in Beta 2:

• Microsoft.Win32 namespace was too aggressively linked.
• HttpRequestCreator and friends (Ftp, File) were missing their constructors.
• mtouch was not properly reporting missing assemblies.
• mtouch was not resolving references recursively.
• mtouch now takes only one assembly, the other have to be specified by -r.
• Fixed WebRequest authentication.
• mtouch now signs the SDK assemblies.
• Fixed a linker bug wrt virtual methods implementing interfaces and override a method defined in a base class.
• Fixed a linker bg wrt virtual methods implementing generic interfaces.
• Fixed a mtouch bug where arguments were not properly quoted when aot compiling the assemblies.
• Fixed -framework linking when using things .
• Improved imported documentation (properties now imported, etc.).

1.0 Beta 1

Initial Release.