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What's New in 7.8

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 Releases

May 13, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.4
March 12, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.3
February 28, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.2
February 22, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8.1
February 20, 2019 – Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8

Release Highlights

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

We also updated the version of NuGet to 4.8, .NET Core SDK to 2.1.504, and .NET Core Runtime 2.1.8

Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 (7.8.0.1624)

released February 20, 2019

Shell

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

.NET Core

We updated to .NET Core 2.1.8 to include a security update.
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.
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 Publish to Azure creates a profile with the wrong name.
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
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.

Xamarin.Forms

IntelliSense in Xamarin.Forms XAML files for FontFamily is now available.

Designers

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

Code Editor

We fixed an issue where the code fix preview window is too small.
We fixed an issue where error squiggles were not up to date.
We fixed an issue where the editor would freeze while typing
We fixed an issue where Changing the tab would not allow you to search a file
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.
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 ma

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