11.2.0-beta1

We are currently switching to 3-months release cycle starting with 11.2.
And as you all can see, 11.2 branch already has a lot of improvements over 11.1 release this summer.

What's Changed

Features

• Implement BindingOperations.GetBindingExpressionBase by @grokys in #16214
• Screens API refactor by @maxkatz6 in #16295
• XAML x:Shared support by @workgroupengineering in #16644
• PolyBezierSegment Geometry by @workgroupengineering in #16664
• Improve TextTrimming customization experience by @Gillibald in #16521
• New ToolTipClosing, ToolTipOpening attached events and ToolTip.Opened, ToolTip.Closed by @maxkatz6 in #15493
• Custom popup placement callback by @maxkatz6 in #15667
• Avalonia.Native TopLevel embedding by @Gillibald in #15932
• feat: Every RoutedEvent should be usable as Attached Event by @workgroupengineering in #15274
• Refactored WASM rendering, added MT support for dispatcher by @kekekeks in #15709
• MacOS sandboxing feature by @maxkatz6 in #16090
• Avalonia single project support by @maxkatz6 in #9613
• Improve DevTools previewer of setter values by including all value priorities by @maxkatz6 in #13802
• Add HotKeys Page to DevTools by @stevemonaco in #15700
• Add Close and ClearAll api for INotificationManager and IManagedNotificationManager by @wieslawsoltes in #15628
• Add dedicated automation peers for TreeView and TreeViewItem by @wieslawsoltes in #15653
• Implementing IFormattable on KeyGesture by @IanRawley in #15828
• DataGrid: expose row index by @rabbitism in #15909
• Adds support for Seconds to TimePicker by @begleysm in #16079
• Add an overload for ClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime by @NeverMorewd in #16167

Fixes

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• Fix TemplateBinding and allow custom attributes in XamlValueConverter by @maxkatz6 in #14612
• Notify window on mouseEntered (mac only) by @ltetak in #15251
• Fix nth child selector in data grid header by @appel1 in #15482
• Win32 - Fix EntendClient hints not being applied window show by @emmauss in #15552
• X11Window should probably ignore X11 grab focus events by @walterlv in #15686
• Try to normalize family names for embedded fonts by @Gillibald in #15703
• Propagate Dispose from GlyphTypefaceImpl to dispose SkTypeface by @lindexi in #15733
• Don't show text selector when no text is ready by @emmauss in #15770
• More trimming fixes, enable analyzers unconditionally by @maxkatz6 in #15815
• FontManager adjustments by @Gillibald in #15819
• Fix OnColorValuesChanged not executed on the UI thread by @Bezolt in #15827
• [Text] Multiple text processing fixes by @Gillibald in #15837
• Translate glyphRun bounds by the baseline origin by @Gillibald in #15839
• Apply Alignments to TileBrushes with uniform stretch by @emmauss in #15846
• [Text] Fix glyph offsets by @Gillibald in #15848
• Remove from logical children and clear item container on reset by @Meloman19 in #15855
• macOS: Don't include two windows in a11y tree. by @grokys in #15899
• Fix gesture event names by @wieslawsoltes in #15931
• [X11] Ensure XSync before calling CreateNativeControlCore by @kekekeks in #15952
• Fix #15955 by @nil4 in #16005
• Fix some issues with strokeless geometry segments by @grokys in #16019
• Fix tile mode used in SkShader for a TileBrush with None TileMode by @emmauss in #16021
• Fix TrayIcon menu crash by @logiclrd in #16024
• Fix crash in TreeView when removing a node. by @doubleday in #16041
• Enhance SplitPropertyPath to conditionally handle parentheses in prop. by @Abdesol in #16054
• Fix headless window transparency by @Rosentti in #16058
• Set isDirectory:true explicitly to help [NSURL fileURLWithPath] method by @maxkatz6 in #16061
• Fix HorizontalHeadTable usage by @Gillibald in #16064
• Win32 - Ensure owner topmost flag is set if its topmost when showing a owned window by @emmauss in #16104
• TrayIcon fixes by @jmacato in #16111
• DBus init and usage fixes by @kekekeks in #16119
• Reapply (#15568) + Updates by @jmacato in #16129
• Fix datagrid performance on attached to tree by @IZIDIA in #16140
• win32: Fix edge-case bug with DPI scaling by @grokys in #16143
• Fix XML child-value syntax in Setters by @maxkatz6 in #16153
• Toplevel - Fix system theme not being applied at launch on some platforms by @emmauss in #16159
• Fix embedded TopLevel coordinate conversion by @Gillibald in #16181
• Android - Add workaround for android 11 ime insets being weird by @emmauss in #16201
• [macOS][X11] Release mouse capture when dialog shown by @grokys in #16205
• Implemented MultiBindingExpression by @grokys in #16219
• Set InheritsTransform on ComboBox Popup in Simple theme by @maxkatz6 in #16244
• Win32 - Fix window size and position for border only window when maximized through OS means by @emmauss in #16297
• "About Avalonia" native menu item crashes app when main window is not visible by @maxkatz6 in #16303
• [Text] Fix infinite loop hang on selection of bidi text by @Mikolaytis in #16306
• Use culture identifier instead of CultureInfo in NameTable by @BobLd in #16310
• Only update selection on focus in TabControl if focus comes from TabItem. by @grokys in #16338
• Don't BringIntoViewOnFocusChange in Carousel. by @grokys in #16339
• macOS WindowState call on Show crash fix by @jmacato in #16341
• Fix headless screens by @maxkatz6 in #16348
• Fix Popup focus stealing for embedded controls by @Gillibald in #16365
• [WinRT] Added watchdog for ICompositor5::RequestCommitAsync by @kekekeks in #16393
• Forward pointer wheel event from scrollbar to scrollviewer by @emmauss in #16398
• Always use the matched typeface's weight, style and stretch by @Gillibald in #16489
• Fix - Grow datagrid height if there's available space by @emmauss in #16527
• Fix typeface font simulations by @Gillibald in #16538
• [OpenGL] Fix #13807 - lingering glGetError from Avalonia by @Dragorn421 in #16539
• Fixup GlxDisplay.CreateContext by @Dragorn421 in #16540
• Fixes ShapedTextRun drawing by @Gillibald in #16545
• Apply NumericUpDown.FormatString changes immediately. by @pokorpa in #16575
• Extend the client area when a Win32 window is opened in maximised state by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #16593
• Fixes ShapedTextRun background rendering by @Gillibald in #16594
• fix: Button should not fire the click event on the space key when it is not active by @workgroupengineering in #16619
• feat(XamlX): Trim text before invoke Color.Parse by @workgroupengineering in #16649
• ColorPicker Simple Theme Fixes by @robloo in #16654
• Android - Input Connection fixes by @emmauss in #16666
• Ensure SurroundingText is empty for empty line by @MrJul in #16710
• Fix caret position after backspace by @MrJul in #16712

Miscellaneous

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• Enable Metal rendering by default for iOS and macOS by @maxkatz6 in #14762
• Bump version by @maxkatz6 in #14871
• Simplify two if blocks into one by @heku in #14885
• Update ImageSharp to 2.1.7 by @MrJul in #14893
• Warning fixes by @MrJul in #14894
• Fix SYSLIB0051 warnings (binary serialization) by @MrJul in #14895
• Remove InternalsVisibleTo from Avalonia.Base to ControlCatalog by @MrJul in #14905
• Update readme.md by @MikeCodesDotNET in #14907
• Fix incorrect usage of ComboBox in control catalog ViewboxPage by @gehongyan in #14972
• Move ItemsRepeater to a dedicated repository by @maxkatz6 in #14989
• Switch version -beta to -alpha for nightly builds by @maxkatz6 in #14993
• Don't get the composition animation system involved in every property read by @kekekeks in #15110
• chore: remove repetitive words by @crazeteam in #15116
• Rename MobileSandbox to Avalonia.SingleProjectSandbox by @maxkatz6 in #15330
• Improve AvaloniaObject.GetValue performance by @MrJul in #15342
• ToolTip should use Popup internally + fix Popups not closing when placement target is closed by @maxkatz6 in #15358
• Add unit tests by @heku in #15367
• chore: remove repetitive words by @careworry in #15427
• Fix ncrunch configuration. by @grokys in #15440
• Add basic integration tests for NativeControlHost and improve its automation/a11y support. by @grokys in #15542
• [Windows] WindowDecorations related integration tests by @maxkatz6 in #15561
• Bump DBus stack take 2 by @affederaffe in #15685
• Respect global packages folder in BuildToNuGetCache by @MrJul in #15706
• Feature/opengl lease demo by @kekekeks in #15707
• Warning fixes: spring wave by @MrJul in #15747
• Validate all width/height properties of Layoutable when they are set by @TomEdwardsEnscape in #15753
• Nullable annotations for projects using XamlX by @MrJul in #15796
• Refactor WASM input and dom-callbacks to work with multithreading by @maxkatz6 in #15849
• chore: update comimpl.h by @eltociear in #16011
• Update readme.md by @MikeCodesDotNET in #16018
• Request for Feedback: Improving Startup Latency in X11 by @Sewer56 in #16033
• [Text] Use CultureInfo.Name instead of ISOLanguageName for character matching by @Gillibald in #16053
• Update build.md for local nuget builds by @jmacato in #16116
• Update Appium tests readme.md by @maxkatz6 in #16134
• [Text] Use GetBackspaceCaretCharacterHit for backspace delete handling by @Gillibald in #16135
• TrayIcon integration tests by @maxkatz6 in #16154
• Fixed build error: SourceRoot paths are required to end with a slash or backslash by @heku in #16174
• Revert "Reapply (#15568) + Updates" by @kekekeks in #16175
• Merge same case branches by @heku in #16182
• Fix typos by @heku in #16183
• Remove obsolete API usage from SelectingItemsControl. by @grokys in #16220
• Move IsDirect = true into DirectPropertyBase by @heku in #16256
• Fixed a typo by @heku in #16258
• TrayIcon tests are flacky, disable them by @maxkatz6 in #16265
• Fix BaselineAlignment by @Gillibald in #16276
• Remove old API compat baseline files by @maxkatz6 in #16305
• Update pr_labels.yml by @maxkatz6 in #16416
• chore: fix some comments by @shangchenglumetro in #16461
• Android - Refactor AvaloniaInputConnection by @emmauss in #16490
• Obsolete CompiledBindingPathBuilder.SetRawSource by @MrJul in #16505
• UWP/WinUI style XYFocus subtree restrictions by @IanRawley in #16557
• Remove System.Linq.Expressions usages in ReflectionClrPropertyInfo by @MrJul in #16568
• Increase LayoutTransformControl.DecimalsAfterRound from 4 to 8 by @BobLd in #16583
• Win32 - Fix Window Frame Size and Position issues. by @emmauss in #16608
• Android - Defer rendering till surface is created by @emmauss in #16616
• fix: SixLabors ImageSharp Out-of-bounds Write CVE-2024-41131 by @workgroupengineering in #16620
• Changed modifiers for injected non-client implementable method by @kekekeks in #16626
• Switch to a HashSet as backing for SafeEnumerableList by @halgari in #16633
• Only add the text selection canvas when the textbox is focused by @emmauss in #16643
• Screens api refactor mobile by @maxkatz6 in #16647
• Fix typos in build messages when waiting to attach a debugger by @stevemonaco in #16701
• 11.2.x Private/PublicAPI adjustments by @maxkatz6 in #16733

Full Changelog: 11.1.3...11.2.0-beta1