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@andydotxyz andydotxyz released this 21 Sep 15:32
· 3009 commits to master since this release

The v2.1.0 release represents a huge step forward since 2.0 - just as many commits as went into the v2.0.0 release!
We added new widgets, a Lifecycle API, storage helpers, build metadata and lots of optimisations too.
Check out the full release below and let us know what you think :)

Note that custom focusable widgets will not automatically be focussed on tap any more, you may wish to update your code so it requests focus on tapped (see https://developer.fyne.io/api/v2.1/upgrading).

Added

  • DocTabs container for handling multiple open files
  • Lifecycle API for handling foreground, background and other event
  • Add RichText widget and Markdown parser
  • Add TabWidth to TextStyle to specify tab size in spaces
  • Add CheckGroup widget for multi-select
  • Add FyneApp.toml metadata file to ease build commands
  • Include http and https in standard repositories
  • Add selection color to themes
  • Include baseline information in driver font measurement
  • Document storage API (App.Storage().Create() and others)
  • Add "App Files" to file dialog for apps that use document storage
  • Tab overflow on AppTabs
  • Add URI and Unbound type to data bindings
  • Add keyboard support for menus, pop-ups and buttons
  • Add SimpleRenderer to help make simple widgets (#709)
  • Add scroll functions for List, Table, Tree (#1892)
  • Add selection and disabling to MenuItem
  • Add Alignment to widget.Select (#2329)
  • Expose ScanCode for keyboard events originating from hardware (#1523)
  • Support macOS GPU switching (#2423)

Changed

  • Focusable widgets are no longer focused on tap, add canvas.Focus(obj) in Tapped handler if required
  • Move to background based selection for List, Table and Tree
  • Update fyne command line tool to use --posix style parameters
  • Switch from gz to xz compression for unix packages
  • Performance improvements with line, text and raster rendering
  • Items not yet visible can no longer be focused
  • Lines can now be drawn down to 1px (instead of 1dp) (#2298)
  • Support multiple lines of text on button (#2378)
  • Improved text layout speed by caching string size calculations
  • Updated to require Go 1.14 so we can use some new features
  • Window Resize request is now asynchronous
  • Up/Down keys take cursor home/end when on first/last lines respectively

Fixed

  • Correctly align text tabs (#1791)
  • Mobile apps theme does not match system (#472)
  • Toolbar with widget.Label makes the ToolbarAction buttons higher (#2257)
  • Memory leaks in renderers and canvases cache maps (#735)
  • FileDialog SetFilter does not work on Android devices (#2353)
  • Hover fix for List and Tree with Draggable objects
  • Line resize can flip slope (#2208)
  • Deadlocks when using widgets with data (#2348)
  • Changing input type with keyboard visible would not update soft keyboards
  • MainMenu() Close item does NOT call function defined in SetCloseIntercept (#2355)
  • Entry cursor position with mouse is offset vertically by theme.SizeNameInputBorder (#2387)
  • Backspace key is not working on Android AOSP (#1941)
  • macOS: 'NSUserNotification' has been deprecated (#1833)
  • macOS: Native menu would add new items if refreshed
  • iOS builds fail since Go 1.16
  • Re-add support for 32 bit iOS devices, if built with Go 1.14
  • Android builds fail on Apple M1 (#2439)
  • SetFullScreen(true) before ShowAndRun fails (#2446)
  • Interacting with another app when window.SetFullScreen(true) will cause the application to hide itself. (#2448)
  • Sequential writes to preferences does not save to file (#2449)
  • Correct Android keyboard handling (#2447)
  • MIUI-Android: The widget’s Hyperlink cannot open the URL (#1514)
  • Improved performance of data binding conversions and text MinSize