.NET 7.0.100 RC 2 - Xcode 14 (1271)

We're excited to announce our second preview release for .NET 7 for iOS and tvOS!

Note: these are the base SDKs that add support for the platforms in question, for MAUI (which is built on top of our SDKs), go here instead: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/.

This release consists of the following versions:

• iOS: 16.0.1271-rc.2-xcode14
• tvOS: 16.0.1271-rc.2-xcode14

Full release notes:

• .NET 7: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/.NET-7-release-notes
• Xcode 14: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/.NET-release-notes-Xcode-14.0

Known issues: https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/Known-issues-in-.NET7

What's Changed

See https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/wiki/.NET-release-notes-Xcode-14.0 for what's changed relative to support for Xcode 14.

• Remove duplicated SceneKitAsset declarations by @J-Swift in #15665
• [msbuild] Unify the CreateEmbeddedResources task between iOS and Mac. by @rolfbjarne in #15500
• [dotnet] Make it possible to specify the registrar using a 'Registrar' property in MSBuild. by @rolfbjarne in #15483
• Nullability annotations on NSUrl by @Therzok in #15356
• Fix #9996 and #15622 by @janwiebe-jump in #15642
• [runtime] Allow IntPtr for native objects in the dynamic registrar. Fixes #15708 by @spouliot in #15712
• Fixed remote archiving with iOS app extensions by @mauroa in #15726
• [msbuild] Unify the DetectSigningIdentity task between iOS and Mac. by @rolfbjarne in #15698
• [AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration] Updates for Xcode14 Beta5 by @tj-devel709 in #15742
• [dotnet] Honor existing values for BuildIpa and CreatePackage. Fixes #15696. by @rolfbjarne in #15697
• [msbuild] Automatically detect any Entitlements.plist files in the root project in .NET. by @rolfbjarne in #15729
• [msbuild] Fix the FindAotCompiler task for .NET 7. by @rolfbjarne in #15759
• [runtime] Add some debugging aid to xamarin_release_managed_ref. by @rolfbjarne in #15767
• [dotnet] macOS/MacCatalyst Archive and publishing support by @emaf in #15720
• [UIKit] Wrap the call to UIApplicationMain in a @try/@catch handler. by @rolfbjarne in #15746
• [.NET/CoreMidi] Use [UnmanagedCallersOnly] instead of [MonoPInvokeCallback] Partial Fix for #10470 by @stephen-hawley in #15774
• [msbuild] Remove the Xamarin.*.Task.Core assemblies. by @rolfbjarne in #15768
• Add 'None' build action to ObjC binding items by @mauroa in #15797
• [dotnet] Make relase builds for desktop universal by default. Fixes #15620. by @rolfbjarne in #15769
• [UIKit] Add Preferred Content Size Wrapper by @haritha-mohan in #15800
• [runtime] Use a custom native -> managed trampoline for calling NSObject.InvokeConformsToProtocol from the generated static registrar code. by @rolfbjarne in #15830
• [UIkit] Add generic callbacks for UIGestureRecognizer by @haritha-mohan in #15846
• [Runtime] Fix comparing a pointer to a UTF8 string with a managed string with embedded nulls. by @rolfbjarne in #15854
• [.NET/AudioUnit] Use [UnmanagedCallersOnly] instead of [MonoPInvokeCallback] Partial Fix for #10470 by @stephen-hawley in #15808
• [msbuild] Add additional app extensions to the list of items we need to sign. Fixes #15598. by @rolfbjarne in #15829
• [msbuild] Make sure '_AppBundlePath' is always relative. Fixes #15130. by @rolfbjarne in #15868
• [dotnet] Fix issue with frameworks with dots. Fixes #15727. by @rolfbjarne in #15872
• [msbuild] Compute _AppContainerDir from AppBundleDir if AppBundleDir is set by the developer. Fixes #15014. by @rolfbjarne in #15869
• [dotnet] Implement support for building net6.0-* apps with .NET 7. Fixes #15672. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #15785
• [CoreCLR] Handle ref/out enum values as parameters. Fixes #15744. by @rolfbjarne in #15870
• [.NET/CoreFoundation] Use [UnmanagedCallersOnly] instead of [MonoPInvokeCallback] Partial Fix for #10470 by @stephen-hawley in #15879
• [msbuild] Take the .NET version into account when computing the illink.dll location. by @rolfbjarne in #15876
• [UIKit] Add nullability to file by @haritha-mohan in #15857
• [runtime] Store assemblies' MVID in the generated static registrar code. by @rolfbjarne in #15795
• [.NET/CoreVideo] Use [UnmanagedCallersOnly] instead of [MonoPInvokeCallback] Partial Fix for #10470 by @stephen-hawley in #15892
• [msbuild] Add support for keeping temporary output when looking for AOT compilers. by @rolfbjarne in #15884
• [dotnet] Add binding templates for tvOS and macOS. Fixes #15839. by @rolfbjarne in #15921
• [.NET/CoreGraphics] Use [UnmanagedCallersOnly] instead of [MonoPInvokeCallback] Partial Fix for #10470 by @stephen-hawley in #15906
• [msbuild] Only require a provisioning profile if we have non-empty entitlements. by @rolfbjarne in #15918
• [msbuild] Hot Restart fixes by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16005
• [mtouch] Automatically disable bitcode if using Xcode 14+. Fixes #15210. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16053
• Fix selectors from submission tests by @chamons in #16046
• [msbuild] Add a public 'CompileImageAssetsDependsOn' property. Fixes #16065. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16111
• [dotnet] Don't try to collect RID-specific items to codesign unless we're connected to (or building on) a Mac. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16155
• [dotnet] Don't try to ILStrip assemblies unless we're connected to a Mac. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16162
• [msbuild] Make DetectSigningIdentity.CodesignEntitlements an ITaskItem property. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16175
• [ShareWithYou] Fix linker problem due to a bad yy. Fixes #16084 by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16184
• Disable objc_msgSend stubs in clang. Fixes #16223. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16232
• [UIKit] Change UITextInput.SelectedTextRange to not be ArgumentSemantic.Copy. Fixes #15677. by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16277
• Ensure we restore the temp csproj to compute AOT compiler path by @vs-mobiletools-engineering-service2 in #16284
• [illink] Ensure we replace the dotnet SDK path in the _ExtraTrimmerArgs for remote builds. by @rolfbjarne in #16311

New Contributors

• @J-Swift made their first contribution in #15665
• @janwiebe-jump made their first contribution in #15642

Full Changelog: dotnet-7.0.1xx-rc.1-1031...dotnet-7.0.1xx-xcode14-rc.2-1271