We've published the 4.2.0-pre1 pre-release of Xamarin.Forms on NuGet; be sure to include pre-releases in your NuGet Package Manager in order to make the package visible. If you encounter any issues or have any feedback to provide, please visit GitHub.
Read the full release notes here.
Notable Additions
- Shell Lifecycle (PR)
- Switch ThumbColor (PR)
- Color.ToHex() (PR)
- FontImage Markup Extension for FontImageSource (PR)
Additional enhancements for Tizen are featured, as well:
- Add CheckBox (PR), with Visual support (PR)
- Support to TabbedPage.BarTextColor, SelctedTabColor, UnselecedTabColor (PR)
Regarding CollectionView
Our original roadmap listed the new CollectionView for official release in Xamarin.Forms 4.2. However, we have determined that it will maintain the Experimental flag for this release. Your feedback during the CollectionView Challenge was important in highlighting the features you need most; in this case, pull-to-refresh and header/footer templates were two of your top wants, among others. Although its development has come a long way, we want to make sure you have the best possible experience when using CollectionView at the time the Experimental flag is removed, which has led us to make this decision. Please continue to test it out if you have the time and let us know what you think. You can read the official spec here.
For more information, you can also read the current docs as well as the original blog post. The 4.2 release includes some bug fixes as well as fuller functionality including grouping on iOS (PR).