Released: May 13, 2020

Updates in 2020 Volume 1 - Service Pack 1

Features

Accordion

• Added support for dynamic changes in the header and in the Accordion content.

Chat (Preview)

• Added support for displaying/adding images as both incoming and outgoing messages.
• Added support for automatically scrolling to newly added messages.
• Added support for showing the "default attachment" or "load custom" button in the editor area for attaching media/files to the chat.
• Added support for retaining text in the typing area by default, when a message is not sent.
• Added support for accessing the typing area in the chat to read focus changes, text changes etc. to identify when the user starts or ends typing.

Diagram

• Added margin support.

PdfViewer

• Implemented API to notify when XFA PDF is loaded.
• [Android] Improved the quality of handwritten signatures after saving.

RichTextEditor

• Added support for saving an image as Base64 in HTML text.
• Added padding support.

Fixes

DocIO

• Paragraph style is now preserved properly while open and save the DOCX format Word document.
• Picture Watermark is now preserved properly while clone and merge the DOC format Word document.
• The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while closing the Word document.
• Table is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF
• Bookmark is now preserved properly inside the Text content Control while open and save the DOCX format Word document.
• List numbers are now preserved properly while open and save the DOCX format Word document.
• List type is now set properly while parsing the HTML file.
• The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while opening a DOCX format Word document.
• BeforeClearGroupFieldEventArgs now returns the proper merge field names while performing Mail merge in a Word document.
• The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while saving a DOCX format Word document.
• The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while performing Mail merge in a Word document.
• Left indent is now preserved properly while converting an HTML file to Word document.
• The ArgumentOutOfRangeException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Table cell background color is now preserved properly while converting an HTML file to Word document.
• Text is now preserved with proper alignment while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Hanging issue has been resolved while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Picture is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Text is now wrapped properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Font substitution event OriginalFontName property will not return majorHAnsi while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Textbox is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Text is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• The NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Bullet list is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Text around the table is now wrapped properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Image is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.
• Border is now preserved properly while converting a Word document to PDF.

PDF

• Exception no longer occurs when saving the document after removing annotations.
• Bookmark will be reflected properly after removing bookmarks.
• Ink annotation will be preserved properly while flattening annotation.
• Modified date will be retrieved properly from the input PDF document.
• Exception no longer occurs when accessing layers from existing PDF document.
• Exception no longer occurs when creating tables concurrently
• Exception no longer occurs when removing layers from existing PDF document.
• Text will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
• Layer name will be changed properly in existing PDF document.
• Barcode background and quite zones will be preserved properly.
• Image will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
• Lines will be preserved properly in Word to PDF conversion.
• Form fields will be flattened properly in existing PDF document.
• Fields and special characters preserved properly while import and signing the PDF documents.
• PDF documents will be merged properly in different order.
• Form field values will be preserved properly after disabling default appearance.
• ArgumentException no longer occurs when saving the PDF document.
• UriFormatException no longer occurs when converting HTML string to PDF in Linux docker.
• Auto tag will be work properly for PdfPageNumberField, PdfPageCountField, and PdfCompositeField.
• Exception no longer occurs when processing the PdfTemplates in Azure Durable Function.
• PdfGrid with column span and row span will pass the accessibility check on acrobat.
• Special characters will be preserved properly on form flattening.
• Added support to set the border width to zero for grid cells.
• PdfLoadedTextBoxField properly will be reflected properly in PDF document.

Presentation

• The PowerPoint presentation will no longer be corrupted while adding a cloned slide within section.
• Row and column span will be applied properly while saving the PowerPoint presentation.
• Table cell border will be applied properly while saving the PowerPoint presentation.

Accordion

• [iOS] [UWP] Now, the content is rendered properly when loaded in the OnAppearing method in SfAccordion.

BadgeView

• Rounded corner value is applying properly for single badge text.

Calendar

• Now, the appointments in the agenda view is cleared when calling the ClearSelection() method in the month changed event.

Chart

• [UWP] Now the memory leak is fixed and the performance improved when clearing the series from collection.
• [Android] Now, the legend is rendering properly when using MaxWidth for high density devices.

CircularGauge

• [Android] Image source can be loaded without case-sensitive for the marker pointer.
• [Android] Default scale and needle pointer added unnecessarily in some specified android versions are resolved.

ComboBox

• [Android] Now, the SuggestionBox opens without any search in SfComboBox.
• [Android] Now, the suggestion will be placed correctly in RTL mode.

DataGrid

• Now, SfDataGrid.EditorSelectionBehavior works properly for cells of the unbound row.

Diagram

• [UWP] SfDiagram will no longer have memory leak.
• [iOS][UWP] Now transparent color will be applied for SfDiagram layer.
• [UWP] Node clicked event will fire properly in read only mode.
• Node drag action works properly in SfDiagram.
• Node name property works properly in SfDiagram.
• Annotation will be visible in SfDiagram stencil node.
• Node content will deserialize properly while loading from JSON data.

ImageEditor

• [iOS] All the image formats are working fine when loading the control as well as cropping the image.
• Toolbar back button will not be shown and path is drawing properly when using the custom toolbar item.
• [Android] Cropping is working fine when cropping the image multiple times.
• [Android] Drawn path is positioned properly when the control is resized.

Kanban

• [UWP] Now, the NullReferenceException will no longer be thrown while performing navigating back from kanban page.

LinearGauge

• [Android] Annotation view will be rendered properly when using the BoxView with rotation angle.

ListView

• [Android] Now, the application is no longer crashes when an item is removed from a ReadOnlyObservableCollection that is bound to the source property of the SfListView
• Item size not updated properly issue is fixed when adding items through the load more command without delay
• The SfListView will remove the item when item is removed from the collection using the RealmDB.
• Now, the selection is working properly after scrolling the SfListView.

Maps

• [iOS] Pinching and panning the maps imagery layer, tiles are now panning smoothly without white space.

NumericTextBox

• [Android] SfNumericTextBox validation will now works with the maximum decimal value in OnLostFocus mode.

PdfViewer

• [iOS] Annotations are now imported properly.
• [Android] The PDF document is now displayed properly.
• [iOS] Application will no longer crash when loading the PDF.
• [iOS] The PageChanged event now works properly.
• [UWP] Alert dialog for completion of the search operation is now displayed.
• [UWP] The PDF document no longer jumps to the first page when the signature field is tapped.
• The ZoomPercentage API now works properly in the PageByPage view mode.
• [UWP] Ink annotation can now be drawn using the stylus.
• [Android] The PDF document is now displayed.
• [iOS] The KeyNotFound exception will no longer occur when the PDF is long pressed.
• [UWP] Annotations are now exported using the ExportAsImage API.
• [UWP] The GoToPage API is now working when loading PDF from URL.
• The ZoomPercentage and offset APIs work properly in MVVM binding.
• [iOS] Bookmarks are now loading properly.
• [UWP] The ScrollToOffset API is now working properly.
• [Android] Application will no longer crash when unloading the PDF.
• [Android] Popup annotation will no longer be removed from the PDF after saving.
• [Android] Application crashes when loading or unloading the PDF continuously.
• [Android] Form fields will no longer disappear after zooming the PDF pages.
• [UWP] The Page count value will now be correct when reloading PDF after inserting or removing pages from it.
• [Android] PDF now fits the viewport in landscape mode.
• Application will no longer crash when saving the PDF.
• [UWP] The toolbar items are now updated properly in dark mode.
• [Android] Exception will no longer occur when loading and unloading the PDF.
• [Android] The Rectangle annotation will no longer be misplaced and resized when navigating bookmarks.
• [Android, iOS] Theme color will now be changed properly for toolbar.
• [Android] The long-pressed event will no longer be raised on adding annotation.
• [iOS] Annotations are now imported properly.
• The text box form field input is now saved properly.
• [UWP] The Double tapped event will now be raised in the single page view mode.
• The value of the TotalSearchInstance API will be cleared when the search operation is canceled.
• The value of the CurrentSearchInstance API will now be incremented on search next command.
• Checkboxes are now checked properly.
• [Android, iOS] Application will no longer crash when searching text in the PDF.
• [iOS] Application will no longer consume more memory when loading the PDFs.
• [Android] Application will no longer crash when loading the PDF multiple times in Android 5.0.
• [iOS] Application will no longer crash when loading and unloading the PDF continuously.

RichTextEditor

• RichTextEditor will now scroll properly in RichTextEditor.
• RichTextEditor will no longer appends the paragraph tag for HTML tag.
• [Android] RichTextEditor will no longer throws Java.Lang exception while navigating the pages multiple times.
• [Android] RichTextEditor will no longer throws Object Dispose exception while navigating the pages multiple times in prism and Rg plugin.
• [Android] RichTextEditor will no longer throws null reference exception while getting activity from context in prism.

Rotator

• [Android] Now, the EnableAutoPlay will works properly if you move from Rotator and come back to the SfRotator.

Schedule

• Now, the agenda item template sizing issue is fixed in the SfSchedule.

TextInputLayout

• [iOS] The editor within the SfTextInputLayout will no more gets the focus when the control is in read-only mode.