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Feature Roadmap

Samantha Houts edited this page May 20, 2020 · 102 revisions

This roadmap outlines our anticipated major feature releases in addition to proposed and planned ongoing service releases.

Disclaimer We cannot predict the future and how everything will shake out. Things will change. Timing may be adjusted due to priority changes, in pursuit of quality standards, or any number of other really good reasons that we will strive to proactively and openly communicate.

Current Version

Xamarin.Forms 4.6.0 is the current stable release. Project Board

Release Timing

We are now working on a 6 week release cycle and as appropriate will align releases with Visual Studio in order to preserve the best experience when updating your environment.

4.7.0 (May/June 2020)

Feature Description Status
(Preview) Gradient Brush Pull Request In Progress
(Preview) Paths Pull Request In Progress
(Preview) Shapes Pull Request In Progress

4.8.0 (July/August 2020)

Feature Description Status
(Preview) TabView Spec In Progress
(Preview) AppBar Spec In Progress

5.0.0 (August/September 2020)

Feature Description Status
Gradient Brush Pull Request In Progress
Paths Pull Request In Progress
Shapes Pull Request In Progress
TabView Spec In Progress
AppBar Spec In Progress

Additional and Ongoing

  • Contributor PR review
  • Android startup and runtime performance
  • Hot Reload support
  • .NET 5 readiness
  • Shell on UWP
  • Accessibility
Feature Description Status
[Material] Add attached properties for Material specific attributes Spec Proposed
[Shell] Specify transitions Spec Proposed
[Shell] Segue navigation Spec Proposed
Shell TitleView Spec Proposed
ShellItem/MenuItem Template Spec Completed
[Spec] Shell Flyout Content Template Spec Proposed
[Spec] Shell Flyout Footer Template Spec Proposed
[Spec] Transitions Api Spec Proposed

Status Legend

Proposed This is something we want to do, but as yet it hasn’t been fully spec’d and scheduled.
Planned This is work we are in the process of defining and it has been scheduled.
In Progress Development work has begun.
In Review Primary development work has been completed and is currently being reviewed, but has not been merged.
Completed The work has finished, approved in review, merged and available on our Nightly feed.
Cut This work has been removed from the release plan. It may be considered for a future release.

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