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Version 1.49.3

UWP support and canvas clipping · Preview only · NuGet · GitHub Release

Highlights

A feature-packed beta that brings Windows UWP support, improved canvas clipping APIs, better custom platform support, and important fixes for text encoding and canvas save/restore operations.

Breaking Changes

None in this release.

New Features

Platform

  • Windows UWP support — SkiaSharp can now be used in Universal Windows Platform apps.
  • Custom platform support — A new mechanism allows using SkiaSharp on unofficially supported platforms (such as Linux) by disabling the default native library inclusion. Set <ShouldIncludeNativeSkiaSharp>False</ShouldIncludeNativeSkiaSharp> in your project and manually include a native library named libSkiaSharp.

API Surface

  • SKCanvas clipping — New overloads for ClipRect and ClipPath that accept SKRegionOperation and antialias parameters, enabling clip region resets. Also added GetClipBounds and GetClipDeviceBounds for querying the current clip.
void ClipRect(SKRect rect, SKRegionOperation operation = SKRegionOperation.Intersect, bool antialias = false);
void ClipPath(SKRect rect, SKRegionOperation operation = SKRegionOperation.Intersect, bool antialias = false);
bool GetClipBounds(ref SKRect bounds);
bool GetClipDeviceBounds(ref SKRectI bounds);

Bug Fixes

  • SKCanvas.Save / SKCanvas.SaveLayer return values — These methods now correctly return the value from native code.
  • Text encoding handling — SKPaint.MeasureText, BreakText, GetTextPath, and GetPosTextPath now use the encoding from SKPaint.TextEncoding instead of incorrectly converting to UTF-16, matching the behavior of text drawing operations.

Platform Support

Platform What's New
🪟 Windows UWP support added
🐧 Linux Custom platform mechanism enables unofficial support
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