[MonoTouch] MonoTouch 1.2 Beta 1

[Karl Prosser]

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- Karl Prosser

On Oct 27, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Geoff Norton <gnorton at novell.com> wrote:

> MonoTouch 1.2 Beta 1
> The beta for MonoTouch 1.2 is now available for developers interested
> in trying out the upcoming features in MonoTouch.
>
> You can find the download links at the full release notes page: http://monotouch.net/Releases/MonoTouch_1.2_Beta_1
>
> The MonoTouch beta is experimental, and as such we recommend you back
> up your projects.
> New Features
>
>    • Debugger, works on Simulator and Device (using Wifi)
>    • C# binding generator for Objective-C Libraries.
>    • Console output is now redirected from the device to MonoDevelo 
> p.
>
> MonoTouch API additions:
>
>    • UITableView now has a new property "Source" that allows a new
> UITableViewSource type to be assigned to it, it is a Model that
> implements both the UITableViewDelegate and the UITableViewDataSource,
> this should reduce clutter in existing code.
>    • NSTimer.Dispose will now call Invalidate first, and then dispo 
> se
> the timer.
>    • UIActionSheet now can be initialized like this:
>        • new UIActionSheet ("Title") { "Help", "Open in Browser",
> "Bookmark" }
>    • Added NSKeyedArchiver, NSKeyedUnarchiver.
>    • Added Encoder virtual method on NSObject
>
> Mono Runtime API additions:
>
>    • Added System.Timers.Timer
>    • Added System.Threading.Semaphore
>    • Added System.Threading types to System.dll
>
> API fixes
> Updated OpenTK to r2350.
>
>    • This fixes some function overloads so that they're usable
>    • Fixed AVAudioPlayer factory methods to be static.
>    • Fixed typo in UITableView.DidEndEditing
>    • Fixed typo in AVAudioRecorder.Pecord -> Record
>    • Fixed BadgeValue to allow null
>    • The helper class NSNotificationHandler is no longer public.
>    • Flagged a NSString.DataUsingEncoding as Obsolete, introduced
> instead Encode methods.
>
> System.Data
> A preview of the System.Data and SQLite for MonoTouch is now  
> available.
>
>    • Mono.Data.Sqlite.dll: unchanged.  Note that this binding is aga 
> inst
> SQLite 3.6, while iPhone has SQLite 3.0, so use of some functionality
> will result in EntryPointNotFoundExceptions.  Such missing
> functionality appears to include DataSet support.
>    • Mono.Data.Tds.dll: unchanged.
>    • System.Data.dll: Removes code-generation capabilities
> (System.Data.TypedDataSetGenerator), .config handling support,
> System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactories,
> System.Data.OleDb,System.Data.Odbc.System.Transactions.dll: unchanged.
>
> Fixes
>
>    • Fixed crash using async socket operations
>    • Fixed i18n in mtouch (Please provide documentation!)
>    • iPhoneOSGameView.Run() will no longer truncate the timeout to h 
> ave
> 1ms resolution.  It will now have 100ns resolution.
>
> If you have any questions or concerns please see http://monotouch.net/Support
>
> Thank You
>
> Geoff Norton
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