Release Notes for MonoDevelop 2.8 Beta 3

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MonoDevelop 2.8 Beta 3 has been released. MonoDevelop is an IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages.

This is a beta release in preparation for the upcoming MonoDevelop 2.8.

You will find a detailed description of what’s new in the What’s new in MonoDevelop 2.8 page.

Changes in 2.8 Beta 3

New features:

  • TestFlight integration for MonoTouch: it’s now possible to publish directly to TestFlight from within MonoDevelop

Bug fixes:

  • 748 - MD doesn’t detect Xcode 3.2.6 correctly
  • 849 - The icon selection dialog should show the expected icon size
  • 850 - iPad orentations are not matched pairs warning
  • 932 - The MonoDevelop updater doesn’t show any updates
  • 939 - Crash when accessing Project menu with MT Library selected in Solution Explorer
  • 941 - MonoDevelop XCode4 importer does not bring images.
  • 951 - The ‘MinimumOSVersion’ inside Info.plist does not include the device version
  • 1000 - DerivedData should be written in monodevelops temp folder
  • 768 - MonoDevelop 2.6 is missing MonoDoc.app
  • 430 - Required to activate again when installing 4.1 from MD 2.8 alpha 2
  • 431 - MD did not restart after installing updates that require restart
  • 435 - Many updater issues
  • 569 - Cannot build/run a project immediately after opening it
  • 615 - Show activity when clicking Check for Updates Now
  • 616 - Show a dialog when the user clicks Help -> Check for Updates
  • 674 - MonoDevelop 2.6 Final -> Check for updates Error Retrieving Update Information
  • 987 - MonoDevelop incorrectly imports the ‘DerivedData’ directory
  • 350 - IOException: Unknown repository format “”; expected “0”. When Create Solution
  • 684 - NullReference exception when adding files to a project
  • 27 - Parser errors in C# binding
  • 49 - Error in C# parser
  • 50 - Error in C# code editor
  • 87 - Code completion in type declaration completely wrong
  • 107 - Classname gets hiden if too many keywords are supplied
  • 243 - Implement implicit interface doesn’t handle overloads correctly.
  • 338 - Monodevelop fails parse multiple attributes over a method in single line
  • 385 - Test hierarchies are not colored correctly during testing
  • 387 - MonoDevelop should show the version of monotouch in a readily accessible way
  • 402 - Auto complete did not auto-select the only available option
  • 405 - Url handling in the texteditor is broken
  • 433 - NullReference exception thrown when generating method doc template
  • 469 - CreateMethod created a method incorrectly
  • 521 - Typing “///” within a summary comment block creates yet another summary comment
  • 603 - Last token in doc comment has wrong color
  • 613 - Unable to save a file with interfaces/abstract members when “Format document on save” is enabled
  • 623 - Automatic code indention is broken in aspx files containing parametrized views
  • 646 - MD incorrectly forces @ before local variable
  • 685 - Code in #if block appears as comment
  • 699 - [Attributes] not being recognized by IDE
  • 761 - Ctrl+Shift+Enter shortcut adds invisible character
  • 780 - Document formatting issues with Cyrillic characters
  • 817 - very long tabs w/markup whena file is updated many times outside the IDE
  • 818 - Allow the option to disable middle button functionality
  • 870 - C# parser is broken
  • 871 - After setting editor font size, opened files are scrolled to right
  • 873 - Error Creating new NUnit test fixture.
  • 887 - Refactory operations
  • 917 - XCode4 migration hangs.
  • 940 - NullReferenceException on mouse right-click over using clause
  • 961 - Code completion does not refresh new references

Changes in 2.8 Beta 2

This release includes the following fixes and improvements:

  • Fixed bug which caused code completion to stop working for some files.

Changes in 2.8 Beta 1

This release includes the following fixes and improvements:

  • Improved XCode 4 Integration. Fixed several issues when synchronizing projects with XCode.
  • Other minor bug fixes

Getting MonoDevelop

Packages for several distros and platforms, as well as source code tarballs and build instructions are available in the MonoDevelop Download page.

This release of MonoDevelop needs at least Mono 2.10 and Gtk# 2.12.8 to run.