4.7.0 Nitrogen

Angular 8 Support

With this version comes support for Angular 8! Follow the below steps to update.

1. Update @ionic/angular and @ionic/angular-toolkit to the latest releases:

   $ npm install @ionic/[email protected]
   $ npm install @ionic/[email protected] -D

2. Update @angular/core and @angular/cli:

   $ npx ng update @angular/core @angular/cli

3. Update @angular-devkit dependencies:

   $ npm i @angular-devkit/architect@latest @angular-devkit/build-angular@latest @angular-devkit/core@latest @angular-devkit/schematics@latest

View our Angular 8 Update Guide for tips on potential issues!

Bug Fixes

• angular: copy input form classes to parent ion-item (#18820) (53179c4), closes #18800
• angular: add the swipeGesture method for enabling or disabling the ability to swipe open a menu (#18806) (fbfc076), closes #16002
• angular: webview "pause", "resume", and "resize" events now trigger change detection (#18853) (544e550), closes #18831
• core: apply translucent if backdrop-filter is supported (#18832) (6b5a59d), closes ionic-team/ionic-docs#666
• datetime: allow AM/PM to be changed (#18684) (b7761fe), closes #18585
• datetime: properly apply disabled classes when updating columns (#18875) (7ba718c), closes #18793
• hardware-back-button: hardware back button no longer erroneously restarts app (#18794) (978cc39), closes #18792
• ripple-effect: ensure ripple is removed from components after pointer release (#18854) (71137a2), closes #18836
• searchbar: add aria and role for improved accessibility (#18797) (798103b), closes #18796
• ssr: avoid window reference (#18865) (23ce6fa)
• ssr: check for client runtime method (#18866) (c52b3b4)
• textarea: autogrow now resets textarea back to original number of rows when text is cleared (#18822) (26e6d6f), closes #18744
• theming: update components to use the proper colors for dark themes (#18735) (045bc59), closes #18713
• virtual-scroll: card rendering is no longer distorted (#18877) (3ef6ecf), closes #18870
• virtual-scroll: element dimensions are recalculated on resize (#18878) (c91819c)

Features

• core: add support for Stackblitz (#18846) (fb18f3b)
• ssr: add @ionic/core/hydrate app (#18867) (815fa2e)
• navigation: add experimental shadow to iOS page transitions (#18695) (9b075ef), closes #18661
• virtual-scroll: adds headerHeight and footerHeight to help prevent flickering (#18851) (0089111), closes #17540

Performance

• angular: attach entering view before first change detection and detach leaving page (#18821) (97fec92)