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Flow direction helper methods removed

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The entire system for flow direction was rewritten and the following APIs have been removed:

  • Microsoft.Maui.IViewExtensions
  • Microsoft.Maui.IViewExtensions.GetEffectiveFlowDirection(Microsoft.Maui.IView)
  • Microsoft.Maui.Layouts.LayoutExtensions.ShouldArrangeLeftToRight(Microsoft.Maui.IView)
  • Microsoft.Maui.Platform.TextAlignmentExtensions.AdjustForFlowDirection(UIKit.UITextAlignment,Microsoft.Maui.IView)

Version introduced

.NET 7

Previous behavior

These helper methods existed to calculate the flow direction of test and UI components.

New behavior

The methods have been removed.

Type of breaking change

This change can affect binary compatibility and source compatibility.

Reason for change

The previous implementation was incorrect and a performance bottleneck. The entire system for flow direction was rewritten for .NET 7 and the affected APIS no longer had any value or performed any function, so they were removed.

If you were calling these APIs, remove the calls.

Affected APIs

  • Microsoft.Maui.IViewExtensions
  • Microsoft.Maui.IViewExtensions.GetEffectiveFlowDirection(Microsoft.Maui.IView)
  • Microsoft.Maui.Layouts.LayoutExtensions.ShouldArrangeLeftToRight(Microsoft.Maui.IView)
  • Microsoft.Maui.Platform.TextAlignmentExtensions.AdjustForFlowDirection(UIKit.UITextAlignment,Microsoft.Maui.IView)