MonoTouch 1.5

New features in this release:

• Profiling is now supported.   You can now profile your MonoTouch applications using Shark and Instruments.   For details see http://monotouch.net/Documentation/Profiling 

API Additions:

• UIImagePickerController.AvailableMediaTypes
• Added NSData.AsStream
• Removed NSUrlAuthenticationChallengeSender
• Added NSUrlAuthenticationChallengeSender protocol to NSUrlConnection
• NSString methods to measure strings with a UIFont.
• Added DataDetectorTypes property to UITextView 

Size reductions:

• Smaller executables:
  • Small executables 250k to 500k
  • Some users are reporting 1.3 meg savings
• Reduced the size of libmono.a in every application.
• Greatly improved the linker result when linking monotouch.dll
• Reduced memory usage for every type.

Performance:

• Reduced the time it takes to start the runtime by 10-15%.
• Reduced the time it takes to build simulator builds when not linking significantly.
• Reduced the time project builds take by 3-5 seconds.
• Multiple other optimizations thru the entire engine.

Fixes:

• Fixed #573750: Running on device with the registrar and external bindings causes a crash
• Fixed #577754: UIVideoEditorController should inherit from UIViewController
• Fixed #579844 - Fixed crash using UIVideo.IsCompatibleWithSavedPhotosAlbum
• Fixed #564301 - CALayerDelegate locks up the simulator
• Fixed #579997 - NSHTTPCookie.Name is missing
• Fixed #574235 - Various values not accepting null
• Fixed #579292 - Mono.Data.Sqlite crashes when using DataAdapters
• Fixed #578150 - Add binding for NSProcessInfo
• Fixed #555952 - Mono.Data.Sqlite doesn't work on leopard
• Fixed #580277 - UISearchDisplayController should accept a UITableViewSource
• Fixed #562052 - UITableViewSource does not inherit from UIScrollViewDelegate
• Fixed #579373 - Can't set FillMode property on CAAnimation
• Fixed #553783 - Full-AOT issues with DateTime / TimeSpan / Guid
• Fixed #558604 - CultureInfo.CurrentCulture does not return the correct culture of the device
• Fixed #581666 - Crash with UIAlertView in latest beta 1.4.100
• Fixed #560243 - Application crashes on device when compiled with MonoTouch 1.3.1.4429
• Fixed #579899 - mtouch error when inheriting from a ViewCOntroller in a library
• Fixed #553637 - Breakpoints cause app to crash while running in simulator for active OpenGL apps

• Fixed #584278 - Crash in Video Media Player Example

•   Fixed #548988 - Cannot bind Web Service Type from return XML on Monotouch
• Fixed #584888 - Linked away error in Stream.Read
• Fixed regression in btouch leading to uncompilable bindings
• Fixed crash using UISaveVideoAtPathToSavedPhotosAlbum
• Fixed crash trying to use the simulator on Leopard
• Fixed ArgumentException thrown by ABPerson.Get*() if the native data is null
• Fixed need to use ServicePointManager.ServerCertificateValidationCallback to access HTTPS sites.  
• Fixed a linker issue with XmlArrayItemAttribute on fields with -linksdkonly
• Fixed case where the linker was improperly removing attributes from SOAP requests in some cases
• Fixed the AVAudioPlayer.FromData methods to be static.
• Fixed crash disposing UIWebView from the wrong thread.
• Fixed a possible leak when assigning user types to certain properties
• Fixes a registrar bug improperly registering methods
• Fixed the case where UIBarButtonItem managed proxy could be leaked cause callbacks to fail