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Upgrading ffigen 7 to 8

Breaking7.2.11 → 8.0.2Breaking3Deprecated1New6Changed3Fixed3

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3 breaking changes.

In plain terms
  • Arrays from Objective C now behave like normal Dart lists and iterables.
  • Dictionaries from Objective C now behave like normal Dart maps.
  • Sets from Objective C now behave like normal Dart sets.
  • Generated bindings now use the newer `@Native` annotation instead of the older, deprecated `@FfiNative` one.
Must act 4 items need code or config changes

Dart SDK requirement changed in 8.0.1: >=2.17.0 <4.0.0 → >=3.0.0 <4.0.0.

What you must change

Breaking3
NSArray is now a Dart Iterable and NSMutableArray is now a Dart List.
NSArrayNSMutableArrayIterableList
8.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
NSDictionary and NSMutableDictionary are now Dart Maps.
NSDictionaryNSMutableDictionaryMap
8.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
NSSet and NSMutableSet are now Dart Sets.
NSSetNSMutableSetSet
8.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source

Deprecations to plan for

Deprecated1
Uses @Native syntax instead of the deprecated @FfiNative syntax.
@Native@FfiNative
8.0.0-dev.2CHANGELOG.mdSummarizedView source