Support for .NET 6

[markuspalme]

🚀 Feature Requests

The library currently targets Xamarin.iOS but not net6-ios/net6-android. The new TFMs are the future and using this library in new projects is currently not possible.

To address my own very short-term needs I have created a port of the iOS part of this library to .NET 6:
https://github.com/markuspalme/LottieNet6/

Platforms affected (mark all that apply)

• 📱 iOS
• 🤖 Android
• 🏁 WPF
• 🌎 UWP
• 🍎 MacOS
• 📺 tvOS
• 🐒 MAUI

[FreakyAli]

+1

[evgenyvalavin]

It is not currently possible to use Lottie on net6-ios due to breaking changes in net6-ios: "All code must be recompiled to support .NET 6. Existing assemblies (such as NuGets built for the old TargetFrameworkIdentifier xamarinios10) won’t work and won’t be supported. Non-xamarin specific assets for net4.x, netstandard, netcoreapp, net5.0+, etc. will work fine however." - Link
Any plans on rebuilding on .NET 6?

[markuspalme]

@evgenyvalavin I have forked the library and ported it to net6-ios:
https://www.nuget.org/packages/Lottie.iOS

But of course an update of this excellent library would be better than a fork long-term.

[evgenyvalavin]

@markuspalme thanks! I already use the NuGet package.

Let's hope together this library will be updated 😄

[FreakyAli]

@markuspalme @evgenyvalavin My understanding of this is that this library will be obsolete and won't be updated to .net 6 at all. Instead, there is a Skia Sharp control that is going to be the Future of Lottie Animations in most .Net environments https://mono.github.io/SkiaSharp.Extended/api/ui-maui/sklottieview.html, I mean obviously, that's not on par with BaseFlow's version but that's the best we have ATM.

[Pluxury]

@FreakyAli How can I use sklottieview in xamarin.native apps ?
I think this is not possible and we should wait for the update of this package anyway.

[FreakyAli]

@Pluxury You are right for now this seems to be the case

[AdamDiament]

Does anyone have an android .net6 port for this?

[petro2050]

@martijn00 what is the current plan for this?

[martijn00]

I'm more than happy to accept a PR to fix this and release a new version. I've already done some work but can't get iOS to work.

[IeuanWalker]

@martijn00 where is the work you already started and do you remember what problems you were having on iOS?

[AdamDiament]

@martijn00 where is the work you already started and do you remember what problems you were having on iOS?

@IeuanWalker this is the in progress PR. I'm not aware of the specific iOS issues #379