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RxSwift v6.0.0-rc.1 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-10-06 // over 3 years ago

  • RxSwift 6.0.0 RC1

    🚀 This is the first Release Candidate of RxSwift 6.

    Note : RxSwift 6 supports Xcode 12 and Swift 5.3 and has a minimum deployment target of iOS 9.

    • 🆓 All ReactiveCompatible objects (.rx namespace) get Binders for all properties for free using @dynamicMemberLookup.
    • 🆕 New Infallible object which is identical to Observable with the guarantee of never failing.
    • ➕ Add variadic drive() and emit() to multiple observers and relays.
    • 🆕 New decode(type:decoder:) operator for ObsrvableTypes of Data.
    • SingleEvent is now simply Result<Element, Swift.Error> and methods changed accordingly (e.g. subscribe(onSuccess:onFailure:)).
    • ➕ Add ReplayRelay.
    • ➕ Add distinctUntilChanged(at keyPath:).
    • ➕ Add UIApplication Reactive extensions .
    • Rename catchError(_:) to catch(_:).
    • Rename catchErrorJustReturn(_:) to catchAndReturn(_:).
    • 📇 Rename elementAt(_:) to element(at:).
    • 📇 Rename retryWhen(_:) to retry(when:).
    • Rename takeUntil(_:) to take(until:) and takeUntil(behavior:_:) to take(until:behavior:).
    • Rename takeWhile(_:) to take(while:) and takeWhile(behavior:_:) to take(while:behavior:).
    • 📇 Rename take(_:) duration overload to take(for:) (e.g. take(for: .seconds(3))).
    • 📇 Rename skipWhile(_:) to skip(while:).
    • 📇 Rename takeUntil(_:) to take(until:).
    • 📇 Rename observeOn and subscribeOn to observe(on:) and subscribe(on:).
    • ignoreElements() now returns Observable<Never>.
    • 👉 Make SharedSequence conform to ObservableConvertibleType.
    • ➕ Add onDisposed to Maybe, Completable and Single.
    • ⚡️ Unify and optimize swizzling extensions into a single one.
    • ➕ Add DisposeBag function builder to allow easy comma-less initialization of a DisposeBag.
    • Advance support of xcframeworks by enabling BUILD_LIBRARY_FOR_DISTRIBUTION and cleaning up.
    • Many, many, many quality of life bugs and fixes.