0.3.12

Features

• Briefcase is more resilient to file download failures by discarding partially downloaded files. (#753)
• All warnings from the App and its dependencies are now shown when running briefcase dev by invoking Python in development mode. (#806)
• The Dockerfile used to build AppImages can now include user-provided container setup instructions. (#886)
• It is no longer necessary to specify a device when building an iOS project. (#953)
• Briefcase apps can now provide a test suite. briefcase run and briefcase dev both provide a --test option to start the test suite. (#962)
• Initial support for Python 3.12 was added. (#965)
• Frameworks contained added to a macOS app bundle are now automatically code signed. (#971)
• The build.gradle file used to build Android apps can now include arbitrary additional settings. (#973)
• The run and build commands now have full control over the update of app requirements resources. (#983)
• Resources that require variants will now use the variant name as part of the filename by default. (#989)
• briefcase open linux appimage now starts a shell session in the Docker context, rather than opening the project folder. (#991)
• Web project configuration has been updated to reflect recent changes to PyScript. (#1004)

Bugfixes

• Console output of Windows apps is now captured in the Briefcase log. (#787)
• Android emulators configured with _no_skin will no longer generate a warning. (#882)
• Briefcase now exits normally when CTRL-C is sent while tailing logs for the App when using briefcase run. (#904)
• Backslashes and double quotes are now safe to be used for formal name and description (#905)
• The console output for Windows batch scripts in now captured in the Briefcase log. (#917)
• When using the Windows Store version of Python, Briefcase now ensures the cache directory is created in %LOCALAPPDATA% instead of the sandboxed location enforced for Windows Store apps. (#922)
• An Android application that successfully starts, but fails quickly, no longer stalls the launch process. (#936)
• The required Visual Studio Code components are now included in verification errors for Visual Studio Apps. (#939)
• It is now possible to specify app configurations for macOS Xcode and Windows VisualStudio projects. Previously, these sections of configuration files would be ignored due to a case discrepancy. (#952)
• Development mode now starts apps in PEP540 UTF-8 mode, for consistency with the stub apps. (#985)
• Local file references in requirements no longer break AppImage builds. (#992)
• On macOS, Rosetta is now installed automatically if needed. (#1000)
• The way dependency versions are specified has been modified to make Briefcase as accomodating as possible with end-user environments, but as stable as possible for development environments. (#1041)
• To prevent console corruption, dynamic console elements (such as the Wait Bar) are temporarily removed when output streaming is disabled for a command. (#1055)

Improved Documentation

• Release history now contains links to GitHub issues. (#1022)

Misc

• #906, #907, #918, #923, #924, #925, #926, #929, #931, #951, #959, #960, #964, #967, #969, #972, #981, #984, #987, #994, #995, #996, #997, #1001, #1002, #1003, #1012, #1013, #1020, #1021, #1023, #1028, #1038, #1042, #1043, #1044, #1045, #1046, #1047, #1048, #1049, #1051, #1052, #1057, #1059, #1061, #1068, #1069, #1071