From 43280b1a790da38d86e211c9b0fa186a7463fec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:15:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 01/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.23

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.19

- project: core 9.0.17-next.0

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.23
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 9eee76345e..8a22a9c24b 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.16",
+	"version": "9.0.17-next.0",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 42842ab6f5..f1f16c2638 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.22",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.23",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.16-next.1"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index b0b768d398..4d2f5b643c 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.22",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.23",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index c830430749..7136ca529c 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.18",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.19",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 1c4e68151e1e335d41aaed2ff526ec04c25af68c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Osei Fortune <fortune.osei@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:54:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/60] fix(android): inset props on interface (#11103)

---
 packages/core/ui/core/view/view-interfaces.ts | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-interfaces.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-interfaces.ts
index 994ca34105..1148787d31 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/core/view/view-interfaces.ts
@@ -68,10 +68,20 @@ export interface Inset {
 	right: number;
 	bottom: number;
 	left: number;
+	imeBottom: number;
+	cutoutLeft: number;
+	cutoutTop: number;
+	cutoutRight: number;
+	cutoutBottom: number;
 	topConsumed: boolean;
 	rightConsumed: boolean;
 	bottomConsumed: boolean;
 	leftConsumed: boolean;
+	imeBottomConsumed: boolean;
+	cutoutLeftConsumed: boolean;
+	cutoutTopConsumed: boolean;
+	cutoutRightConsumed: boolean;
+	cutoutBottomConsumed: boolean;
 }
 
 /**

From e1eacbd47b2df287258b435daf310b40c94f016c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:56:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.24

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.20

- project: core 9.0.17-next.1

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.24
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 8a22a9c24b..04fa67f8f1 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.17-next.0",
+	"version": "9.0.17-next.1",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index f1f16c2638..95e21991e8 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.23",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.24",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.0"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.1"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 4d2f5b643c..b88ad307f9 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.23",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.24",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 7136ca529c..41a593fb2b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.19",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.20",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 1150daaabceeb9d1a8fe4ee11d1352042895ba94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:52:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 04/60] chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from
 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 (#11104)

Bumps [step-security/harden-runner](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner) from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/compare/20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76...a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: step-security/harden-runner
  dependency-version: 2.15.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml    | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml  | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
index fd9d2a9681..b0c6ab3bbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
index 05f325d34d..d99b1ad1cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
index 52fe661082..3df7b98875 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
index 35b7fe5e8f..643e3ff14b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@20cf305ff2072d973412fa9b1e3a4f227bda3c76 # v2.14.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 

From 2750fa107f61c1ea6060c0f1d10dbc4cb5f48bb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:52:35 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 05/60] chore(deps): bump actions/upload-artifact from 6.0.0 to
 7.0.0 (#11105)

Bumps [actions/upload-artifact](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact) from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact/compare/b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f...bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/upload-artifact
  dependency-version: 7.0.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
index f61061b811..a4a2873931 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ossf-scorecard.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       # Upload the results as artifacts (optional). Commenting out will disable uploads of run results in SARIF
       # format to the repository Actions tab.
       - name: "Upload artifact"
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b7c566a772e6b6bfb58ed0dc250532a479d7789f # v6.0.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif

From 755131d2d4dc6ff912237bca714582eb222c86c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:52:52 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 06/60] chore(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from
 4.8.2 to 4.8.3 (#11106)

Bumps [actions/dependency-review-action](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action) from 4.8.2 to 4.8.3.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action/compare/3c4e3dcb1aa7874d2c16be7d79418e9b7efd6261...05fe4576374b728f0c523d6a13d64c25081e0803)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/dependency-review-action
  dependency-version: 4.8.3
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/dependency-review.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index 6446b8aac4..d69dfb2474 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
         uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@3c4e3dcb1aa7874d2c16be7d79418e9b7efd6261 # v4.8.2
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@05fe4576374b728f0c523d6a13d64c25081e0803 # v4.8.3
\ No newline at end of file

From ae6ca000b188503cbaa8dd731d84523b8a932bc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:53:06 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 07/60] chore(deps): bump actions/setup-java from 5.1.0 to
 5.2.0 (#11107)

Bumps [actions/setup-java](https://github.com/actions/setup-java) from 5.1.0 to 5.2.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/setup-java/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/setup-java/compare/f2beeb24e141e01a676f977032f5a29d81c9e27e...be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/setup-java
  dependency-version: 5.2.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
index abbd1fd8bf..d8483b4448 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           main-branch-name: 'main'
           
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@f2beeb24e141e01a676f977032f5a29d81c9e27e # v5.1.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@be666c2fcd27ec809703dec50e508c2fdc7f6654 # v5.2.0
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '21'

From 5347c7effe98d3819a6aaf7af9ec0b8167f552a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:53:37 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 08/60] fix(ios): secureWithoutAutofill on TextField (#11129)

---
 apps/toolbox/src/pages/forms.xml         | 12 ++++--
 packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts | 50 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/forms.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/forms.xml
index cca44dafab..99c0e00fa9 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/forms.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/forms.xml
@@ -5,23 +5,27 @@
   </Page.actionBar>
   <ScrollView>
     <StackLayout padding="20">
-      <Label text="TextField:" fontWeight="bold" />
+      <Label text="TextField secureWithoutAutofill" fontWeight="bold" />
+      <TextField marginTop="6" backgroundColor="#efefef" padding="8" fontSize="18" secure="true" secureWithoutAutofill="true">
+      </TextField>
+
+      <Label text="TextField" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
       <TextField textChange="{{ textChange }}" marginTop="6" backgroundColor="#efefef" padding="8" fontSize="18" keyboardType="url" />
 
       <Label text="{{ textInput }}" marginTop="6" />
 
-      <Label text="SSN Formatted input:" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
+      <Label text="SSN Formatted input" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
       <TextField hint="XXX-XX-XXXX" style.placeholderColor="silver" textChange="{{textChangeSSN}}" keyboardType="number" color="black" width="80%" borderColor="silver" borderWidth="1" height="40" textAlignment="center" borderRadius="4" valueFormatter="{{valueFormatterSSN}}" padding="5" maxLength="11">
       </TextField>
       <Label text="{{ formattedSSNInput }}" marginTop="6" />
 
-      <Label text="Phone Formatted input:" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
+      <Label text="Phone Formatted input" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
       <TextField hint="XXX-XXX-XXXX" style.placeholderColor="silver" textChange="{{textChangePhone}}" keyboardType="number" color="black" width="80%" borderColor="silver" borderWidth="1" height="40" textAlignment="center" borderRadius="4" valueFormatter="{{valueFormatterPhone}}" padding="5" maxLength="12">
       </TextField>
       <Label text="{{ formattedPhoneInput }}" marginTop="6" />
 
       <Label text="TextView" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
-      <TextView hint="Type text..." style.placeholderColor="silver" textChange="{{textChangeArea}}" color="black" width="80%" borderColor="silver" borderWidth="1" height="200" borderRadius="4" fontSize="14">
+      <TextView hint="Type text..." style.placeholderColor="silver" textChange="{{textChangeArea}}" color="black" width="80%" borderColor="silver" borderWidth="1" height="125" borderRadius="4" fontSize="14">
       </TextView>
 
       <Label text="TextField white-space + text-overflow" fontWeight="bold" marginTop="12" />
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
index 82e0e737c7..d82eb6c8df 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class UITextFieldDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UITextFieldDelegate {
 	public static ObjCProtocols = [UITextFieldDelegate];
 
 	private _owner: WeakRef<TextField>;
-	private firstEdit: boolean;
 
 	public static initWithOwner(owner: WeakRef<TextField>): UITextFieldDelegateImpl {
 		const delegate = <UITextFieldDelegateImpl>UITextFieldDelegateImpl.new();
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 		super.initNativeView();
 		this._delegate = UITextFieldDelegateImpl.initWithOwner(new WeakRef(this));
 		this.nativeViewProtected.delegate = this._delegate;
+		this._applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(this.nativeViewProtected);
 	}
 
 	disposeNativeView() {
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 
 	public textFieldShouldBeginEditing(textField: UITextField): boolean {
 		this._firstEdit = true;
+		this._applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(textField);
 
 		return this.editable;
 	}
@@ -174,14 +175,7 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 	}
 
 	public textFieldShouldChangeCharactersInRangeReplacementString(textField: UITextField, range: NSRange, replacementString: string): boolean {
-		if (this.secureWithoutAutofill && !textField.secureTextEntry) {
-			/**
-			 * Helps avoid iOS 12+ autofill strong password suggestion prompt
-			 * Discussed in several circles but for example:
-			 * https://github.com/expo/expo/issues/2571#issuecomment-473347380
-			 */
-			textField.secureTextEntry = true;
-		}
+		this._applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(textField);
 		const delta = replacementString.length - range.length;
 		if (delta > 0) {
 			if (textField.text.length + delta > this.maxLength) {
@@ -243,6 +237,44 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 	}
 	[secureProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
 		this.nativeTextViewProtected.secureTextEntry = value;
+		this._applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(this.nativeTextViewProtected);
+	}
+
+	private _applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(textField: UITextField): void {
+		if (!textField || !this.secureWithoutAutofill) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		const nativeField = textField as any;
+
+		textField.secureTextEntry = true;
+
+		if (nativeField.textContentType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.textContentType = typeof UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode !== 'undefined' ? UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode : '';
+		}
+
+		if (nativeField.autocorrectionType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionType.No;
+		}
+		if (nativeField.spellCheckingType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.spellCheckingType = UITextSpellCheckingType.No;
+		}
+		if (nativeField.smartDashesType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.smartDashesType = UITextSmartDashesType.No;
+		}
+		if (nativeField.smartQuotesType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.smartQuotesType = UITextSmartQuotesType.No;
+		}
+		if (nativeField.smartInsertDeleteType !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.smartInsertDeleteType = UITextSmartInsertDeleteType.No;
+		}
+		if (nativeField.passwordRules !== undefined) {
+			nativeField.passwordRules = null;
+		}
+
+		if (nativeField.reloadInputViews) {
+			nativeField.reloadInputViews();
+		}
 	}
 
 	[colorProperty.getDefault](): { textColor: UIColor; tintColor: UIColor } {

From 063a6ff5b997f5cc21c85f5287cefe11845e28b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 22:55:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.25

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.21

- project: core 9.0.17-next.2

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.25
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 04fa67f8f1..53b1e5b051 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.17-next.1",
+	"version": "9.0.17-next.2",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 95e21991e8..12d09eff05 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.24",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.25",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.1"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index b88ad307f9..a1f262b468 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.24",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.25",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 41a593fb2b..8ebcc5b87f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.20",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.21",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From aed209f835f9cf1e092fb134a5613dc22ffca9be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:56:39 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 10/60] release(core): 9.0.17

---
 packages/core/CHANGELOG.md | 12 ++++++++++++
 packages/core/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index d203fed19b..426ed0f8b7 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## 9.0.17 (2026-03-04)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **ios:** secureWithoutAutofill on TextField ([#11129](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11129))
+- **android:** inset props on interface ([#11103](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11103))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Nathan Walker
+- Osei Fortune @triniwiz
+
 ## 9.0.16 (2026-02-25)
 
 ### 🩹 Fixes
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 53b1e5b051..2c49d782fd 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.17-next.2",
+	"version": "9.0.17",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",

From aa8c05b6466edd647e3507ee08ad33ca1a9caa27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 22:59:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 11/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.26

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.22

- project: core 9.0.18-next.0

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.26
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 2c49d782fd..c6743c0637 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.17",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.0",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 12d09eff05..1a13dced6d 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.25",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.26",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.17-next.2"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index a1f262b468..432e7926bd 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.25",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.26",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 8ebcc5b87f..ec91345787 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.21",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.22",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 60baeea0503e9d0ff1d9481d2cb080840b24cfad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:17:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 12/60] perf(TextField): optimize secureWithoutAutofill
 (#11131)

---
 packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts | 46 ++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
index d82eb6c8df..8235064b6d 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
@@ -245,35 +245,45 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		const nativeField = textField as any;
+		let shouldReloadInputViews = false;
 
-		textField.secureTextEntry = true;
+		if (!textField.secureTextEntry) {
+			textField.secureTextEntry = true;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
+		}
 
-		if (nativeField.textContentType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.textContentType = typeof UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode !== 'undefined' ? UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode : '';
+		if (textField.textContentType !== undefined && textField.textContentType !== UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode) {
+			textField.textContentType = UITextContentTypeOneTimeCode;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
 
-		if (nativeField.autocorrectionType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionType.No;
+		if (textField.autocorrectionType !== undefined && textField.autocorrectionType !== UITextAutocorrectionType.No) {
+			textField.autocorrectionType = UITextAutocorrectionType.No;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
-		if (nativeField.spellCheckingType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.spellCheckingType = UITextSpellCheckingType.No;
+		if (textField.spellCheckingType !== undefined && textField.spellCheckingType !== UITextSpellCheckingType.No) {
+			textField.spellCheckingType = UITextSpellCheckingType.No;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
-		if (nativeField.smartDashesType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.smartDashesType = UITextSmartDashesType.No;
+		if (textField.smartDashesType !== undefined && textField.smartDashesType !== UITextSmartDashesType.No) {
+			textField.smartDashesType = UITextSmartDashesType.No;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
-		if (nativeField.smartQuotesType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.smartQuotesType = UITextSmartQuotesType.No;
+		if (textField.smartQuotesType !== undefined && textField.smartQuotesType !== UITextSmartQuotesType.No) {
+			textField.smartQuotesType = UITextSmartQuotesType.No;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
-		if (nativeField.smartInsertDeleteType !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.smartInsertDeleteType = UITextSmartInsertDeleteType.No;
+		if (textField.smartInsertDeleteType !== undefined && textField.smartInsertDeleteType !== UITextSmartInsertDeleteType.No) {
+			textField.smartInsertDeleteType = UITextSmartInsertDeleteType.No;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
-		if (nativeField.passwordRules !== undefined) {
-			nativeField.passwordRules = null;
+		if (textField.passwordRules !== undefined && textField.passwordRules !== null) {
+			textField.passwordRules = null;
+			shouldReloadInputViews = true;
 		}
 
-		if (nativeField.reloadInputViews) {
-			nativeField.reloadInputViews();
+		if (shouldReloadInputViews && textField.isFirstResponder) {
+			textField.reloadInputViews();
 		}
 	}
 

From 4302fca5f08407f8499aa18a663b5029e9376df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 18:19:13 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 13/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.27

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.23

- project: core 9.0.18-next.1

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.27
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index c6743c0637..1ba6e5ea6a 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.0",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.1",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 1a13dced6d..3bb873616f 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.26",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.27",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.0"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.1"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 432e7926bd..825ed795bb 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.26",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.27",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index ec91345787..0e99a14782 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.22",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.23",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From ccdce2e1eeda11b30522b73e94c015e60667b234 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Juan=20de=20Dios=20Mart=C3=ADnez=20Vallejo?=
 <vallemardeveloper@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 22:56:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 14/60] fix(core): size export in View object (#11132)

---
 packages/core/ui/core/view/index.d.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.d.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.d.ts
index 0c19c93e2e..4d46c45aa7 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.d.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { LinearGradient } from '../../styling/linear-gradient';
 import { InheritedProperty, Property } from '../properties';
 import { ViewBase } from '../view-base';
 import { GlassEffectType, ViewCommon } from './view-common';
-import type { Point, ShownModallyData } from './view-interfaces';
+import type { Point, ShownModallyData, Size } from './view-interfaces';
 
 export * from './view-common';
 // helpers (these are okay re-exported here)

From 81dd8595e1bee303bf5bf34f02a9ba6d9b712276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2026 21:57:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 15/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.28

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.24

- project: core 9.0.18-next.2

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.28
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 1ba6e5ea6a..2d8fce78a3 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.1",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.2",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 3bb873616f..12c28a5933 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.27",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.28",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.1"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 825ed795bb..10b635d209 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.27",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.28",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 0e99a14782..2f326caf81 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.23",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.24",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 49562d40595ae59b125f3aac7963416d490dd311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Speroni <edusperoni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:26:01 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 16/60] fix(webpack): enable traversal of child nodes for
 NativeClass detection (#11137)

---
 .../transformers/native-class.spec.ts         | 211 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/transformers/NativeClass/index.ts     |  11 +-
 2 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/webpack5/__tests__/transformers/native-class.spec.ts

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/transformers/native-class.spec.ts b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/transformers/native-class.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af0f6a0168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/transformers/native-class.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+import ts from 'typescript';
+import nativeClassTransformer from '../../src/transformers/NativeClass';
+
+function transform(input: string): string {
+	return ts.transpileModule(input, {
+		compilerOptions: {
+			module: ts.ModuleKind.ESNext,
+			target: ts.ScriptTarget.ES2022,
+			experimentalDecorators: true,
+			emitDecoratorMetadata: false,
+			useDefineForClassFields: false,
+		},
+		transformers: {
+			before: [nativeClassTransformer as ts.TransformerFactory<ts.SourceFile>],
+		},
+	}).outputText;
+}
+
+function countClassDeclarations(sourceText: string): number {
+	const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(
+		'/transformed.js',
+		sourceText,
+		ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+		true,
+		ts.ScriptKind.JS,
+	);
+
+	let count = 0;
+	const walk = (node: ts.Node) => {
+		if (ts.isClassDeclaration(node)) {
+			count++;
+		}
+		ts.forEachChild(node, walk);
+	};
+
+	walk(sourceFile);
+	return count;
+}
+
+describe('NativeClass transformer', () => {
+	describe('top-level classes', () => {
+		it('downlevels @NativeClass (no parentheses) to ES5 IIFE', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+@NativeClass
+class Foo extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var Foo =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Foo, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('function (_super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+
+		it('downlevels @NativeClass() (with parentheses) to ES5 IIFE', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+@NativeClass()
+class Foo extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var Foo =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Foo, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('function (_super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+
+		it('downlevels exported @NativeClass() class and preserves export', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+@NativeClass()
+export class Bar extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var Bar =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Bar, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('export { Bar }');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+
+		it('preserves prototype methods on the downleveled class', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+@NativeClass()
+class Baz extends UIView {
+  doWork() { return 1; }
+}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var Baz =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Baz, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('Baz.prototype.doWork = function ()');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+		});
+
+		it('downlevels multiple @NativeClass() classes in the same file', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+@NativeClass()
+class A extends NSObject {}
+@NativeClass()
+class B extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var A =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(A, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('var B =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(B, _super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+
+		it('does NOT downlevel classes without @NativeClass', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+class Plain extends Base {
+  method() {}
+}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('class Plain extends Base');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('var Plain =');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('__extends');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(1);
+		});
+
+		it('downlevels only the @NativeClass class when mixed with a plain class', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+class Regular {}
+@NativeClass()
+class Native extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('class Regular');
+			expect(output).toContain('var Native =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Native, _super)');
+			// Regular class stays as modern class declaration
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(1);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('strip-loader marker', () => {
+		it('downlevels a class preceded by the /*__NativeClass__*/ marker', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+/*__NativeClass__*/
+class Marked extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('var Marked =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Marked, _super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('/*__NativeClass__*/');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('import cleanup', () => {
+		it('removes NativeClass from a named import while keeping other imports', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+import { NativeClass, Observable } from '@nativescript/core';
+class Foo {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain("from '@nativescript/core'");
+			expect(output).toContain('Observable');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('NativeClass');
+		});
+
+		it('removes the entire import statement when NativeClass is the only import', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+import { NativeClass } from '@nativescript/core';
+@NativeClass()
+class X extends NSObject {}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).not.toContain('NativeClass');
+			expect(output).toContain('var X =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(X, _super)');
+		});
+	});
+
+	describe('nested scopes', () => {
+		it('downlevels @NativeClass() class declared inside a function body', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+function test() {
+  @NativeClass()
+  class Test extends UIView {}
+}
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('function test()');
+			expect(output).toContain('var Test =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Test, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('function (_super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+
+		it('downlevels @NativeClass() class declared inside an arrow function body', () => {
+			const output = transform(`
+const test2 = () => {
+  @NativeClass()
+  class Test extends UIView {}
+};
+`);
+
+			expect(output).toContain('const test2 = () =>');
+			expect(output).toContain('var Test =');
+			expect(output).toContain('__extends(Test, _super)');
+			expect(output).toContain('function (_super)');
+			expect(output).not.toContain('@NativeClass');
+			expect(countClassDeclarations(output)).toBe(0);
+		});
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/transformers/NativeClass/index.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/transformers/NativeClass/index.ts
index e3f36114f4..597ade9840 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/transformers/NativeClass/index.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/transformers/NativeClass/index.ts
@@ -279,8 +279,15 @@ export default function (context: ts.TransformationContext, ...args) {
 					result.push(updated);
 					continue;
 				}
-				// No deep traversal for unrelated nodes
-				result.push(statement);
+				// iterate over children as there might be a NativeClass inside of functions, blocks, etc
+				const visited = ts.visitEachChild(statement, visitNode, context);
+				if (visited !== statement) {
+					mutated = true;
+					changed = true;
+				}
+				if (visited) {
+					result.push(visited);
+				}
 			}
 			return [changed ? factory.createNodeArray(result) : statements, changed];
 		}

From 15dbd30a61a3ae256021bcb2d74739e4ab9a6787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:27:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 17/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.25
---
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 2f326caf81..8909388066 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.24",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.25",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From c48322abaa8b7790db1461b5daad37868b827218 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Speroni <edusperoni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:33:38 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 18/60] ci: remove os_version from iOS Simulator setup (#11138)

[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
index 9305cd87fd..7fcce34749 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: futureware-tech/simulator-action@dab10d813144ef59b48d401cd95da151222ef8cd # v4
         with:
           model: 'iPhone 16 Pro'
-          os_version: '18.4'
 
       - name: Run tests on iOS Simulator
         run: npx nx test apps-automated -c=ios

From b74035f5c6493ddc6059a565a9ca8fa7c42a7aa6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: felixkrautschuk <felixkrautschuk@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:01:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 19/60] fix(android): enable edge-to-edge only for fullscreen
 modals (#11140)

---
 packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
index 3f22681c0f..fea1f8e3c8 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.android.ts
@@ -259,15 +259,12 @@ function initializeDialogFragment() {
 			this._windowSoftInputMode = options.windowSoftInputMode;
 			this.setStyle(androidx.fragment.app.DialogFragment.STYLE_NO_TITLE, 0);
 
-			let theme = this.getTheme();
-			if (this._fullscreen) {
-				// In fullscreen mode, get the application's theme.
-				theme = this.getActivity().getApplicationInfo().theme;
-			}
-
+			const theme = this._fullscreen ? this.getActivity().getApplicationInfo().theme : this.getTheme();
 			const dialog = new DialogImpl(this, this.getActivity(), theme);
 
-			Utils.android.enableEdgeToEdge(this.getActivity(), dialog.getWindow());
+			if (this._fullscreen) {
+				Utils.android.enableEdgeToEdge(this.getActivity(), dialog.getWindow());
+			}
 
 			// do not override alignment unless fullscreen modal will be shown;
 			// otherwise we might break component-level layout:
@@ -1333,7 +1330,7 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 			const controller = window.getInsetsController?.();
 			if (controller) {
 				const APPEARANCE_LIGHT_STATUS_BARS = android.view.WindowInsetsController?.APPEARANCE_LIGHT_STATUS_BARS;
-	
+
 				if (typeof value === 'string') {
 					this.style.statusBarStyle = value;
 					if (value === 'light') {

From 63bbcaca7fe0122991a642fb56bbcd1f043594a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:02:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 20/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.29

- project: webpack5 5.0.32-next.26

- project: core 9.0.18-next.3

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.29
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 2d8fce78a3..de4cf972ed 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.2",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.3",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 12c28a5933..013c8f1421 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.28",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.29",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.2"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.3"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 10b635d209..ebaebec8c0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.28",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.29",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 8909388066..baacf88441 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.25",
+	"version": "5.0.32-next.26",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From cf41d234320c671bc7faaa7d5fbd7b3b843c1d96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:06:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 21/60] release(webpack): 5.0.32

---
 packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/webpack5/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
index 73e3848bde..7f1e56f115 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 5.0.32 (2026-03-18)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **webpack:** enable traversal of child nodes for NativeClass detection ([#11137](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11137))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Eduardo Speroni @edusperoni
+
 ## 5.0.31 (2026-01-06)
 
 - LICENSE and README.md are now included in the package assets.
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index baacf88441..0ac218293e 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32-next.26",
+	"version": "5.0.32",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From a63003bce73f514879e7ffc1756332b8b8b88a1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:07:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 22/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.0
---
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 0ac218293e..6753ca3f0b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.32",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.0",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From fdf32d0e413b74b30480d548befcf68620969c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dimitris-Rafail Katsampas <katsampasdr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:00:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 23/60] fix(core): split http module to solve circular refs
 (#11141)

---
 apps/automated/src/http/http-tests.ts         |  85 ++++-
 package-lock.json                             |  34 --
 packages/core/http/http-interfaces.ts         |  19 +-
 .../http-request-internal-common.ts           |  11 +
 .../http-request-internal/index.android.ts    | 241 ++++++++++++
 .../http/http-request-internal/index.d.ts     |  28 ++
 .../http/http-request-internal/index.ios.ts   | 200 ++++++++++
 .../http/http-request/http-request-common.ts  |  11 +
 .../core/http/http-request/index.android.ts   | 342 +++---------------
 packages/core/http/http-request/index.d.ts    |   2 +-
 packages/core/http/http-request/index.ios.ts  | 268 ++------------
 packages/core/http/http-shared.ts             |   7 -
 packages/core/http/index.d.ts                 |   2 +-
 packages/core/http/index.ts                   |   4 +-
 packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts   |   4 +-
 packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts       |  16 +-
 16 files changed, 690 insertions(+), 584 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/core/http/http-request-internal/http-request-internal-common.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.android.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.d.ts
 create mode 100644 packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.ios.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/core/http/http-shared.ts

diff --git a/apps/automated/src/http/http-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/http/http-tests.ts
index e554862118..5272f8759a 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/http/http-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/http/http-tests.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ImageSource } from '@nativescript/core';
 import * as TKUnit from '../tk-unit';
 import * as http from '@nativescript/core/http';
 import * as fs from '@nativescript/core/file-system';
-import { addHeader } from '@nativescript/core/http/http-request';
+import { requestInternal, addHeader, BaseHttpContent } from '@nativescript/core/http/http-request-internal';
 
 export var test_getString_isDefined = function () {
 	TKUnit.assert(typeof http.getString !== 'undefined', 'Method http.getString() should be defined!');
@@ -329,6 +329,89 @@ export var test_request_requestShouldTimeout = function (done) {
 	});
 };
 
+export var test_requestInternal_responseStatusCodeShouldBeDefined = function (done) {
+	requestInternal({ url: 'https://http-echo.nativescript.org/get', method: 'GET' }).then(
+		function (response) {
+			//// Argument (response) is HttpResponse!
+			var statusCode = response.statusCode;
+			try {
+				TKUnit.assert(typeof statusCode !== 'undefined', 'response.statusCode should be defined!');
+				done(null);
+			} catch (err) {
+				done(err);
+			}
+		},
+		function (e) {
+			//// Argument (e) is Error!
+			done(e);
+		},
+	);
+};
+
+export var test_requestInternal_responseContentShouldExposeNativeContentFunctions = function (done) {
+	requestInternal({ url: 'https://http-echo.nativescript.org/get', method: 'GET' }).then(
+		function (response) {
+			try {
+				TKUnit.assert(typeof response.content.toNativeImage === 'function' && typeof response.content.toNativeString === 'function', `response.content should expose native content functions!`);
+				done(null);
+			} catch (err) {
+				done(err);
+			}
+		},
+		function (e) {
+			//// Argument (e) is Error!
+			done(e);
+		},
+	);
+};
+
+export var test_requestInternal_responseContentShouldExposeHandlerFunctions = function (done) {
+	const responseHandler = {
+		toDummy1: () => 'dummy1',
+		toDummy2: () => 'dummy2',
+	};
+
+	requestInternal({ url: 'https://http-echo.nativescript.org/get', method: 'GET' }, responseHandler).then(
+		function (response) {
+			try {
+				TKUnit.assert(typeof response.content.toDummy1 === 'function' && typeof response.content.toDummy2 === 'function', `response.content should expose content handler functions!`);
+				done(null);
+			} catch (err) {
+				done(err);
+			}
+		},
+		function (e) {
+			//// Argument (e) is Error!
+			done(e);
+		},
+	);
+};
+
+export var test_requestInternal_responseHandlerShouldBeAvailable = function (done) {
+	const suffix = '-nsformatted';
+	const responseHandler = {
+		toFormattedString: function (this: BaseHttpContent) {
+			return this.toNativeString() + suffix;
+		},
+	};
+
+	requestInternal({ url: 'https://http-echo.nativescript.org/get', method: 'GET' }, responseHandler).then(
+		function (response) {
+			const value = response.content.toFormattedString();
+			try {
+				TKUnit.assert(typeof value === 'string' && value.endsWith(suffix), `response.content.toFormattedString should return the response string appended with ${suffix} at the end!`);
+				done(null);
+			} catch (err) {
+				done(err);
+			}
+		},
+		function (e) {
+			//// Argument (e) is Error!
+			done(e);
+		},
+	);
+};
+
 export var test_request_responseStatusCodeShouldBeDefined = function (done) {
 	var result: http.HttpResponse;
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ab79d59288..357063aea7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -242,24 +242,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 		},
-		"node_modules/@angular-devkit/architect/node_modules/chokidar": {
-			"version": "4.0.3",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/chokidar/-/chokidar-4.0.3.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-Qgzu8kfBvo+cA4962jnP1KkS6Dop5NS6g7R5LFYJr4b8Ub94PPQXUksCw9PvXoeXPRRddRNC5C1JQUR2SMGtnA==",
-			"dev": true,
-			"license": "MIT",
-			"optional": true,
-			"peer": true,
-			"dependencies": {
-				"readdirp": "^4.0.1"
-			},
-			"engines": {
-				"node": ">= 14.16.0"
-			},
-			"funding": {
-				"url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
-			}
-		},
 		"node_modules/@angular-devkit/architect/node_modules/jsonc-parser": {
 			"version": "3.3.1",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-3.3.1.tgz",
@@ -280,22 +262,6 @@
 				"url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jonschlinkert"
 			}
 		},
-		"node_modules/@angular-devkit/architect/node_modules/readdirp": {
-			"version": "4.1.2",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readdirp/-/readdirp-4.1.2.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-GDhwkLfywWL2s6vEjyhri+eXmfH6j1L7JE27WhqLeYzoh/A3DBaYGEj2H/HFZCn/kMfim73FXxEJTw06WtxQwg==",
-			"dev": true,
-			"license": "MIT",
-			"optional": true,
-			"peer": true,
-			"engines": {
-				"node": ">= 14.18.0"
-			},
-			"funding": {
-				"type": "individual",
-				"url": "https://paulmillr.com/funding/"
-			}
-		},
 		"node_modules/@angular-devkit/architect/node_modules/rxjs": {
 			"version": "7.8.2",
 			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rxjs/-/rxjs-7.8.2.tgz",
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-interfaces.ts b/packages/core/http/http-interfaces.ts
index 1790113e6b..43edf80f13 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/http-interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-interfaces.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { ImageSource } from '../image-source';
 import type { File } from '../file-system';
+import type { BaseHttpContent } from './http-request-internal';
 
 /**
  * Provides options for the http requests.
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ export interface HttpRequestOptions {
 /**
  * Encapsulates HTTP-response information from an HTTP-request.
  */
-export interface HttpResponse {
+export interface HttpResponse<T = HttpContent> {
 	/**
 	 * Gets the response status code.
 	 */
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ export interface HttpResponse {
 	/**
 	 * Gets the response content.
 	 */
-	content?: HttpContent;
+	content?: T;
 }
 
 export type Headers = { [key: string]: string | string[] };
@@ -62,15 +63,8 @@ export enum HttpResponseEncoding {
 	UTF8,
 	GBK,
 }
-/**
- * Encapsulates the content of an HttpResponse.
- */
-export interface HttpContent {
-	/**
-	 * Gets the response body as raw data.
-	 */
-	raw: any;
 
+export interface HttpContentHandler {
 	/**
 	 * Gets the response body as ArrayBuffer
 	 */
@@ -96,3 +90,8 @@ export interface HttpContent {
 	 */
 	toFile: (destinationFilePath?: string) => File;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the content of an HttpResponse.
+ */
+export interface HttpContent extends HttpContentHandler, BaseHttpContent {}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/http-request-internal-common.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/http-request-internal-common.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6d37980d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/http-request-internal-common.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import type { Headers } from '../http-interfaces';
+
+export function addHeader(headers: Headers, key: string, value: string): void {
+	if (!headers[key]) {
+		headers[key] = value;
+	} else if (Array.isArray(headers[key])) {
+		headers[key].push(value);
+	} else {
+		headers[key] = [headers[key], value];
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.android.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.android.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a967c39714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.android.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+// imported for definition purposes only
+import type { Headers, HttpResponse, HttpRequestOptions } from '../../http';
+import { Screen } from '../../platform/screen';
+import * as domainDebugger from '../../debugger';
+import { isObject } from '../../utils';
+import { BaseHttpContent } from '.';
+import { addHeader } from './http-request-internal-common';
+export { addHeader } from './http-request-internal-common';
+
+interface PendingRequest {
+	url: string;
+	contentHandler?: object;
+	resolveCallback: (value: HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent> | PromiseLike<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent>>) => void;
+	rejectCallback: (reason?: any) => void;
+}
+
+let requestIdCounter = 0;
+const pendingRequests = new Map<number, PendingRequest>();
+
+let debugRequests: Map<number, { debugRequest: domainDebugger.domains.network.NetworkRequest; timestamp: number }>;
+if (__DEV__) {
+	debugRequests = new Map();
+}
+let completeCallback: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.CompleteCallback;
+function ensureCompleteCallback() {
+	if (completeCallback) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	completeCallback = new org.nativescript.widgets.Async.CompleteCallback({
+		onComplete: function (result: any, context: any) {
+			// as a context we will receive the id of the request
+			onRequestComplete(context, result);
+		},
+		onError: function (error: string, context: any) {
+			onRequestError(error, context);
+		},
+	});
+}
+
+function onRequestComplete(requestId: number, result: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.RequestResult) {
+	const callbacks = pendingRequests.get(requestId);
+	pendingRequests.delete(requestId);
+
+	if (result.error) {
+		callbacks.rejectCallback(new Error(result.error.toString()));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	// read the headers
+	const headers: Headers = {};
+	if (result.headers) {
+		const jHeaders = result.headers;
+		const length = jHeaders.size();
+		let pair: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair;
+		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+			pair = jHeaders.get(i);
+			addHeader(headers, pair.key, pair.value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (__DEV__) {
+		const debugRequestInfo = debugRequests.get(requestId);
+
+		if (debugRequestInfo) {
+			const debugRequest = debugRequestInfo.debugRequest;
+			let mime = (headers['Content-Type'] ?? 'text/plain') as string;
+			if (typeof mime === 'string') {
+				mime = mime.split(';')[0] ?? 'text/plain';
+			}
+
+			debugRequest.mimeType = mime;
+			debugRequest.data = result.raw;
+			const debugResponse = {
+				url: result.url,
+				status: result.statusCode,
+				statusText: result.statusText,
+				headers: headers,
+				mimeType: mime,
+				fromDiskCache: false,
+				timing: {
+					requestTime: debugRequestInfo.timestamp,
+					proxyStart: -1,
+					proxyEnd: -1,
+					dnsStart: -1,
+					dnsEnd: -1,
+					connectStart: -1,
+					connectEnd: -1,
+					sslStart: -1,
+					sslEnd: -1,
+					serviceWorkerFetchStart: -1,
+					serviceWorkerFetchReady: -1,
+					serviceWorkerFetchEnd: -1,
+					sendStart: -1,
+					sendEnd: -1,
+					receiveHeadersEnd: -1,
+				},
+			};
+			debugRequest.responseReceived(debugResponse);
+			debugRequest.loadingFinished();
+			debugRequests.delete(requestId);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const content = {
+		raw: result.raw,
+		requestURL: callbacks.url,
+		toNativeImage: () => {
+			return new Promise<any>((resolveImage, rejectImage) => {
+				if (result.responseAsImage != null) {
+					resolveImage(result.responseAsImage);
+				} else {
+					rejectImage(new Error('Response content may not be converted to an Image'));
+				}
+			});
+		},
+		toNativeString: () => result.responseAsString,
+	};
+
+	if (callbacks.contentHandler != null && isObject(callbacks.contentHandler) && !Array.isArray(callbacks.contentHandler)) {
+		Object.assign(content, callbacks.contentHandler);
+	}
+
+	callbacks.resolveCallback({
+		content,
+		statusCode: result.statusCode,
+		headers: headers,
+	});
+}
+
+function onRequestError(error: string, requestId: number) {
+	const callbacks = pendingRequests.get(requestId);
+	pendingRequests.delete(requestId);
+
+	if (callbacks) {
+		callbacks.rejectCallback(new Error(error));
+	}
+}
+
+function buildJavaOptions(options: HttpRequestOptions) {
+	if (typeof options.url !== 'string') {
+		throw new Error('Http request must provide a valid url.');
+	}
+
+	const javaOptions = new org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.RequestOptions();
+
+	javaOptions.url = options.url;
+
+	if (typeof options.method === 'string') {
+		javaOptions.method = options.method;
+	}
+	if (typeof options.content === 'string' || options.content instanceof FormData) {
+		const nativeString = new java.lang.String(options.content.toString());
+		const nativeBytes = nativeString.getBytes('UTF-8');
+		const nativeBuffer = java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(nativeBytes);
+		javaOptions.content = nativeBuffer;
+	} else if (options.content instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+		const typedArray = new Uint8Array(options.content as ArrayBuffer);
+		const nativeBuffer = java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(Array.from(typedArray));
+		javaOptions.content = nativeBuffer;
+	}
+	if (typeof options.timeout === 'number') {
+		javaOptions.timeout = options.timeout;
+	}
+	if (typeof options.dontFollowRedirects === 'boolean') {
+		javaOptions.dontFollowRedirects = options.dontFollowRedirects;
+	}
+
+	if (options.headers) {
+		const arrayList = new java.util.ArrayList<org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair>();
+		const pair = org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair;
+
+		for (const key in options.headers) {
+			arrayList.add(new pair(key, options.headers[key] + ''));
+		}
+
+		javaOptions.headers = arrayList;
+	}
+
+	// pass the maximum available image size to the request options in case we need a bitmap conversion
+	javaOptions.screenWidth = Screen.mainScreen.widthPixels;
+	javaOptions.screenHeight = Screen.mainScreen.heightPixels;
+
+	return javaOptions;
+}
+
+export function requestInternal<T extends object>(options: HttpRequestOptions, contentHandler?: T): Promise<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent & T>> {
+	if (options === undefined || options === null) {
+		// TODO: Shouldn't we throw an error here - defensive programming
+		return;
+	}
+
+	return new Promise<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent & T>>((resolve, reject) => {
+		try {
+			// initialize the options
+			const javaOptions = buildJavaOptions(options);
+
+			// // send request data to network debugger
+			// if (global.__inspector && global.__inspector.isConnected) {
+			// 	NetworkAgent.requestWillBeSent(requestIdCounter, options);
+			// }
+
+			if (__DEV__) {
+				const network = domainDebugger.getNetwork();
+				const debugRequest = network && network.create();
+
+				if (options.url && debugRequest) {
+					const timestamp = Date.now() / 1000;
+					debugRequests.set(requestIdCounter, {
+						debugRequest,
+						timestamp,
+					});
+					const request = {
+						url: options.url,
+						method: 'GET',
+						headers: options.headers,
+						timestamp,
+					};
+					debugRequest.requestWillBeSent(request);
+				}
+			}
+
+			// Remember the callbacks so that we can use them when the CompleteCallback is called
+			pendingRequests.set(requestIdCounter, {
+				url: options.url,
+				contentHandler,
+				resolveCallback: resolve,
+				rejectCallback: reject,
+			});
+
+			ensureCompleteCallback();
+			//make the actual async call
+			org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.MakeRequest(javaOptions, completeCallback, new java.lang.Integer(requestIdCounter));
+
+			// increment the id counter
+			requestIdCounter++;
+		} catch (ex) {
+			reject(ex);
+		}
+	});
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.d.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cad365cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { HttpRequestOptions, HttpResponse, Headers, HttpResponseEncoding, HttpContentHandler } from '../http-interfaces';
+
+export interface BaseHttpContent {
+	/**
+	 * Gets the response body as raw data.
+	 */
+	raw: any;
+	/**
+	 * Gets the request options URL.
+	 */
+	requestURL: string;
+	/**
+	 * Gets the response native image.
+	 */
+	toNativeImage: () => Promise<any>;
+	/**
+	 * Gets the response as native string.
+	 */
+	toNativeString: (encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) => any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Makes a generic http request using the provided options and returns a HttpResponse Object.
+ * @param options An object that specifies various request options.
+ * @param contentHandler An object that specifies various functions to parse raw response content.
+ */
+export function requestInternal<T extends object>(options: HttpRequestOptions, contentHandler?: T): Promise<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent & T>>;
+export function addHeader(headers: Headers, key: string, value: string): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.ios.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7d873fbbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request-internal/index.ios.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+import { SDK_VERSION } from '../../utils/constants';
+import { isRealDevice } from '../../utils/native-helper';
+import * as types from '../../utils/types';
+import * as domainDebugger from '../../debugger';
+import type { HttpRequestOptions, HttpResponse, Headers } from '../http-interfaces';
+import { HttpResponseEncoding } from '../http-interfaces';
+import { BaseHttpContent } from '.';
+import { addHeader } from './http-request-internal-common';
+export { addHeader } from './http-request-internal-common';
+
+const currentDevice = UIDevice.currentDevice;
+const device = currentDevice.userInterfaceIdiom === UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone ? 'Phone' : 'Pad';
+const osVersion = currentDevice.systemVersion;
+
+const GET = 'GET';
+const USER_AGENT_HEADER = 'User-Agent';
+const USER_AGENT = `Mozilla/5.0 (i${device}; CPU OS ${osVersion.replace('.', '_')} like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/${osVersion} Mobile/10A5355d Safari/8536.25`;
+// mitigate iOS 18.4 simulator regression
+// https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/777999
+const sessionConfig = SDK_VERSION === 18.4 && !isRealDevice() ? NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration : NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration;
+const queue = NSOperationQueue.mainQueue;
+
+@NativeClass
+class NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements NSURLSessionTaskDelegate {
+	public static ObjCProtocols = [NSURLSessionTaskDelegate];
+	public URLSessionTaskWillPerformHTTPRedirectionNewRequestCompletionHandler(session: NSURLSession, task: NSURLSessionTask, response: NSHTTPURLResponse, request: NSURLRequest, completionHandler: (p1: NSURLRequest) => void): void {
+		completionHandler(null);
+	}
+}
+const sessionTaskDelegateInstance: NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl = <NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl>NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl.new();
+
+let defaultSession;
+function ensureDefaultSession() {
+	if (!defaultSession) {
+		defaultSession = NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, null, queue);
+	}
+}
+
+let sessionNotFollowingRedirects;
+function ensureSessionNotFollowingRedirects() {
+	if (!sessionNotFollowingRedirects) {
+		sessionNotFollowingRedirects = NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, sessionTaskDelegateInstance, queue);
+	}
+}
+
+export function requestInternal<T extends object>(options: HttpRequestOptions, contentHandler?: T): Promise<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent & T>> {
+	return new Promise<HttpResponse<BaseHttpContent & T>>((resolve, reject) => {
+		if (!options.url) {
+			reject(new Error('Request url was empty.'));
+			return;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			const network = domainDebugger.getNetwork();
+			const debugRequest = network && network.create();
+
+			const urlRequest = NSMutableURLRequest.requestWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(options.url));
+
+			urlRequest.HTTPMethod = types.isDefined(options.method) ? options.method : GET;
+
+			urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_HEADER);
+
+			if (options.headers) {
+				for (const header in options.headers) {
+					urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(options.headers[header] + '', header);
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (types.isString(options.content) || options.content instanceof FormData) {
+				urlRequest.HTTPBody = NSString.stringWithString(options.content.toString()).dataUsingEncoding(4);
+			} else if (options.content instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+				const buffer = options.content as ArrayBuffer;
+				urlRequest.HTTPBody = NSData.dataWithData(buffer as any);
+			}
+
+			if (types.isNumber(options.timeout)) {
+				urlRequest.timeoutInterval = options.timeout / 1000;
+			}
+
+			let session;
+			if (types.isBoolean(options.dontFollowRedirects) && options.dontFollowRedirects) {
+				ensureSessionNotFollowingRedirects();
+				session = sessionNotFollowingRedirects;
+			} else {
+				ensureDefaultSession();
+				session = defaultSession;
+			}
+
+			let timestamp = -1;
+			const dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequestCompletionHandler(urlRequest, function (data: NSData, response: NSHTTPURLResponse, error: NSError) {
+				if (error) {
+					reject(new Error(error.localizedDescription));
+				} else {
+					const headers: Headers = {};
+					if (response && response.allHeaderFields) {
+						const headerFields = response.allHeaderFields;
+
+						headerFields.enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock((key, value, stop) => {
+							addHeader(headers, key, value);
+						});
+					}
+
+					if (debugRequest) {
+						debugRequest.mimeType = response.MIMEType;
+						debugRequest.data = data;
+						const debugResponse = {
+							url: options.url,
+							status: response.statusCode,
+							statusText: NSHTTPURLResponse.localizedStringForStatusCode(response.statusCode),
+							headers: headers,
+							mimeType: response.MIMEType,
+							fromDiskCache: false,
+							timing: {
+								requestTime: timestamp,
+								proxyStart: -1,
+								proxyEnd: -1,
+								dnsStart: -1,
+								dnsEnd: -1,
+								connectStart: -1,
+								connectEnd: -1,
+								sslStart: -1,
+								sslEnd: -1,
+								serviceWorkerFetchStart: -1,
+								serviceWorkerFetchReady: -1,
+								serviceWorkerFetchEnd: -1,
+								sendStart: -1,
+								sendEnd: -1,
+								receiveHeadersEnd: -1,
+							},
+							headersSize: headers?.length ?? -1,
+						};
+						debugRequest.responseReceived(debugResponse);
+						debugRequest.loadingFinished();
+					}
+
+					const content = {
+						raw: data,
+						requestURL: options.url,
+						toNativeImage: () => {
+							return new Promise((resolveImage, rejectImage) => {
+								UIImage.tns_decodeImageWithDataCompletion(data, (image) => {
+									if (image) {
+										resolveImage(image);
+									} else {
+										rejectImage(new Error('Response content may not be converted to an Image'));
+									}
+								});
+							});
+						},
+						toNativeString: (encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) => NSDataToString(data, encoding),
+					};
+
+					if (contentHandler != null && types.isObject(contentHandler) && !Array.isArray(contentHandler)) {
+						Object.assign(content, contentHandler);
+					}
+
+					resolve({
+						content: content as BaseHttpContent & T,
+						statusCode: response.statusCode,
+						headers: headers,
+					});
+				}
+			});
+
+			if (options.url && debugRequest) {
+				timestamp = Date.now() / 1000;
+				const request = {
+					url: options.url,
+					method: 'GET',
+					headers: options.headers,
+					timestamp,
+					headersSize: options?.headers?.length ?? -1,
+				};
+				debugRequest.requestWillBeSent(request);
+			}
+
+			dataTask.resume();
+		} catch (ex) {
+			reject(ex);
+		}
+	});
+}
+
+function NSDataToString(data: any, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding): string {
+	let code = NSUTF8StringEncoding; // long:4
+
+	if (encoding === HttpResponseEncoding.GBK) {
+		code = CFStringEncodings.kCFStringEncodingGB_18030_2000; // long:1586
+	}
+
+	let encodedString = NSString.alloc().initWithDataEncoding(data, code);
+
+	// If UTF8 string encoding fails try with ISO-8859-1
+	if (!encodedString) {
+		code = NSISOLatin1StringEncoding; // long:5
+		encodedString = NSString.alloc().initWithDataEncoding(data, code);
+	}
+
+	return encodedString.toString();
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request/http-request-common.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request/http-request-common.ts
index d2088d4817..961d13f443 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/http-request/http-request-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request/http-request-common.ts
@@ -15,3 +15,14 @@ export function getFilenameFromUrl(url: string) {
 
 	return result;
 }
+
+export function parseJSON(source: string): any {
+	const src = source.trim();
+	const lastIndex = src.lastIndexOf(')');
+
+	if (lastIndex === src.length - 1) {
+		return JSON.parse(src.substring(src.indexOf('(') + 1, lastIndex));
+	}
+
+	return JSON.parse(src);
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.android.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.android.ts
index 52aa3b2698..dc1bd9bc7f 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.android.ts
@@ -1,302 +1,70 @@
 // imported for definition purposes only
-import type { Headers, HttpResponse, HttpRequestOptions } from '../../http';
+import type { HttpResponse, HttpRequestOptions, HttpContentHandler } from '../../http';
 import { ImageSource } from '../../image-source';
-import { Screen } from '../../platform/screen';
 import { File } from '../../file-system';
 import { HttpResponseEncoding } from '../http-interfaces';
-import { getFilenameFromUrl } from './http-request-common';
-import * as domainDebugger from '../../debugger';
-
-function parseJSON(source: string): any {
-	const src = source.trim();
-	if (src.lastIndexOf(')') === src.length - 1) {
-		return JSON.parse(src.substring(src.indexOf('(') + 1, src.lastIndexOf(')')));
-	}
-
-	return JSON.parse(src);
-}
-
-let requestIdCounter = 0;
-const pendingRequests = {};
-
-let debugRequests: Map<number, { debugRequest: domainDebugger.domains.network.NetworkRequest; timestamp: number }>;
-if (__DEV__) {
-	debugRequests = new Map();
-}
-let completeCallback: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.CompleteCallback;
-function ensureCompleteCallback() {
-	if (completeCallback) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	completeCallback = new org.nativescript.widgets.Async.CompleteCallback({
-		onComplete: function (result: any, context: any) {
-			// as a context we will receive the id of the request
-			onRequestComplete(context, result);
-		},
-		onError: function (error: string, context: any) {
-			onRequestError(error, context);
-		},
-	});
-}
-
-function onRequestComplete(requestId: number, result: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.RequestResult) {
-	const callbacks = pendingRequests[requestId];
-	delete pendingRequests[requestId];
-
-	if (result.error) {
-		callbacks.rejectCallback(new Error(result.error.toString()));
-
-		return;
-	}
-
-	// read the headers
-	const headers: Headers = {};
-	if (result.headers) {
-		const jHeaders = result.headers;
-		const length = jHeaders.size();
-		let pair: org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair;
-		for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-			pair = jHeaders.get(i);
-			addHeader(headers, pair.key, pair.value);
+import { BaseHttpContent, requestInternal } from '../http-request-internal';
+import { getFilenameFromUrl, parseJSON } from './http-request-common';
+
+const contentHandler: HttpContentHandler = {
+	toArrayBuffer(this: BaseHttpContent) {
+		return Uint8Array.from((this.raw as java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream).toByteArray()).buffer;
+	},
+	toString(this: BaseHttpContent, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
+		let str: string;
+		if (encoding) {
+			str = decodeResponse(this.raw as java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream, encoding);
+		} else {
+			str = this.toNativeString(encoding);
 		}
-	}
-
-	if (__DEV__) {
-		const debugRequestInfo = debugRequests.get(requestId);
-
-		if (debugRequestInfo) {
-			const debugRequest = debugRequestInfo.debugRequest;
-			let mime = (headers['Content-Type'] ?? 'text/plain') as string;
-			if (typeof mime === 'string') {
-				mime = mime.split(';')[0] ?? 'text/plain';
-			}
-
-			debugRequest.mimeType = mime;
-			debugRequest.data = result.raw;
-			const debugResponse = {
-				url: result.url,
-				status: result.statusCode,
-				statusText: result.statusText,
-				headers: headers,
-				mimeType: mime,
-				fromDiskCache: false,
-				timing: {
-					requestTime: debugRequestInfo.timestamp,
-					proxyStart: -1,
-					proxyEnd: -1,
-					dnsStart: -1,
-					dnsEnd: -1,
-					connectStart: -1,
-					connectEnd: -1,
-					sslStart: -1,
-					sslEnd: -1,
-					serviceWorkerFetchStart: -1,
-					serviceWorkerFetchReady: -1,
-					serviceWorkerFetchEnd: -1,
-					sendStart: -1,
-					sendEnd: -1,
-					receiveHeadersEnd: -1,
-				},
-			};
-			debugRequest.responseReceived(debugResponse);
-			debugRequest.loadingFinished();
-			debugRequests.delete(requestId);
+		if (typeof str === 'string') {
+			return str;
+		} else {
+			throw new Error('Response content may not be converted to string');
 		}
-	}
-
-	callbacks.resolveCallback({
-		content: {
-			raw: result.raw,
-			toArrayBuffer: () => Uint8Array.from(result.raw.toByteArray()).buffer,
-			toString: (encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) => {
-				let str: string;
-				if (encoding) {
-					str = decodeResponse(result.raw, encoding);
-				} else {
-					str = result.responseAsString;
-				}
-				if (typeof str === 'string') {
-					return str;
-				} else {
-					throw new Error('Response content may not be converted to string');
-				}
-			},
-			toJSON: (encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) => {
-				let str: string;
-				if (encoding) {
-					str = decodeResponse(result.raw, encoding);
-				} else {
-					str = result.responseAsString;
-				}
-
-				return parseJSON(str);
-			},
-			toImage: () => {
-				return new Promise<any>((resolveImage, rejectImage) => {
-					if (result.responseAsImage != null) {
-						resolveImage(new ImageSource(result.responseAsImage));
-					} else {
-						rejectImage(new Error('Response content may not be converted to an Image'));
-					}
-				});
-			},
-			toFile: (destinationFilePath: string) => {
-				if (!destinationFilePath) {
-					destinationFilePath = getFilenameFromUrl(callbacks.url);
-				}
-				let stream: java.io.FileOutputStream;
-				try {
-					// ensure destination path exists by creating any missing parent directories
-					const file = File.fromPath(destinationFilePath);
-
-					const javaFile = new java.io.File(destinationFilePath);
-					stream = new java.io.FileOutputStream(javaFile);
-					stream.write(result.raw.toByteArray());
-
-					return file;
-				} catch (exception) {
-					throw new Error(`Cannot save file with path: ${destinationFilePath}.`);
-				} finally {
-					if (stream) {
-						stream.close();
-					}
-				}
-			},
-		},
-		statusCode: result.statusCode,
-		headers: headers,
-	});
-}
-
-function onRequestError(error: string, requestId: number) {
-	const callbacks = pendingRequests[requestId];
-	delete pendingRequests[requestId];
-	if (callbacks) {
-		callbacks.rejectCallback(new Error(error));
-	}
-}
-
-function buildJavaOptions(options: HttpRequestOptions) {
-	if (typeof options.url !== 'string') {
-		throw new Error('Http request must provide a valid url.');
-	}
-
-	const javaOptions = new org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.RequestOptions();
-
-	javaOptions.url = options.url;
-
-	if (typeof options.method === 'string') {
-		javaOptions.method = options.method;
-	}
-	if (typeof options.content === 'string' || options.content instanceof FormData) {
-		const nativeString = new java.lang.String(options.content.toString());
-		const nativeBytes = nativeString.getBytes('UTF-8');
-		const nativeBuffer = java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(nativeBytes);
-		javaOptions.content = nativeBuffer;
-	} else if (options.content instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-		const typedArray = new Uint8Array(options.content as ArrayBuffer);
-		const nativeBuffer = java.nio.ByteBuffer.wrap(Array.from(typedArray));
-		javaOptions.content = nativeBuffer;
-	}
-	if (typeof options.timeout === 'number') {
-		javaOptions.timeout = options.timeout;
-	}
-	if (typeof options.dontFollowRedirects === 'boolean') {
-		javaOptions.dontFollowRedirects = options.dontFollowRedirects;
-	}
-
-	if (options.headers) {
-		const arrayList = new java.util.ArrayList<org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair>();
-		const pair = org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.KeyValuePair;
-
-		for (const key in options.headers) {
-			arrayList.add(new pair(key, options.headers[key] + ''));
+	},
+	toJSON(this: BaseHttpContent, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
+		let str: string;
+		if (encoding) {
+			str = decodeResponse(this.raw as java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream, encoding);
+		} else {
+			str = this.toNativeString(encoding);
 		}
 
-		javaOptions.headers = arrayList;
-	}
-
-	// pass the maximum available image size to the request options in case we need a bitmap conversion
-	javaOptions.screenWidth = Screen.mainScreen.widthPixels;
-	javaOptions.screenHeight = Screen.mainScreen.heightPixels;
-
-	return javaOptions;
-}
-
-export function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): Promise<HttpResponse> {
-	if (options === undefined || options === null) {
-		// TODO: Shouldn't we throw an error here - defensive programming
-		return;
-	}
-
-	return new Promise<HttpResponse>((resolve, reject) => {
+		return parseJSON(str);
+	},
+	toImage(this: BaseHttpContent) {
+		return this.toNativeImage().then((value) => new ImageSource(value));
+	},
+	toFile(this: BaseHttpContent, destinationFilePath: string) {
+		if (!destinationFilePath) {
+			destinationFilePath = getFilenameFromUrl(this.requestURL);
+		}
+		let stream: java.io.FileOutputStream;
 		try {
-			// initialize the options
-			const javaOptions = buildJavaOptions(options);
-
-			// // send request data to network debugger
-			// if (global.__inspector && global.__inspector.isConnected) {
-			// 	NetworkAgent.requestWillBeSent(requestIdCounter, options);
-			// }
-
-			if (__DEV__) {
-				const network = domainDebugger.getNetwork();
-				const debugRequest = network && network.create();
-
-				if (options.url && debugRequest) {
-					const timestamp = Date.now() / 1000;
-					debugRequests.set(requestIdCounter, {
-						debugRequest,
-						timestamp,
-					});
-					const request = {
-						url: options.url,
-						method: 'GET',
-						headers: options.headers,
-						timestamp,
-					};
-					debugRequest.requestWillBeSent(request);
-				}
+			// ensure destination path exists by creating any missing parent directories
+			const file = File.fromPath(destinationFilePath);
+
+			const javaFile = new java.io.File(destinationFilePath);
+			stream = new java.io.FileOutputStream(javaFile);
+			stream.write((this.raw as java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream).toByteArray());
+
+			return file;
+		} catch (exception) {
+			throw new Error(`Cannot save file with path: ${destinationFilePath}.`);
+		} finally {
+			if (stream) {
+				stream.close();
 			}
-
-			// remember the callbacks so that we can use them when the CompleteCallback is called
-			const callbacks = {
-				url: options.url,
-				resolveCallback: resolve,
-				rejectCallback: reject,
-			};
-			pendingRequests[requestIdCounter] = callbacks;
-
-			ensureCompleteCallback();
-			//make the actual async call
-			org.nativescript.widgets.Async.Http.MakeRequest(javaOptions, completeCallback, new java.lang.Integer(requestIdCounter));
-
-			// increment the id counter
-			requestIdCounter++;
-		} catch (ex) {
-			reject(ex);
 		}
-	});
-}
-
-function decodeResponse(raw: any, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
-	let charsetName = 'UTF-8';
-	if (encoding === HttpResponseEncoding.GBK) {
-		charsetName = 'GBK';
-	}
+	},
+};
 
-	return raw.toString(charsetName);
+export function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+	return requestInternal(options, contentHandler);
 }
 
-export function addHeader(headers: Headers, key: string, value: string): void {
-	if (!headers[key]) {
-		headers[key] = value;
-	} else if (Array.isArray(headers[key])) {
-		(<string[]>headers[key]).push(value);
-	} else {
-		const values: string[] = [<string>headers[key]];
-		values.push(value);
-		headers[key] = values;
-	}
+function decodeResponse(raw: java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
+	const charsetName = encoding === HttpResponseEncoding.GBK ? 'GBK' : 'UTF-8';
+	return raw.toString(charsetName);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.d.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.d.ts
index f97b3c2501..dccee5a63d 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { HttpRequestOptions, HttpResponse, Headers } from '../http-interfaces';
+
 /**
  * Makes a generic http request using the provided options and returns a HttpResponse Object.
  * @param options An object that specifies various request options.
  */
 export const request: (options: HttpRequestOptions) => Promise<HttpResponse>;
-export function addHeader(headers: Headers, key: string, value: string): void;
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.ios.ts
index 96019a975d..128feadd9d 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/http-request/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/http-request/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,239 +1,45 @@
-import { SDK_VERSION } from '../../utils/constants';
-import { isRealDevice } from '../../utils/native-helper';
-import * as types from '../../utils/types';
-import * as domainDebugger from '../../debugger';
-import { getFilenameFromUrl } from './http-request-common';
 import { ImageSource } from '../../image-source';
 import { File } from '../../file-system';
-import type { HttpRequestOptions, HttpResponse, Headers } from '../http-interfaces';
-import { HttpResponseEncoding } from '../http-interfaces';
-
-const currentDevice = UIDevice.currentDevice;
-const device = currentDevice.userInterfaceIdiom === UIUserInterfaceIdiom.Phone ? 'Phone' : 'Pad';
-const osVersion = currentDevice.systemVersion;
-
-const GET = 'GET';
-const USER_AGENT_HEADER = 'User-Agent';
-const USER_AGENT = `Mozilla/5.0 (i${device}; CPU OS ${osVersion.replace('.', '_')} like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/${osVersion} Mobile/10A5355d Safari/8536.25`;
-// mitigate iOS 18.4 simulator regression
-// https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/777999
-const sessionConfig = SDK_VERSION === 18.4 && !isRealDevice() ? NSURLSessionConfiguration.ephemeralSessionConfiguration : NSURLSessionConfiguration.defaultSessionConfiguration;
-const queue = NSOperationQueue.mainQueue;
-
-function parseJSON(source: string): any {
-	const src = source.trim();
-	if (src.lastIndexOf(')') === src.length - 1) {
-		return JSON.parse(src.substring(src.indexOf('(') + 1, src.lastIndexOf(')')));
-	}
-
-	return JSON.parse(src);
-}
-
-@NativeClass
-class NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements NSURLSessionTaskDelegate {
-	public static ObjCProtocols = [NSURLSessionTaskDelegate];
-	public URLSessionTaskWillPerformHTTPRedirectionNewRequestCompletionHandler(session: NSURLSession, task: NSURLSessionTask, response: NSHTTPURLResponse, request: NSURLRequest, completionHandler: (p1: NSURLRequest) => void): void {
-		completionHandler(null);
-	}
-}
-const sessionTaskDelegateInstance: NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl = <NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl>NSURLSessionTaskDelegateImpl.new();
-
-let defaultSession;
-function ensureDefaultSession() {
-	if (!defaultSession) {
-		defaultSession = NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, null, queue);
-	}
-}
-
-let sessionNotFollowingRedirects;
-function ensureSessionNotFollowingRedirects() {
-	if (!sessionNotFollowingRedirects) {
-		sessionNotFollowingRedirects = NSURLSession.sessionWithConfigurationDelegateDelegateQueue(sessionConfig, sessionTaskDelegateInstance, queue);
-	}
-}
-
-export function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): Promise<HttpResponse> {
-	return new Promise<HttpResponse>((resolve, reject) => {
-		if (!options.url) {
-			reject(new Error('Request url was empty.'));
-
-			return;
+import type { HttpRequestOptions, HttpResponse, HttpContentHandler } from '../http-interfaces';
+import type { HttpResponseEncoding } from '../http-interfaces';
+import { requestInternal, BaseHttpContent } from '../http-request-internal';
+import { getFilenameFromUrl, parseJSON } from './http-request-common';
+
+const contentHandler: HttpContentHandler = {
+	toArrayBuffer(this: BaseHttpContent) {
+		return interop.bufferFromData(this.raw);
+	},
+	toString(this: BaseHttpContent, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
+		const str = this.toNativeString(encoding);
+		if (typeof str === 'string') {
+			return str;
+		} else {
+			throw new Error('Response content may not be converted to string');
 		}
-
-		try {
-			const network = domainDebugger.getNetwork();
-			const debugRequest = network && network.create();
-
-			const urlRequest = NSMutableURLRequest.requestWithURL(NSURL.URLWithString(options.url));
-
-			urlRequest.HTTPMethod = types.isDefined(options.method) ? options.method : GET;
-
-			urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_HEADER);
-
-			if (options.headers) {
-				for (const header in options.headers) {
-					urlRequest.setValueForHTTPHeaderField(options.headers[header] + '', header);
-				}
-			}
-
-			if (types.isString(options.content) || options.content instanceof FormData) {
-				urlRequest.HTTPBody = NSString.stringWithString(options.content.toString()).dataUsingEncoding(4);
-			} else if (options.content instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
-				const buffer = options.content as ArrayBuffer;
-				urlRequest.HTTPBody = NSData.dataWithData(buffer as any);
-			}
-
-			if (types.isNumber(options.timeout)) {
-				urlRequest.timeoutInterval = options.timeout / 1000;
-			}
-
-			let session;
-			if (types.isBoolean(options.dontFollowRedirects) && options.dontFollowRedirects) {
-				ensureSessionNotFollowingRedirects();
-				session = sessionNotFollowingRedirects;
-			} else {
-				ensureDefaultSession();
-				session = defaultSession;
-			}
-
-			let timestamp = -1;
-			const dataTask = session.dataTaskWithRequestCompletionHandler(urlRequest, function (data: NSData, response: NSHTTPURLResponse, error: NSError) {
-				if (error) {
-					reject(new Error(error.localizedDescription));
-				} else {
-					const headers: Headers = {};
-					if (response && response.allHeaderFields) {
-						const headerFields = response.allHeaderFields;
-
-						headerFields.enumerateKeysAndObjectsUsingBlock((key, value, stop) => {
-							addHeader(headers, key, value);
-						});
-					}
-
-					if (debugRequest) {
-						debugRequest.mimeType = response.MIMEType;
-						debugRequest.data = data;
-						const debugResponse = {
-							url: options.url,
-							status: response.statusCode,
-							statusText: NSHTTPURLResponse.localizedStringForStatusCode(response.statusCode),
-							headers: headers,
-							mimeType: response.MIMEType,
-							fromDiskCache: false,
-							timing: {
-								requestTime: timestamp,
-								proxyStart: -1,
-								proxyEnd: -1,
-								dnsStart: -1,
-								dnsEnd: -1,
-								connectStart: -1,
-								connectEnd: -1,
-								sslStart: -1,
-								sslEnd: -1,
-								serviceWorkerFetchStart: -1,
-								serviceWorkerFetchReady: -1,
-								serviceWorkerFetchEnd: -1,
-								sendStart: -1,
-								sendEnd: -1,
-								receiveHeadersEnd: -1,
-							},
-							headersSize: headers?.length ?? -1,
-						};
-						debugRequest.responseReceived(debugResponse);
-						debugRequest.loadingFinished();
-					}
-
-					resolve({
-						content: {
-							raw: data,
-							toArrayBuffer: () => interop.bufferFromData(data),
-							toString: (encoding?: any) => {
-								const str = NSDataToString(data, encoding);
-								if (typeof str === 'string') {
-									return str;
-								} else {
-									throw new Error('Response content may not be converted to string');
-								}
-							},
-							toJSON: (encoding?: any) => parseJSON(NSDataToString(data, encoding)),
-							toImage: () => {
-								return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-									(<any>UIImage).tns_decodeImageWithDataCompletion(data, (image) => {
-										if (image) {
-											resolve(new ImageSource(image));
-										} else {
-											reject(new Error('Response content may not be converted to an Image'));
-										}
-									});
-								});
-							},
-							toFile: (destinationFilePath?: string) => {
-								if (!destinationFilePath) {
-									destinationFilePath = getFilenameFromUrl(options.url);
-								}
-								if (data instanceof NSData) {
-									// ensure destination path exists by creating any missing parent directories
-									const file = File.fromPath(destinationFilePath);
-
-									data.writeToFileAtomically(destinationFilePath, true);
-
-									return file;
-								} else {
-									reject(new Error(`Cannot save file with path: ${destinationFilePath}.`));
-								}
-							},
-						},
-						statusCode: response.statusCode,
-						headers: headers,
-					});
-				}
-			});
-
-			if (options.url && debugRequest) {
-				timestamp = Date.now() / 1000;
-				const request = {
-					url: options.url,
-					method: 'GET',
-					headers: options.headers,
-					timestamp,
-					headersSize: options?.headers?.length ?? -1,
-				};
-				debugRequest.requestWillBeSent(request);
-			}
-
-			dataTask.resume();
-		} catch (ex) {
-			reject(ex);
+	},
+	toJSON(this: BaseHttpContent, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding) {
+		return parseJSON(this.toNativeString(encoding));
+	},
+	toImage(this: BaseHttpContent) {
+		return this.toNativeImage().then((value) => new ImageSource(value));
+	},
+	toFile(this: BaseHttpContent, destinationFilePath?: string) {
+		if (!destinationFilePath) {
+			destinationFilePath = getFilenameFromUrl(this.requestURL);
 		}
-	});
-}
-
-function NSDataToString(data: any, encoding?: HttpResponseEncoding): string {
-	let code = NSUTF8StringEncoding; // long:4
-
-	if (encoding === HttpResponseEncoding.GBK) {
-		code = CFStringEncodings.kCFStringEncodingGB_18030_2000; // long:1586
-	}
+		if (this.raw instanceof NSData) {
+			// ensure destination path exists by creating any missing parent directories
+			const file = File.fromPath(destinationFilePath);
 
-	let encodedString = NSString.alloc().initWithDataEncoding(data, code);
+			this.raw.writeToFileAtomically(destinationFilePath, true);
 
-	// If UTF8 string encoding fails try with ISO-8859-1
-	if (!encodedString) {
-		code = NSISOLatin1StringEncoding; // long:5
-		encodedString = NSString.alloc().initWithDataEncoding(data, code);
-	}
-
-	return encodedString.toString();
-}
+			return file;
+		} else {
+			throw new Error(`Cannot save file with path: ${destinationFilePath}.`);
+		}
+	},
+};
 
-export function addHeader(headers: Headers, key: string, value: string): void {
-	if (!headers[key]) {
-		headers[key] = value;
-	} else if (Array.isArray(headers[key])) {
-		(<string[]>headers[key]).push(value);
-	} else {
-		const values: string[] = [<string>headers[key]];
-		values.push(value);
-		headers[key] = values;
-	}
+export function request(options: HttpRequestOptions): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+	return requestInternal(options, contentHandler);
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/http/http-shared.ts b/packages/core/http/http-shared.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index aacb5eaf7a..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/http/http-shared.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// Example: (add more as needed)
-// Note: Circular dep help between http and image-source.
-// Interfaces can be moved around further in future to help avoid.
-export interface ImageSourceLike {
-	toBase64String(format: string, quality?: number): string;
-	// ... add other shared methods/properties as needed
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/http/index.d.ts b/packages/core/http/index.d.ts
index 987ad7c0ee..fcf47573f9 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { File } from '../file-system';
 import type { ImageSource } from '../image-source';
-import type { HttpResponse, HttpRequestOptions } from './http-interfaces';
+import type { HttpRequestOptions } from './http-interfaces';
 export { request } from './http-request';
 export * from './http-interfaces';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/http/index.ts b/packages/core/http/index.ts
index fd43bb3f3f..3f8b4b304f 100644
--- a/packages/core/http/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/http/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { type ImageSourceLike } from './http-shared';
 import { request } from './http-request';
+import type { ImageSource } from '../image-source';
 export { request } from './http-request';
 export * from './http-interfaces';
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export function getJSON<T>(arg: any): Promise<T> {
 	});
 }
 
-export function getImage(arg: any): Promise<ImageSourceLike> {
+export function getImage(arg: any): Promise<ImageSource> {
 	return new Promise<any>((resolve, reject) => {
 		request(typeof arg === 'string' ? { url: arg, method: 'GET' } : arg).then(
 			(r) => {
diff --git a/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts b/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
index f7099e0753..3637c05182 100644
--- a/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/image-source/index.android.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ImageSource as ImageSourceDefinition, iosSymbolScaleType } from '.';
 import { ImageAsset } from '../image-asset';
-import { getImage } from '../http';
 import { path as fsPath, knownFolders } from '../file-system';
+import { requestInternal as httpRequest } from '../http/http-request-internal';
 import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, layout } from '../utils';
 import { getNativeApp } from '../application/helpers-common';
 import { Font } from '../ui/styling/font';
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 	}
 
 	static fromUrl(url: string): Promise<ImageSource> {
-		return getImage(url) as Promise<ImageSource>;
+		return httpRequest({ url, method: 'GET' }).then((response) => response.content.toNativeImage().then((value) => new ImageSource(value)));
 	}
 
 	static fromResourceSync(name: string): ImageSource {
diff --git a/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
index e0218b59c4..bc2fd473c1 100644
--- a/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/image-source/index.ios.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ import { Font } from '../ui/styling/font';
 import { Color } from '../color';
 import { Trace } from '../trace';
 import { path as fsPath, knownFolders } from '../file-system';
-import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, layout, releaseNativeObject, SYSTEM_PREFIX } from '../utils';
+import { requestInternal as httpRequest } from '../http/http-request-internal';
+import { isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX, SYSTEM_PREFIX } from '../utils';
 import { getScaledDimensions } from './image-source-common';
-import { getImage } from '../http';
 
 export { isFileOrResourcePath };
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 	}
 
 	static fromUrl(url: string): Promise<ImageSource> {
-		return getImage(url) as Promise<ImageSource>;
+		return httpRequest({ url, method: 'GET' }).then((response) => response.content.toNativeImage().then((value) => new ImageSource(value)));
 	}
 
 	static iosSystemScaleFor(scale: iosSymbolScaleType) {
@@ -112,18 +112,18 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 	}
 
 	static fromResourceSync(name: string): ImageSource {
-		const nativeSource = (<any>UIImage).tns_safeImageNamed(name) || (<any>UIImage).tns_safeImageNamed(`${name}.jpg`);
+		const nativeSource = UIImage.tns_safeImageNamed(name) || UIImage.tns_safeImageNamed(`${name}.jpg`);
 
 		return nativeSource ? new ImageSource(nativeSource) : null;
 	}
 	static fromResource(name: string): Promise<ImageSource> {
 		return new Promise<ImageSource>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				(<any>UIImage).tns_safeDecodeImageNamedCompletion(name, (image) => {
+				UIImage.tns_safeDecodeImageNamedCompletion(name, (image) => {
 					if (image) {
 						resolve(new ImageSource(image));
 					} else {
-						(<any>UIImage).tns_safeDecodeImageNamedCompletion(`${name}.jpg`, (img) => {
+						UIImage.tns_safeDecodeImageNamedCompletion(`${name}.jpg`, (img) => {
 							if (img) {
 								resolve(new ImageSource(img));
 							}
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 	static fromFile(path: string): Promise<ImageSource> {
 		return new Promise<ImageSource>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				(<any>UIImage).tns_decodeImageWidthContentsOfFileCompletion(getFileName(path), (uiImage) => {
+				UIImage.tns_decodeImageWidthContentsOfFileCompletion(getFileName(path), (uiImage) => {
 					if (uiImage) {
 						resolve(new ImageSource(uiImage));
 					}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export class ImageSource implements ImageSourceDefinition {
 	static fromData(data: any): Promise<ImageSource> {
 		return new Promise<ImageSource>((resolve, reject) => {
 			try {
-				(<any>UIImage).tns_decodeImageWithDataCompletion(data, (uiImage) => {
+				UIImage.tns_decodeImageWithDataCompletion(data, (uiImage) => {
 					if (uiImage) {
 						resolve(new ImageSource(uiImage));
 					}

From 3646f1a62e0c1d517ed690ac38c2a3c4faccba7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:05:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 24/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.30

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.1

- project: core 9.0.18-next.4

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.30
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index de4cf972ed..96664dab8c 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.3",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.4",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 013c8f1421..8180d6c0f7 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.29",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.30",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.3"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.4"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index ebaebec8c0..66fddf46c2 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.29",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.30",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 6753ca3f0b..586858aa5a 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.0",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.1",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 80f3120b655ddc649699f17ba6af22020fbd4c68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dimitris-Rafail Katsampas <katsampasdr@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 21:22:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 25/60] chore: updated layout tests to wait for native layer
 layout (#11143)

---
 apps/automated/src/ui/image/image-tests.ts | 28 ++++++++++------------
 apps/automated/src/ui/label/label-tests.ts | 18 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/automated/src/ui/image/image-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/ui/image/image-tests.ts
index 875c889e5b..20e129e235 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/ui/image/image-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/ui/image/image-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Image } from '@nativescript/core/ui/image';
 import { StackLayout } from '@nativescript/core/ui/layouts/stack-layout';
 import { GridLayout } from '@nativescript/core/ui/layouts/grid-layout';
-import { PropertyChangeData, Utils } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { PropertyChangeData } from '@nativescript/core';
 import * as utils from '@nativescript/core/utils';
 import * as TKUnit from '../../tk-unit';
 import { getColor } from '../../ui-helper';
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ if (__ANDROID__) {
 	appHelpers.initImageCache(Application.android.startActivity, appHelpers.CacheMode.memory); // use memory cache only.
 }
 
-const expectLayoutRequest = __APPLE__ && Utils.SDK_VERSION >= 18;
-
 export const test_Image_Members = function () {
 	const image = new ImageModule.Image();
 	TKUnit.assert(types.isUndefined(image.src), 'Image.src is defined');
@@ -269,17 +267,17 @@ export const test_SettingImageSourceWhenSizedToParentDoesNotRequestLayout = ios(
 
 	let mainPage = helper.getCurrentPage();
 	mainPage.content = host;
-	TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded);
+
+	const nativeHostView = host.nativeViewProtected as UIView;
+
+	// Check if native view layer is still marked as dirty before proceeding
+	TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded && nativeHostView?.layer && !nativeHostView.layer.needsLayout());
 
 	let called = false;
 	image.requestLayout = () => (called = true);
 	image.src = '~/assets/logo.png';
 
-	if (expectLayoutRequest) {
-		TKUnit.assertTrue(called, 'image.requestLayout should be called.');
-	} else {
-		TKUnit.assertFalse(called, 'image.requestLayout should not be called.');
-	}
+	TKUnit.assertFalse(called, 'image.requestLayout should not be called.');
 });
 
 export const test_SettingImageSourceWhenFixedWidthAndHeightDoesNotRequestLayout = ios(() => {
@@ -291,17 +289,17 @@ export const test_SettingImageSourceWhenFixedWidthAndHeightDoesNotRequestLayout
 
 	let mainPage = helper.getCurrentPage();
 	mainPage.content = host;
-	TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded);
+
+	const nativeHostView = host.nativeViewProtected as UIView;
+
+	// Check if native view layer is still marked as dirty before proceeding
+	TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded && nativeHostView?.layer && !nativeHostView.layer.needsLayout());
 
 	let called = false;
 	image.requestLayout = () => (called = true);
 	image.src = '~/assets/logo.png';
 
-	if (expectLayoutRequest) {
-		TKUnit.assertTrue(called, 'image.requestLayout should be called.');
-	} else {
-		TKUnit.assertFalse(called, 'image.requestLayout should not be called.');
-	}
+	TKUnit.assertFalse(called, 'image.requestLayout should not be called.');
 });
 
 export const test_SettingImageSourceWhenSizedToContentShouldInvalidate = ios(() => {
diff --git a/apps/automated/src/ui/label/label-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/ui/label/label-tests.ts
index d5d382f490..9696aca3fe 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/ui/label/label-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/ui/label/label-tests.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import * as helper from '../../ui-helper';
 
 const testDir = 'ui/label';
 
-const expectLayoutRequest = __APPLE__ && Utils.SDK_VERSION >= 18;
-
 export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	public create(): Label {
 		const label = new Label();
@@ -603,7 +601,11 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 
 		let mainPage = helper.getCurrentPage();
 		mainPage.content = host;
-		TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded);
+
+		const nativeHostView = host.nativeViewProtected as UIView;
+
+		// Check if native view layer is still marked as dirty before proceeding
+		TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => host.isLoaded && nativeHostView?.layer && !nativeHostView.layer.needsLayout());
 
 		let called = false;
 		label.requestLayout = () => (called = true);
@@ -618,7 +620,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	}
 
 	public test_SettingTextWhenInFixedSizeGridShouldNotRequestLayout() {
-		this.requestLayoutFixture(expectLayoutRequest, '', (label) => {
+		this.requestLayoutFixture(false, '', (label) => {
 			label.textWrap = false;
 			let host = new GridLayout();
 			host.width = 100;
@@ -629,7 +631,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	}
 
 	public test_ChangingTextWhenInFixedSizeGridShouldNotRequestLayout() {
-		this.requestLayoutFixture(expectLayoutRequest, 'Hello World', (label) => {
+		this.requestLayoutFixture(false, 'Hello World', (label) => {
 			label.textWrap = false;
 			let host = new GridLayout();
 			host.width = 100;
@@ -640,7 +642,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	}
 
 	public test_SettingTextWhenFixedWidthAndHeightDoesNotRequestLayout() {
-		this.requestLayoutFixture(expectLayoutRequest, '', (label) => {
+		this.requestLayoutFixture(false, '', (label) => {
 			label.textWrap = false;
 			let host = new StackLayout();
 			label.width = 100;
@@ -651,7 +653,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	}
 
 	public test_ChangingTextWhenFixedWidthAndHeightDoesNotRequestLayout() {
-		this.requestLayoutFixture(expectLayoutRequest, 'Hello World', (label) => {
+		this.requestLayoutFixture(false, 'Hello World', (label) => {
 			label.textWrap = false;
 			let host = new StackLayout();
 			label.width = 100;
@@ -692,7 +694,7 @@ export class LabelTest extends testModule.UITest<Label> {
 	}
 
 	public test_ChangingTextOnSingleLineTextWhenWidthIsSizedToParentAndHeightIsSizedToContentShouldNotRequestLayout() {
-		this.requestLayoutFixture(expectLayoutRequest, 'Hello World', (label) => {
+		this.requestLayoutFixture(false, 'Hello World', (label) => {
 			label.textWrap = false;
 			let host = new StackLayout();
 			host.width = 100;

From 65503ba3f5fef686e7dc9162b2f548012ff9f9e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:21:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 26/60] fix(TextField): allow toggling of secure when
 secureWithoutAutofill is present

---
 packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
index 8235064b6d..ec77f2586d 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-field/index.ios.ts
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ export class TextField extends TextFieldBase {
 	}
 
 	private _applySecureWithoutAutofillTraits(textField: UITextField): void {
-		if (!textField || !this.secureWithoutAutofill) {
+		if (!textField || !this.secureWithoutAutofill || !this.secure) {
 			return;
 		}
 

From 57b881564e6893c0f5dabb127249d0c4a9d63061 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:22:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 27/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.31

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.2

- project: core 9.0.18-next.5

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.31
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 96664dab8c..118f9d36fc 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.4",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.5",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 8180d6c0f7..ec0d196aec 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.30",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.31",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.4"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.5"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 66fddf46c2..7bf03b2ba4 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.30",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.31",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 586858aa5a..d24fd22ae8 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.1",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.2",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From e34a8d0cc196cc5b59c2ae3543a605c868a17044 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:44:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 28/60] fix(android): setTextColor is non-nullable, prevent
 null exception (#11147)

---
 packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
index cb018133c3..75c74f8604 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
@@ -408,11 +408,11 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 	[colorProperty.getDefault](): android.content.res.ColorStateList {
 		return this.nativeTextViewProtected.getTextColors();
 	}
-	[colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList) {
+	[colorProperty.setNative](value: Color | android.content.res.ColorStateList | null | undefined) {
 		if (!this.formattedText || !(value instanceof Color)) {
 			if (value instanceof Color) {
 				this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextColor(value.android);
-			} else {
+			} else if (value != null) {
 				this.nativeTextViewProtected.setTextColor(value);
 			}
 		}

From 9273f463b09b6a053b2870d530d73f4adc940582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:45:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 29/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.32

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.3

- project: core 9.0.18-next.6

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.32
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 118f9d36fc..b7d10c2766 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.5",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.6",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index ec0d196aec..0b095dc152 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.31",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.32",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.5"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.6"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 7bf03b2ba4..bd049e471a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.31",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.32",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index d24fd22ae8..ccd9ca2372 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.2",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.3",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From f1678ed8b757723ee2df8f298bd4f5f58a996d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:55:56 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 30/60] fix(ios): scene notify first launch (#11149)

---
 packages/core/application/application.ios.ts | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts b/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
index fca05bf8bf..0a581e5ffc 100644
--- a/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ class SceneDelegate extends UIResponder implements UIWindowSceneDelegate {
 			return;
 		}
 
+		const isFirstScene = !Application.ios.getPrimaryScene() && !Application.hasLaunched();
+
 		this._scene = scene;
 
 		// Create window for this scene
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ class SceneDelegate extends UIResponder implements UIWindowSceneDelegate {
 		}
 
 		// If this is the first scene, trigger app startup
-		if (!Application.ios.getPrimaryScene()) {
+		if (isFirstScene) {
 			Application.ios._notifySceneAppStarted();
 		}
 	}
@@ -905,8 +907,11 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 				setiOSWindow(window);
 			}
 
-			// Set up the window content for the primary scene
-			this.setWindowContent();
+			// During initial scene startup we must wait for launch to be notified first.
+			// Some frameworks provide root content from launch handlers.
+			if (this.hasLaunched()) {
+				this.setWindowContent();
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

From db292be99235fdbda20ee5108541f37887a9e30a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:57:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 31/60] chore(release): publish

- project: devtools 0.0.2-next.33

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.4

- project: core 9.0.18-next.7

- project: vite 1.0.6-next.33
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index b7d10c2766..a1d0161467 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.6",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.7",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 0b095dc152..76fbba0255 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.32",
+	"version": "0.0.2-next.33",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.6"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.7"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index bd049e471a..a58b48dd33 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.32",
+	"version": "1.0.6-next.33",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index ccd9ca2372..d2f5e7b491 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.3",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.4",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 7c6ebd95c5774779a5ae5923f710829597c818eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:30:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 32/60] chore: allowlist for next tags

---
 .github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
index 643e3ff14b..2905db6b4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       # Optional: provide Nx Cloud token if used in this repo
       NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NX_CLOUD_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+      NEXT_PRERELEASE_PROJECT_ALLOWLIST: core,webpack5
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
@@ -124,8 +125,8 @@ jobs:
             fi
           fi
 
-          # Only consider libs under packages/* and exclude items configured as non-releaseable.
-          affected_json=$(npx nx show projects --affected --base "$base" --head "$head" --type lib --projects "packages/*" --exclude "ui-mobile-base,types-minimal,winter-tc,types,types-ios,types-android" --json)
+          # Only consider main-branch prerelease libraries allowed for automatic next publishes.
+          affected_json=$(npx nx show projects --affected --base "$base" --head "$head" --type lib --projects "$NEXT_PRERELEASE_PROJECT_ALLOWLIST" --json)
           affected_list=$(printf '%s' "$affected_json" | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>{const a=JSON.parse(s||"[]");process.stdout.write(a.join(","));});')
           affected_count=$(printf '%s' "$affected_json" | node -e 'let s="";process.stdin.on("data",d=>s+=d).on("end",()=>{const a=JSON.parse(s||"[]");process.stdout.write(String(a.length));});')
 
@@ -337,7 +338,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: nx release publish (token, dispatch)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && steps.ctx.outputs.dry_run != 'true' && vars.USE_NPM_TOKEN == 'true' }}
-        shell: bash
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: nx release publish (token, dispatch dry-run)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && inputs.dry-run && vars.USE_NPM_TOKEN == 'true' }}
-        shell: bash
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
@@ -403,9 +402,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Summary
         if: always()
         run: |
+          mode="${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode }}"
+
           echo "Nx Release completed."
-          echo "- mode: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode }}"
+          echo "- mode: ${mode}"
           echo "- dist-tag: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'tag' && steps.taginfo.outputs.dist_tag || steps.ctx.outputs.dist_tag }}"
           echo "- scope: '${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}'"
+          echo "- next-prerelease-allowlist: ${NEXT_PRERELEASE_PROJECT_ALLOWLIST}"
+          if [[ "$mode" == "main" ]]; then
+            echo "- projects: ${{ steps.affected.outputs.projects }}"
+          elif [[ "$mode" == "dispatch" ]]; then
+            if [[ -n "${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}" ]]; then
+              echo "- projects: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}"
+            else
+              echo "- projects: all configured release projects"
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "- project: ${{ steps.taginfo.outputs.project }}"
+          fi
           echo "- dry-run: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.dry_run }}"
           echo "- use-token: ${{ vars.USE_NPM_TOKEN == 'true' }}"

From e6af168b0ca83c408e56f61240fac8d061a29a9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xieweilyg <xieweilyg@126.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:35:15 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 33/60] fix(ios): guard against non-string imageURI in
 createUIImageFromURI (#11144)

---
 packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
index 613971e528..315a1b5988 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/background.ios.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ export namespace ios {
 		const style = view.style;
 
 		if (imageURI) {
+			if (typeof imageURI !== 'string') {
+				callback(null);
+				return;
+			}
 			const match = imageURI.match(uriPattern);
 			if (match && match[2]) {
 				imageURI = match[2];

From 938090e816490a5e357e21de523f21c3849860cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:36:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 34/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.5

- project: core 9.0.18-next.8
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index a1d0161467..49a1b6a500 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.7",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.8",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 76fbba0255..bf1683135f 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2-next.33",
+	"version": "0.0.2",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.7"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.8"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index a58b48dd33..03653b5bb7 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6-next.33",
+	"version": "1.0.6",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index d2f5e7b491..da31b61ef0 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.4",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.5",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 2a090cc08f989dfac54fce7e85611b1033f2ccbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Abdelkarim Ait Bourich <142545968+VeinDevTtv@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:57:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 35/60] fix(ios): liquid glass flexbox (#11134)

---
 .../src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts    | 38 ++++++++++++
 apps/toolbox/src/pages/glass-effects.xml      | 26 ++++++++-
 packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts       | 12 ++--
 .../liquid-glass-container/index.ios.ts       | 56 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass/index.ios.ts | 58 +++++++++++++++++--
 packages/core/utils/constants.ios.ts          |  1 +
 6 files changed, 174 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
index 3bbe457cdc..2f562cf4db 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
@@ -1746,3 +1746,41 @@ export const testFlexboxLayout_does_not_crash_with_proxy_view_container = test(a
 // Omit testDivider_directionRow_verticalBeginning
 
 // Omit divider test family, we don't draw dividers
+
+let activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout = () =>
+	getViews(
+		`<FlexboxLayout iosOverflowSafeArea="false" id="flexbox" width="300" height="300" flexDirection="${FlexDirection.ROW}" backgroundColor="gray">
+        <LiquidGlass id="text1" width="100" height="100" />
+        <LiquidGlassContainer id="text2" width="100" height="100" />
+        <Label id="text3" width="100" height="100" text="3" />
+    </FlexboxLayout>`,
+	);
+
+export const testLiquidGlassFlexboxLayout = test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ flexbox, text1, text2, text3 }) => {
+	isTopAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
+	isLeftAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
+	isRightOf(text2, text1);
+	isTopAlignedWith(text2, flexbox);
+	isRightOf(text3, text2);
+	isTopAlignedWith(text3, flexbox);
+
+	equal(width(flexbox), width(text1) + width(text2) + width(text3));
+	// Layout helpers report device pixels, so fixed XML DIP sizes must be converted too.
+	closeEnough(height(flexbox), dipToDp(300));
+});
+
+export const testLiquidGlassViews_do_not_crash_when_updating_iosGlassEffect = test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ root, text1, text2 }) => {
+	const liquidGlass = text1 as unknown as View;
+	const liquidGlassContainer = text2 as unknown as View;
+
+	TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlass.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlass should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
+	TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlassContainer.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlassContainer should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
+
+	liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'regular';
+	liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = { variant: 'clear', spacing: 12 };
+	liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
+	liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
+
+	waitUntilTestElementLayoutIsValid(root);
+	TKUnit.assertTrue(root.isLoaded, 'Liquid glass view tree should remain loaded after glass effect updates.');
+});
diff --git a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/glass-effects.xml b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/glass-effects.xml
index 58601674af..c457ccf70b 100644
--- a/apps/toolbox/src/pages/glass-effects.xml
+++ b/apps/toolbox/src/pages/glass-effects.xml
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
 
                     <Button row="2" text="Toggle Glass" tap="{{toggleGlassEffect}}" horizontalAlignment="center" verticalAlignment="middle" class="c-white font-weight-bold m-y-20 p-4" fontSize="22" borderRadius="32" width="300" height="100" touchAnimation="{{touchAnimation}}" iosGlassEffect="{{currentEffect}}"/>
 
-                    <LiquidGlass row="3" width="300" height="100" borderRadius="32" iosGlassEffect="{{iosGlassEffectInteractive}}" >
+                    <LiquidGlass row="3" width="300" height="100" borderRadius="32" iosGlassEffect="{{iosGlassEffectInteractive}}">
 
                         <Label text="Glass Interactive" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center c-white" />
 
                     </LiquidGlass>
 
-                    
+
                     <LiquidGlassContainer row="4" tap="{{toggleMergeGlass}}" horizontalAlignment="left" verticalAlignment="middle" class="m-t-20" width="300" height="100" columns="*">
                         <LiquidGlass id="glass1" loaded="{{loadedGlass}}" borderRadius="50" width="100" height="100">
                             <Label id="share" text="Share" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center" width="100" height="100" loaded="{{loadedGlassLabels}}" />
@@ -32,6 +32,28 @@
                     </LiquidGlassContainer>
                 </GridLayout>
 
+                <GridLayout rows="auto,auto" marginTop="20">
+                    <Label text="Inside FlexboxLayout:" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center c-white" />
+                    <FlexboxLayout row="1" marginTop="12" alignment="center" justifyContent="center" flexDirection="column" width="350">
+
+                        <LiquidGlass row="3" width="300" height="100" borderRadius="32" iosGlassEffect="{{iosGlassEffectInteractive}}">
+
+                            <Label text="Glass Interactive" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center c-white" />
+
+                        </LiquidGlass>
+
+                        <!-- Can try containers as well -->
+                        <!-- <LiquidGlassContainer row="4" tap="{{toggleMergeGlass}}" horizontalAlignment="left" verticalAlignment="middle" class="m-t-20" width="300" height="100" columns="*">
+                            <LiquidGlass id="glass1" loaded="{{loadedGlass}}" borderRadius="50" width="100" height="100">
+                                <Label id="share" text="Share" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center" width="100" height="100" loaded="{{loadedGlassLabels}}" />
+                            </LiquidGlass>
+                            <LiquidGlass id="glass2" loaded="{{loadedGlass}}" borderRadius="50" width="100" height="100">
+                                <Label id="like" text="Like" fontSize="22" class="font-weight-bold text-center" loaded="{{loadedGlassLabels}}" />
+                            </LiquidGlass>
+                        </LiquidGlassContainer> -->
+                    </FlexboxLayout>
+                </GridLayout>
+
                 <GridLayout rows="*,auto,auto,auto,*" class="m-t-10">
                     <GridLayout row="1" width="300" height="100" iosGlassEffect="regular" horizontalAlignment="center" verticalAlignment="middle" borderRadius="32">
                         <Label class="text-center c-white" fontWeight="bold" fontSize="18" text="Glass Effects Regular" />
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts
index a88ccaf8dc..85b4c8baaf 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/core/view/index.ios.ts
@@ -927,13 +927,11 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 		const variant = config ? config.variant : (value as GlassEffectVariant);
 		const defaultDuration = 0.3;
 		const duration = config ? (config.animateChangeDuration ?? defaultDuration) : defaultDuration;
-
-		let effect: UIGlassEffect | UIGlassContainerEffect | UIVisualEffect;
+		const glassSupported = supportsGlass();
+		let effect: UIVisualEffect = UIVisualEffect.new();
 
 		// Create the appropriate effect based on type and variant
-		if (!value || ['identity', 'none'].includes(variant)) {
-			effect = UIVisualEffect.new();
-		} else {
+		if (value && !['identity', 'none'].includes(variant) && glassSupported) {
 			if (options.effectType === 'glass') {
 				const styleFn = options.toGlassStyleFn || this.toUIGlassStyle.bind(this);
 				effect = UIGlassEffect.effectWithStyle(styleFn(variant));
@@ -1086,9 +1084,9 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
 		if (supportsGlass()) {
 			switch (value) {
 				case 'regular':
-					return UIGlassEffectStyle?.Regular ?? 0;
+					return UIGlassEffectStyle.Regular;
 				case 'clear':
-					return UIGlassEffectStyle?.Clear ?? 1;
+					return UIGlassEffectStyle.Clear;
 			}
 		}
 		return 1;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass-container/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass-container/index.ios.ts
index a9bc485687..323edf9fe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass-container/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass-container/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { NativeScriptUIView } from '../../utils';
+import { supportsGlass } from '../../../utils/constants';
 import { GlassEffectType, iosGlassEffectProperty, View } from '../../core/view';
 import { LiquidGlassContainerCommon } from './liquid-glass-container-common';
 import { toUIGlassStyle } from '../liquid-glass';
@@ -9,11 +10,16 @@ export class LiquidGlassContainer extends LiquidGlassContainerCommon {
 	private _normalizing = false;
 
 	createNativeView() {
+		const glassSupported = supportsGlass();
 		// Keep UIVisualEffectView as the root to preserve interactive container effect
-		const effect = UIGlassContainerEffect.alloc().init();
-		effect.spacing = 8;
+		const effect = glassSupported ? UIGlassContainerEffect.alloc().init() : UIVisualEffect.new();
+		if (glassSupported) {
+			(effect as UIGlassContainerEffect).spacing = 8;
+		}
 		const effectView = UIVisualEffectView.alloc().initWithEffect(effect);
-		effectView.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = UIUserInterfaceStyle.Dark;
+		if (glassSupported) {
+			effectView.overrideUserInterfaceStyle = UIUserInterfaceStyle.Dark;
+		}
 		effectView.clipsToBounds = true;
 		effectView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleHeight;
 
@@ -53,12 +59,54 @@ export class LiquidGlassContainer extends LiquidGlassContainerCommon {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	// When LiquidGlassContainer is a child of FlexboxLayout (or any layout that passes
+	// a measure spec already reduced by the child's padding), AbsoluteLayout.onMeasure
+	// would subtract our padding a second time. To prevent this double-deduction we
+	// temporarily zero the effective padding/border values before delegating to the
+	// AbsoluteLayout measurement, then restore them immediately after.
+	public onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {
+		const pl = this.effectivePaddingLeft;
+		const pr = this.effectivePaddingRight;
+		const pt = this.effectivePaddingTop;
+		const pb = this.effectivePaddingBottom;
+		const bl = this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth;
+		const br = this.effectiveBorderRightWidth;
+		const bt = this.effectiveBorderTopWidth;
+		const bb = this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth;
+
+		this.effectivePaddingLeft = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingRight = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingTop = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingBottom = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderRightWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderTopWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth = 0;
+
+		try {
+			super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
+		} finally {
+			this.effectivePaddingLeft = pl;
+			this.effectivePaddingRight = pr;
+			this.effectivePaddingTop = pt;
+			this.effectivePaddingBottom = pb;
+			this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth = bl;
+			this.effectiveBorderRightWidth = br;
+			this.effectiveBorderTopWidth = bt;
+			this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth = bb;
+		}
+	}
+
 	// When children animate with translate (layer transform), UIVisualEffectView-based
 	// container effects may recompute based on the underlying frames (not transforms),
 	// which can cause jumps. Normalize any residual translation into the
 	// child's frame so the effect uses the final visual positions.
 	public onLayout(left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number): void {
-		super.onLayout(left, top, right, bottom);
+		// AbsoluteLayout.onLayout positions children using our padding as an offset.
+		// Since the FlexboxLayout (or parent) already placed our UIVisualEffectView at
+		// (left, top), we normalise to local coordinates so that AbsoluteLayout places
+		// children in (0, 0, width, height) space — the coordinate space of _contentHost.
+		super.onLayout(0, 0, right - left, bottom - top);
 
 		// Try to fold any pending translates into frames on each layout pass
 		this._normalizeChildrenTransforms();
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass/index.ios.ts
index 2bf63e39d7..e545dd29bb 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/layouts/liquid-glass/index.ios.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ export class LiquidGlass extends LiquidGlassCommon {
 	private _contentHost: UIView;
 
 	createNativeView() {
+		const glassSupported = supportsGlass();
 		// Use UIVisualEffectView as the root so interactive effects can track touches
-		const effect = UIGlassEffect.effectWithStyle(UIGlassEffectStyle.Clear);
-		effect.interactive = true;
+		const effect = glassSupported ? UIGlassEffect.effectWithStyle(toUIGlassStyle('clear')) : UIVisualEffect.new();
+		if (glassSupported) {
+			(effect as UIGlassEffect).interactive = true;
+		}
 		const effectView = UIVisualEffectView.alloc().initWithEffect(effect);
 		effectView.frame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 0, 0);
 		effectView.autoresizingMask = UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleWidth | UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleHeight;
@@ -49,6 +52,53 @@ export class LiquidGlass extends LiquidGlassCommon {
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	public onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {
+		// When LiquidGlass is a child of FlexboxLayout (or any layout that passes a child
+		// measure spec already reduced by the child's padding), GridLayout.onMeasure would
+		// subtract our padding a second time. To prevent this double-deduction we temporarily
+		// zero the effective padding/border values before delegating to the GridLayout
+		// measurement, then restore them immediately after.
+		const pl = this.effectivePaddingLeft;
+		const pr = this.effectivePaddingRight;
+		const pt = this.effectivePaddingTop;
+		const pb = this.effectivePaddingBottom;
+		const bl = this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth;
+		const br = this.effectiveBorderRightWidth;
+		const bt = this.effectiveBorderTopWidth;
+		const bb = this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth;
+
+		this.effectivePaddingLeft = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingRight = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingTop = 0;
+		this.effectivePaddingBottom = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderRightWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderTopWidth = 0;
+		this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth = 0;
+
+		try {
+			super.onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec, heightMeasureSpec);
+		} finally {
+			this.effectivePaddingLeft = pl;
+			this.effectivePaddingRight = pr;
+			this.effectivePaddingTop = pt;
+			this.effectivePaddingBottom = pb;
+			this.effectiveBorderLeftWidth = bl;
+			this.effectiveBorderRightWidth = br;
+			this.effectiveBorderTopWidth = bt;
+			this.effectiveBorderBottomWidth = bb;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public onLayout(left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number): void {
+		// GridLayout.onLayout computes column/row offsets relative to (left, top), then
+		// adds its own padding on top. Since the FlexboxLayout (or parent) already placed
+		// our UIVisualEffectView at (left, top), we normalise to local coordinates so that
+		// GridLayout lays children out in (0, 0, width, height) space — which is exactly
+		// the coordinate space of our _contentHost UIView that hosts the children.
+		super.onLayout(0, 0, right - left, bottom - top);
+	}
+
 	[iosGlassEffectProperty.setNative](value: GlassEffectType) {
 		this._applyGlassEffect(value, {
 			effectType: 'glass',
@@ -62,9 +112,9 @@ export function toUIGlassStyle(value?: GlassEffectVariant) {
 	if (supportsGlass()) {
 		switch (value) {
 			case 'regular':
-				return UIGlassEffectStyle?.Regular ?? 0;
+				return UIGlassEffectStyle.Regular;
 			case 'clear':
-				return UIGlassEffectStyle?.Clear ?? 1;
+				return UIGlassEffectStyle.Clear;
 		}
 	}
 	return 1;
diff --git a/packages/core/utils/constants.ios.ts b/packages/core/utils/constants.ios.ts
index 735e204362..2b9a98b6e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/utils/constants.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/utils/constants.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 export const SDK_VERSION = parseFloat(UIDevice.currentDevice.systemVersion);
+
 export function supportsGlass(): boolean {
 	return __APPLE__ && SDK_VERSION >= 26;
 }

From 4eef8b6c4bf7f16a1416d694802ac1ed02ea9cc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:59:24 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 36/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.6

- project: core 9.0.18-next.9
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 49a1b6a500..181cd81c33 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.8",
+	"version": "9.0.18-next.9",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index bf1683135f..b870b718ec 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.2",
+	"version": "0.0.3",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.8"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.9"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 03653b5bb7..c6d1b85609 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.6",
+	"version": "1.0.7",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index da31b61ef0..0299d8ecb5 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.5",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.6",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 59bc1a1baab45467b1fb0c05ad039986e3fa5f04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Grima <36479149+dangrima90@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:29:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 37/60] fix(webpack): disable __dirname & __filename webpack
 polyfills for esm builds (#11146)

---
 packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
index 774ae8c2dd..516347c240 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 		if (env === null || env === void 0 ? void 0 : env.uniqueBundle) {
 			config.output.filename(`[name].${env.uniqueBundle}.mjs`);
 		}
+		// Prevent webpack from generating Node-style ESM shims for __dirname/__filename.
+		// For output modules, webpack defaults these to a fileURLToPath(import.meta.url) helper
+		// imported from bare "url", which does not match the NativeScript iOS runtime contract.
+		// The runtime already provides import.meta.dirname and initializes global.__dirname,
+		// so webpack's helper is redundant and can misresolve in bundle/worker contexts.
+		// ESM app or dependency code should use import.meta.dirname/import.meta.url instead
+		// of expecting webpack to synthesize __dirname/__filename.
+		config.node.set('__dirname', false);
+		config.node.set('__filename', false);
 	}
 
 	config.watchOptions({

From dd045e39a6e639aad840256b212c470ea61ed19d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:31:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 38/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.7
---
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 0299d8ecb5..6c41785e04 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.6",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.7",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From a8462ca303d725df1eaecac2c778bb024f67b7ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:38:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 39/60] release(core): 9.0.18

---
 packages/core/CHANGELOG.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 packages/core/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
index 426ed0f8b7..fcb54025d0 100644
--- a/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,29 @@
+## 9.0.18 (2026-03-30)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **ios:** liquid glass flexbox ([#11134](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11134))
+- **ios:** guard against non-string imageURI in createUIImageFromURI ([#11144](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11144))
+- **ios:** scene notify first launch ([#11149](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11149))
+- **android:** setTextColor is non-nullable, prevent null exception ([#11147](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11147))
+- **TextField:** allow toggling of secure when secureWithoutAutofill is present ([65503ba3f](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/commit/65503ba3f))
+- **core:** split http module to solve circular refs ([#11141](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11141))
+- **android:** enable edge-to-edge only for fullscreen modals ([#11140](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11140))
+- **core:** size export in View object ([#11132](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11132))
+
+### 🔥 Performance
+
+- **TextField:** optimize secureWithoutAutofill ([#11131](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11131))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Abdelkarim Ait Bourich @VeinDevTtv
+- Dimitris-Rafail Katsampas @CatchABus
+- felixkrautschuk
+- Juan de Dios Martínez Vallejo
+- Nathan Walker
+- xieweilyg
+
 ## 9.0.17 (2026-03-04)
 
 ### 🩹 Fixes
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 181cd81c33..cadb104955 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18-next.9",
+	"version": "9.0.18",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",

From 5c42313b00f41f23f4f63533d0fb4f27e8bd19ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:40:29 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 40/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.33-next.8

- project: core 9.0.19-next.0
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index cadb104955..851d7f70fc 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.18",
+	"version": "9.0.19-next.0",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index b870b718ec..e0b0259671 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.3",
+	"version": "0.0.4",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.18-next.9"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.19-next.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index c6d1b85609..262fdb1df0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.7",
+	"version": "1.0.8",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 6c41785e04..675d6e38d0 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.7",
+	"version": "5.0.33-next.8",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 6f53bafae9fc37e8bc20af593ef2015a58c43020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:40:11 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 41/60] release(webpack): 5.0.33

---
 packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/webpack5/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f1e56f115..1367e39762 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 5.0.33 (2026-03-30)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **webpack:** disable __dirname & __filename webpack polyfills for esm builds ([#11146](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11146))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Daniel Grima @dangrima90
+
 ## 5.0.32 (2026-03-18)
 
 ### 🩹 Fixes
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 675d6e38d0..95af9a1e87 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33-next.8",
+	"version": "5.0.33",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 3267ce412cc784346d81ad02b42bc3881ec4bd54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:43:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 42/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.34-next.0
---
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 95af9a1e87..f697baa634 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.33",
+	"version": "5.0.34-next.0",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From f46749421aa00b8e75bbcfa1f65a085f6e4b9f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:02:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 43/60] chore: automated tests adjustment for liquid glass
 containers

---
 .../src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts    | 62 ++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts b/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
index 2f562cf4db..5233cfd147 100644
--- a/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/automated/src/ui/layouts/flexbox-layout-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { FlexboxLayout, Button, View, unsetValue, Length, PercentLength, Label, Builder } from '@nativescript/core';
+import { FlexboxLayout, Button, View, unsetValue, Length, PercentLength, Label, Builder, isIOS } from '@nativescript/core';
 
 export namespace FlexDirection {
 	export const ROW: 'row' = 'row';
@@ -1756,31 +1756,35 @@ let activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout = () =>
     </FlexboxLayout>`,
 	);
 
-export const testLiquidGlassFlexboxLayout = test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ flexbox, text1, text2, text3 }) => {
-	isTopAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
-	isLeftAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
-	isRightOf(text2, text1);
-	isTopAlignedWith(text2, flexbox);
-	isRightOf(text3, text2);
-	isTopAlignedWith(text3, flexbox);
-
-	equal(width(flexbox), width(text1) + width(text2) + width(text3));
-	// Layout helpers report device pixels, so fixed XML DIP sizes must be converted too.
-	closeEnough(height(flexbox), dipToDp(300));
-});
-
-export const testLiquidGlassViews_do_not_crash_when_updating_iosGlassEffect = test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ root, text1, text2 }) => {
-	const liquidGlass = text1 as unknown as View;
-	const liquidGlassContainer = text2 as unknown as View;
-
-	TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlass.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlass should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
-	TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlassContainer.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlassContainer should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
-
-	liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'regular';
-	liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = { variant: 'clear', spacing: 12 };
-	liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
-	liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
-
-	waitUntilTestElementLayoutIsValid(root);
-	TKUnit.assertTrue(root.isLoaded, 'Liquid glass view tree should remain loaded after glass effect updates.');
-});
+export const testLiquidGlassFlexboxLayout = isIOS
+	? test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ flexbox, text1, text2, text3 }) => {
+			isTopAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
+			isLeftAlignedWith(text1, flexbox);
+			isRightOf(text2, text1);
+			isTopAlignedWith(text2, flexbox);
+			isRightOf(text3, text2);
+			isTopAlignedWith(text3, flexbox);
+
+			equal(width(flexbox), width(text1) + width(text2) + width(text3));
+			// Layout helpers report device pixels, so fixed XML DIP sizes must be converted too.
+			closeEnough(height(flexbox), dipToDp(300));
+		})
+	: undefined;
+
+export const testLiquidGlassViews_do_not_crash_when_updating_iosGlassEffect = isIOS
+	? test(activity_liquidglass_flexbox_layout, noop, ({ root, text1, text2 }) => {
+			const liquidGlass = text1 as unknown as View;
+			const liquidGlassContainer = text2 as unknown as View;
+
+			TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlass.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlass should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
+			TKUnit.assertTrue(liquidGlassContainer.nativeViewProtected instanceof UIVisualEffectView, 'LiquidGlassContainer should create a UIVisualEffectView host.');
+
+			liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'regular';
+			liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = { variant: 'clear', spacing: 12 };
+			liquidGlass.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
+			liquidGlassContainer.iosGlassEffect = 'none';
+
+			waitUntilTestElementLayoutIsValid(root);
+			TKUnit.assertTrue(root.isLoaded, 'Liquid glass view tree should remain loaded after glass effect updates.');
+		})
+	: undefined;

From fe78b214e7f47bff2a0e282ae3ad1a8305703720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:24:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 44/60] chore(deps): bump nrwl/nx-set-shas from 4.3.3 to 5.0.1
 (#11150)

Bumps [nrwl/nx-set-shas](https://github.com/nrwl/nx-set-shas) from 4.3.3 to 5.0.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/nrwl/nx-set-shas/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/nrwl/nx-set-shas/compare/826660b82addbef3abff5fa871492ebad618c9e1...afb73a62d26e41464e9254689e1fd6122ee683c1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: nrwl/nx-set-shas
  dependency-version: 5.0.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml     | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
index d8483b4448..2fccc6df21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 23.5.0
 
       - name: Derive appropriate SHAs for base and head for `nx affected` commands
-        uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@826660b82addbef3abff5fa871492ebad618c9e1 # v4.3.3
+        uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@afb73a62d26e41464e9254689e1fd6122ee683c1 # v5.0.1
         with:
           main-branch-name: 'main'
           
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
index 7fcce34749..25c3183cf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 23.5.0
 
       - name: Derive appropriate SHAs for base and head for `nx affected` commands
-        uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@826660b82addbef3abff5fa871492ebad618c9e1 # v4.3.3
+        uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@afb73a62d26e41464e9254689e1fd6122ee683c1 # v5.0.1
         with:
           main-branch-name: 'main'
 

From 89958b3a7bb54ff5db21da0177fd456e4eee02ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:24:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 45/60] chore(deps): bump futureware-tech/simulator-action from
 4 to 5 (#11151)

Bumps [futureware-tech/simulator-action](https://github.com/futureware-tech/simulator-action) from 4 to 5.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/futureware-tech/simulator-action/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/futureware-tech/simulator-action/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/futureware-tech/simulator-action/compare/dab10d813144ef59b48d401cd95da151222ef8cd...e89aa8f93d3aec35083ff49d2854d07f7186f7f5)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: futureware-tech/simulator-action
  dependency-version: '5'
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
index 25c3183cf8..7dfb51f331 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_ios.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npx nx run-many --target=test --configuration=ci --projects=core
 
       - name: Start iOS Simulator
-        uses: futureware-tech/simulator-action@dab10d813144ef59b48d401cd95da151222ef8cd # v4
+        uses: futureware-tech/simulator-action@e89aa8f93d3aec35083ff49d2854d07f7186f7f5 # v5
         with:
           model: 'iPhone 16 Pro'
 

From f2d810290158943918b263e2289d11b9084a9a8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:24:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 46/60] chore(deps): bump
 reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner from 2.35.0 to 2.37.0 (#11152)

chore(deps): bump reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner

Bumps [reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner](https://github.com/reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner) from 2.35.0 to 2.37.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
- [Commits](https://github.com/reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner/compare/b530d96654c385303d652368551fb075bc2f0b6b...e89f39f1abbbd05b1113a29cf4db69e7540cae5a)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner
  dependency-version: 2.37.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
index 2fccc6df21..ff4a3eb088 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_automated_android.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
 
       - name: Run tests on Android Emulator
-        uses: reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner@b530d96654c385303d652368551fb075bc2f0b6b # v2.35.0
+        uses: reactivecircus/android-emulator-runner@e89f39f1abbbd05b1113a29cf4db69e7540cae5a # v2.37.0
         with:
           api-level: 35
           arch: x86_64

From 75601421d703fbf83c54b37a8ed25540d16700ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:25:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 47/60] chore(deps): bump step-security/harden-runner from
 2.15.0 to 2.16.1 (#11153)

Bumps [step-security/harden-runner](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner) from 2.15.0 to 2.16.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/compare/a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b...fe104658747b27e96e4f7e80cd0a94068e53901d)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: step-security/harden-runner
  dependency-version: 2.16.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml    | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml  | 2 +-
 .github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml    | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
index b0c6ab3bbe..c4f405ee63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_tns_core.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@fe104658747b27e96e4f7e80cd0a94068e53901d # v2.16.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
index d99b1ad1cf..4aa5c151e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_types.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@fe104658747b27e96e4f7e80cd0a94068e53901d # v2.16.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml b/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
index 3df7b98875..8d78e4e624 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm_release_webpack.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@fe104658747b27e96e4f7e80cd0a94068e53901d # v2.16.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
index 2905db6b4a..63bf00c3e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Harden the runner (Audit all outbound calls)
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@a90bcbc6539c36a85cdfeb73f7e2f433735f215b # v2.15.0
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@fe104658747b27e96e4f7e80cd0a94068e53901d # v2.16.1
         with:
           egress-policy: audit
 

From 5275b559f69ab6a645b1a44d23ca3d23dd96ed0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 10:25:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 48/60] chore(deps): bump actions/dependency-review-action from
 4.8.3 to 4.9.0 (#11154)

Bumps [actions/dependency-review-action](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action) from 4.8.3 to 4.9.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action/compare/05fe4576374b728f0c523d6a13d64c25081e0803...2031cfc080254a8a887f58cffee85186f0e49e48)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: actions/dependency-review-action
  dependency-version: 4.9.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
Co-authored-by: dependabot[bot] <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
[skip ci]
---
 .github/workflows/dependency-review.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
index d69dfb2474..6b3ebd28cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-review.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Checkout Repository'
         uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
       - name: 'Dependency Review'
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@05fe4576374b728f0c523d6a13d64c25081e0803 # v4.8.3
\ No newline at end of file
+        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@2031cfc080254a8a887f58cffee85186f0e49e48 # v4.9.0
\ No newline at end of file

From 3b6522344f41f007130ce46e2fe117dfb5bd7b41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Speroni <edusperoni@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 14:42:25 -0300
Subject: [PATCH 49/60] feat(ios): option to delay the launch event until the
 app becomes active (#9906)

---
 packages/core/application/application.d.ts   |  6 ++++++
 packages/core/application/application.ios.ts | 15 +++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/application/application.d.ts b/packages/core/application/application.d.ts
index e5c2eec0c7..a305a88838 100644
--- a/packages/core/application/application.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/application/application.d.ts
@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 	 * Get the current one or set a custom one.
 	 */
 	sceneDelegate: UIWindowSceneDelegate;
+
+	/**
+	 * Flag to be set when the launch event should be delayed until the application has become active.
+	 * This is useful when you want to process notifications or data in the background without creating the UI.
+	 */
+	shouldDelayLaunchEvent: boolean;
 }
 
 export const VALID_FONT_SCALES: number[];
diff --git a/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts b/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
index 0a581e5ffc..df76b1f827 100644
--- a/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/application/application.ios.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { ios as iosUtils, dataSerialize } from '../utils/native-helper';
 import { ApplicationCommon, initializeSdkVersionClass, SceneEvents } from './application-common';
 import { ApplicationEventData, SceneEventData } from './application-interfaces';
 import { Observable } from '../data/observable';
+import type { iOSApplication as IiOSApplication } from './application';
 import { Trace } from '../trace';
 import {
 	AccessibilityServiceEnabledPropName,
@@ -256,10 +257,11 @@ class SceneDelegate extends UIResponder implements UIWindowSceneDelegate {
 // ensure available globally
 global.SceneDelegate = SceneDelegate;
 
-export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
+export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon implements IiOSApplication {
 	private _delegate: UIApplicationDelegate;
 	private _delegateHandlers = new Map<string, Array<Function>>();
 	private _rootView: View;
+	private launchEventCalled = false;
 	private _sceneDelegate: UIWindowSceneDelegate;
 	private _windowSceneMap = new Map<UIScene, UIWindow>();
 	private _primaryScene: UIWindowScene | null = null;
@@ -271,6 +273,8 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 	displayedLinkTarget: CADisplayLinkTarget;
 	displayedLink: CADisplayLink;
 
+	shouldDelayLaunchEvent = false;
+
 	/**
 	 * @internal - should not be constructed by the user.
 	 */
@@ -585,6 +589,7 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 	}
 
 	private notifyAppStarted(notification?: NSNotification) {
+		this.launchEventCalled = true;
 		const root = this.notifyLaunch({
 			ios: notification?.userInfo?.objectForKey('UIApplicationLaunchOptionsLocalNotificationKey') ?? null,
 		});
@@ -693,7 +698,10 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 				this.window.backgroundColor = SDK_VERSION <= 12 || !UIColor.systemBackgroundColor ? UIColor.whiteColor : UIColor.systemBackgroundColor;
 			}
 
-			this.notifyAppStarted(notification);
+			this.launchEventCalled = false;
+			if (!this.shouldDelayLaunchEvent) {
+				this.notifyAppStarted();
+			}
 		} else {
 			// Scene-based app - window creation will happen in scene delegate
 		}
@@ -701,6 +709,9 @@ export class iOSApplication extends ApplicationCommon {
 
 	@profile
 	private didBecomeActive(notification: NSNotification) {
+		if (!this.launchEventCalled) {
+			this.notifyAppStarted(notification);
+		}
 		const additionalData = {
 			ios: UIApplication.sharedApplication,
 		};

From 127f4a06cb6462a9ec26c7ec5b1c36d1ae8f3be8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 17:43:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 50/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.34-next.1

- project: core 9.0.19-next.1
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 851d7f70fc..193c7322dd 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.19-next.0",
+	"version": "9.0.19-next.1",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index e0b0259671..18b4f7f1b2 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.4",
+	"version": "0.0.5",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.19-next.0"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.19-next.1"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 262fdb1df0..4d7391d300 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.8",
+	"version": "1.0.9",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index f697baa634..a11f889d3e 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.34-next.0",
+	"version": "5.0.34-next.1",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 9483f030dce337f525099a700ab7b1726f4ee1d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:44:47 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 51/60] fix(webpack): resolve source map path with proper
 encoding (#11180)

closes https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/11179
---
 .../plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts     | 75 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts      | 17 ++++-
 2 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55b471880b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
+
+import FixSourceMapUrlPlugin from '../../src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin';
+
+function createCompiler() {
+	let emitHandler: ((compilation: any) => void) | undefined;
+
+	return {
+		compiler: {
+			hooks: {
+				emit: {
+					tap(_name: string, handler: (compilation: any) => void) {
+						emitHandler = handler;
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		} as any,
+		run(compilation: any) {
+			if (!emitHandler) {
+				throw new Error('Expected emit hook to be registered.');
+			}
+
+			emitHandler(compilation);
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+function createCompilation(source: string) {
+	return {
+		assets: {
+			'bundle.js': {
+				source: () => source,
+				size: () => source.length,
+			},
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+describe('FixSourceMapUrlPlugin', () => {
+	it('encodes spaces in rewritten source map urls', () => {
+		const outputPath = '/Users/test/my tns app/platforms/android/dist';
+		const { compiler, run } = createCompiler();
+
+		new FixSourceMapUrlPlugin({ outputPath }).apply(compiler);
+
+		const compilation = createCompilation(
+			'console.log("test");\n//# sourceMappingURL=bundle.js.map',
+		);
+		run(compilation);
+
+		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain(
+			`//# sourceMappingURL=${pathToFileURL(resolve(outputPath, 'bundle.js.map')).toString()}`,
+		);
+		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain('%20');
+	});
+
+	it('leaves absolute source map urls unchanged', () => {
+		const outputPath = '/Users/test/my tns app/platforms/android/dist';
+		const existingUrl =
+			'file:///Users/test/my%20tns%20app/platforms/android/dist/bundle.js.map';
+		const { compiler, run } = createCompiler();
+
+		new FixSourceMapUrlPlugin({ outputPath }).apply(compiler);
+
+		const compilation = createCompilation(
+			`console.log("test");\n//# sourceMappingURL=${existingUrl}`,
+		);
+		run(compilation);
+
+		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain(
+			`//# sourceMappingURL=${existingUrl}`,
+		);
+	});
+});
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts
index 95052a85a0..1ae51b2d06 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import type { Compiler } from 'webpack';
 import { sources } from 'webpack';
 
@@ -18,7 +20,15 @@ export default class FixSourceMapUrlPlugin {
 			!!wp?.Compilation?.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_DEV_TOOLING &&
 			!!(compiler as any).hooks?.thisCompilation;
 
-		const leadingCharacter = process.platform === 'win32' ? '/' : '';
+		const getSourceMapUrl = (sourceMapPath: string): string => {
+			if (/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\d+.-]*:/.test(sourceMapPath)) {
+				return sourceMapPath;
+			}
+
+			return pathToFileURL(
+				resolve(this.options.outputPath, sourceMapPath),
+			).toString();
+		};
 
 		const toStringContent = (content: any): string => {
 			if (typeof content === 'string') return content;
@@ -65,8 +75,9 @@ export default class FixSourceMapUrlPlugin {
 			let source = toStringContent(rawSource);
 			// Replace sourceMappingURL to use file:// protocol pointing to actual location
 			source = source.replace(
-				/\/\/\# sourceMappingURL=(.+\.map)/g,
-				`//# sourceMappingURL=file://${leadingCharacter}${this.options.outputPath}/$1`,
+				/\/\/\# sourceMappingURL=(.+\.map(?:\?[^\s]*)?)/g,
+				(_match, sourceMapPath: string) =>
+					`//# sourceMappingURL=${getSourceMapUrl(sourceMapPath)}`,
 			);
 
 			// Prefer Webpack 5 updateAsset with RawSource when available

From 850eafda841170dfce04a876c4236a3ed95f8222 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:46:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 52/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.34-next.2
---
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index a11f889d3e..f35c6a6c3f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.34-next.1",
+	"version": "5.0.34-next.2",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From cabeda26534df14f58176134dbd0ff23fc180285 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:04:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 53/60] ci: workflow dispatch

---
 .github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
index 63bf00c3e9..05af100a29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@ on:
       - '*-*'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      dist-tag:
-        description: "npm dist-tag to use (e.g. latest | next | canary)"
+      release-type:
+        description: "Version bump (patch/minor/major publish to npm 'latest'; prerelease uses 'preid')"
+        required: false
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - prerelease
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+        default: prerelease
+      preid:
+        description: "Prerelease identifier (used only when release-type=prerelease; also becomes the npm dist-tag, e.g. next | canary)"
         required: false
         type: string
         default: next
@@ -83,16 +93,28 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
 
           if [[ "${GITHUB_EVENT_NAME}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
-            dist_tag="${{ inputs['dist-tag'] }}"
+            release_type="${{ inputs['release-type'] }}"
+            preid="${{ inputs['preid'] }}"
             scope="${{ inputs['release-group'] }}"
             dry_run="${{ inputs['dry-run'] }}"
             mode="dispatch"
+
+            # npm dist-tag follows release type: prerelease -> preid, stable -> latest
+            if [[ "$release_type" == "prerelease" ]]; then
+              dist_tag="$preid"
+            else
+              dist_tag="latest"
+            fi
           elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+            release_type=""
+            preid=""
             dist_tag=""
             scope=""
             dry_run="false"
             mode="tag"
           else
+            release_type="prerelease"
+            preid="next"
             dist_tag="next"
             scope=""
             dry_run="false"
@@ -100,6 +122,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
           echo "mode=${mode}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "release_type=${release_type}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "preid=${preid}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "dist_tag=${dist_tag}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "scope=${scope}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "dry_run=${dry_run}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -195,42 +219,56 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'main' && steps.affected.outputs.count == '0' }}
         run: echo "No affected release projects on main; skipping version + publish."
 
-      - name: nx release version (dispatch)
+      # Orchestrated release: bumps versions, generates changelogs, commits + tags + pushes in one shot.
+      # --skip-publish keeps publishing as a separate step below so the OIDC token-clearing logic still runs.
+      - name: nx release version + changelog (dispatch)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && !inputs.dry-run }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
           scope="${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}"
+          projects_arg=()
           if [[ -n "$scope" ]]; then
             projects_arg=(--projects "$scope")
-          else
-            projects_arg=()
           fi
 
-          npx nx release version prerelease \
-            --preid "${{ steps.ctx.outputs.dist_tag }}" \
+          release_type="${{ steps.ctx.outputs.release_type }}"
+          preid_arg=()
+          if [[ "$release_type" == "prerelease" ]]; then
+            preid_arg=(--preid "${{ steps.ctx.outputs.preid }}")
+          fi
+
+          npx nx release "$release_type" \
+            "${preid_arg[@]}" \
             "${projects_arg[@]}" \
+            --skip-publish \
             --git-commit \
             --git-push \
             --verbose
 
-      - name: nx release version (dispatch, dry-run)
+      - name: nx release version + changelog (dispatch, dry-run)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && inputs.dry-run }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
 
           scope="${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}"
+          projects_arg=()
           if [[ -n "$scope" ]]; then
             projects_arg=(--projects "$scope")
-          else
-            projects_arg=()
           fi
 
-          npx nx release version prerelease \
-            --preid "${{ steps.ctx.outputs.dist_tag }}" \
+          release_type="${{ steps.ctx.outputs.release_type }}"
+          preid_arg=()
+          if [[ "$release_type" == "prerelease" ]]; then
+            preid_arg=(--preid "${{ steps.ctx.outputs.preid }}")
+          fi
+
+          npx nx release "$release_type" \
+            "${preid_arg[@]}" \
             "${projects_arg[@]}" \
+            --skip-publish \
             --verbose \
             --dry-run
 
@@ -406,6 +444,8 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "Nx Release completed."
           echo "- mode: ${mode}"
+          echo "- release-type: '${{ steps.ctx.outputs.release_type }}'"
+          echo "- preid: '${{ steps.ctx.outputs.preid }}'"
           echo "- dist-tag: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'tag' && steps.taginfo.outputs.dist_tag || steps.ctx.outputs.dist_tag }}"
           echo "- scope: '${{ steps.ctx.outputs.scope }}'"
           echo "- next-prerelease-allowlist: ${NEXT_PRERELEASE_PROJECT_ALLOWLIST}"

From 34340aa59d400e4106937a866951c4916f761bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:27:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 54/60] ci: workflow dispatch config

[skip ci]
---
 nx.json | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index 005f557a1d..8c9e2cb989 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@
 					"commitReferences": true,
 					"versionTitleDate": true
 				}
-			},
-			"git": {
-				"commit": false,
-				"tag": false,
-				"push": false
 			}
 		},
 		"releaseTag": {

From 5cc62766419d55444a57b2c30b00bee2542ebb7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:49:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 55/60] ci: workflow arguments

---
 .github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
index 05af100a29..d30ba120a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secure_nx_release.yml
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'main' && steps.affected.outputs.count == '0' }}
         run: echo "No affected release projects on main; skipping version + publish."
 
-      # Orchestrated release: bumps versions, generates changelogs, commits + tags + pushes in one shot.
+      # Orchestrated release: bumps versions, generates changelogs, commits + tags in one shot.
+      # The orchestrator does not accept --git-* flags (config-driven only); push is handled in the next step.
       # --skip-publish keeps publishing as a separate step below so the OIDC token-clearing logic still runs.
       - name: nx release version + changelog (dispatch)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && !inputs.dry-run }}
@@ -243,10 +244,12 @@ jobs:
             "${preid_arg[@]}" \
             "${projects_arg[@]}" \
             --skip-publish \
-            --git-commit \
-            --git-push \
             --verbose
 
+      - name: Push release commit and tags (dispatch)
+        if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && !inputs.dry-run }}
+        run: git push --follow-tags
+
       - name: nx release version + changelog (dispatch, dry-run)
         if: ${{ steps.ctx.outputs.mode == 'dispatch' && inputs.dry-run }}
         shell: bash

From 0eed66ccfbd7ab35d3b3feea10016c86eb1d4ab0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:56:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 56/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.34
---
 packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/webpack5/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
index 1367e39762..7d3b728055 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 5.0.34 (2026-04-29)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **webpack:** resolve source map path with proper encoding ([#11180](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11180))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Nathan Walker
+
 ## 5.0.33 (2026-03-30)
 
 ### 🩹 Fixes
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index f35c6a6c3f..55cbcc3458 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.34-next.2",
+	"version": "5.0.34",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From 2657df4a7714dadfa2872f016b94729ae76d9846 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nathan Walker <walkerrunpdx@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:33:49 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 57/60] fix(webpack): inline sourcemaps (#11188)

---
 .../plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts     |  75 ----------
 packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts   |  20 ++-
 .../src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts      | 130 ------------------
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 217 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts
 delete mode 100644 packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts b/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 55b471880b..0000000000
--- a/packages/webpack5/__tests__/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
-
-import FixSourceMapUrlPlugin from '../../src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin';
-
-function createCompiler() {
-	let emitHandler: ((compilation: any) => void) | undefined;
-
-	return {
-		compiler: {
-			hooks: {
-				emit: {
-					tap(_name: string, handler: (compilation: any) => void) {
-						emitHandler = handler;
-					},
-				},
-			},
-		} as any,
-		run(compilation: any) {
-			if (!emitHandler) {
-				throw new Error('Expected emit hook to be registered.');
-			}
-
-			emitHandler(compilation);
-		},
-	};
-}
-
-function createCompilation(source: string) {
-	return {
-		assets: {
-			'bundle.js': {
-				source: () => source,
-				size: () => source.length,
-			},
-		},
-	};
-}
-
-describe('FixSourceMapUrlPlugin', () => {
-	it('encodes spaces in rewritten source map urls', () => {
-		const outputPath = '/Users/test/my tns app/platforms/android/dist';
-		const { compiler, run } = createCompiler();
-
-		new FixSourceMapUrlPlugin({ outputPath }).apply(compiler);
-
-		const compilation = createCompilation(
-			'console.log("test");\n//# sourceMappingURL=bundle.js.map',
-		);
-		run(compilation);
-
-		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain(
-			`//# sourceMappingURL=${pathToFileURL(resolve(outputPath, 'bundle.js.map')).toString()}`,
-		);
-		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain('%20');
-	});
-
-	it('leaves absolute source map urls unchanged', () => {
-		const outputPath = '/Users/test/my tns app/platforms/android/dist';
-		const existingUrl =
-			'file:///Users/test/my%20tns%20app/platforms/android/dist/bundle.js.map';
-		const { compiler, run } = createCompiler();
-
-		new FixSourceMapUrlPlugin({ outputPath }).apply(compiler);
-
-		const compilation = createCompilation(
-			`console.log("test");\n//# sourceMappingURL=${existingUrl}`,
-		);
-		run(compilation);
-
-		expect(compilation.assets['bundle.js'].source()).toContain(
-			`//# sourceMappingURL=${existingUrl}`,
-		);
-	});
-});
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
index 516347c240..79fa1bb725 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack5/src/configuration/base.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import { applyDotEnvPlugin } from '../helpers/dotEnv';
 import { env as _env, IWebpackEnv } from '../index';
 import { getValue } from '../helpers/config';
 import { getIPS } from '../helpers/host';
-import FixSourceMapUrlPlugin from '../plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin';
 import {
 	getAvailablePlatforms,
 	getAbsoluteDistPath,
@@ -42,12 +41,16 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 	// set mode
 	config.mode(mode);
 
-	// use source map files by default with v9+
+	// Inline source maps for v9+ dev builds.
+	// Chrome DevTools cannot fetch external .map files in this debugging
+	// flow: bundled DevTools blocks http:// via CSP, the appspot frontend
+	// hits the same CSP, and the iOS V8 inspector backend fetch is blocked
+	// by App Transport Security. A `data:` URL inlined in the bundle
+	// sidesteps all three since DevTools handles it without any network
+	// request. Production builds keep their configured devtool unchanged.
 	function useSourceMapFiles() {
 		if (mode === 'development') {
-			// in development we always use source-map files with v9+ runtimes
-			// they are parsed and mapped to display in-flight app error screens
-			env.sourceMap = 'source-map';
+			env.sourceMap = 'inline-source-map';
 		}
 	}
 	// determine target output by @nativescript/* runtime version
@@ -184,13 +187,6 @@ export default function (config: Config, env: IWebpackEnv = _env): Config {
 	// Use devtool for both CommonJS and ESM - let webpack handle source mapping properly
 	config.devtool(sourceMapType);
 
-	// For ESM builds, fix the sourceMappingURL to use correct paths
-	if (sourceMapType && sourceMapType !== 'hidden-source-map') {
-		config
-			.plugin('FixSourceMapUrlPlugin')
-			.use(FixSourceMapUrlPlugin as any, [{ outputPath }]);
-	}
-
 	// when using hidden-source-map, output source maps to the `platforms/{platformName}-sourceMaps` folder
 	if (env.sourceMap === 'hidden-source-map') {
 		const sourceMapAbsolutePath = getProjectFilePath(
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts b/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ae51b2d06..0000000000
--- a/packages/webpack5/src/plugins/FixSourceMapUrlPlugin.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
-import type { Compiler } from 'webpack';
-import { sources } from 'webpack';
-
-export interface FixSourceMapUrlPluginOptions {
-	outputPath: string;
-}
-
-/**
- * Ensures sourceMappingURL points to the actual file:// location on device/emulator.
- * Handles Webpack 5 asset sources (string/Buffer/Source objects).
- */
-export default class FixSourceMapUrlPlugin {
-	constructor(private readonly options: FixSourceMapUrlPluginOptions) {}
-
-	apply(compiler: Compiler) {
-		const wp: any = (compiler as any).webpack;
-		const hasProcessAssets =
-			!!wp?.Compilation?.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_DEV_TOOLING &&
-			!!(compiler as any).hooks?.thisCompilation;
-
-		const getSourceMapUrl = (sourceMapPath: string): string => {
-			if (/^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z\d+.-]*:/.test(sourceMapPath)) {
-				return sourceMapPath;
-			}
-
-			return pathToFileURL(
-				resolve(this.options.outputPath, sourceMapPath),
-			).toString();
-		};
-
-		const toStringContent = (content: any): string => {
-			if (typeof content === 'string') return content;
-			if (Buffer.isBuffer(content)) return content.toString('utf-8');
-			if (content && typeof content.source === 'function') {
-				const inner = content.source();
-				if (typeof inner === 'string') return inner;
-				if (Buffer.isBuffer(inner)) return inner.toString('utf-8');
-				try {
-					return String(inner);
-				} catch {
-					return '';
-				}
-			}
-			try {
-				return String(content);
-			} catch {
-				return '';
-			}
-		};
-
-		const processFile = (filename: string, compilation: any) => {
-			if (!(filename.endsWith('.mjs') || filename.endsWith('.js'))) return;
-
-			// Support both legacy compilation.assets and v5 Asset API
-			let rawSource: any;
-			if (typeof (compilation as any).getAsset === 'function') {
-				const assetObj = (compilation as any).getAsset(filename);
-				if (assetObj && assetObj.source) {
-					rawSource = (assetObj.source as any).source
-						? (assetObj.source as any).source()
-						: (assetObj.source as any)();
-				}
-			}
-			if (
-				rawSource === undefined &&
-				(compilation as any).assets &&
-				(compilation as any).assets[filename]
-			) {
-				const asset = (compilation as any).assets[filename];
-				rawSource = typeof asset.source === 'function' ? asset.source() : asset;
-			}
-
-			let source = toStringContent(rawSource);
-			// Replace sourceMappingURL to use file:// protocol pointing to actual location
-			source = source.replace(
-				/\/\/\# sourceMappingURL=(.+\.map(?:\?[^\s]*)?)/g,
-				(_match, sourceMapPath: string) =>
-					`//# sourceMappingURL=${getSourceMapUrl(sourceMapPath)}`,
-			);
-
-			// Prefer Webpack 5 updateAsset with RawSource when available
-			const RawSourceCtor =
-				wp?.sources?.RawSource || (sources as any)?.RawSource;
-			if (
-				typeof (compilation as any).updateAsset === 'function' &&
-				RawSourceCtor
-			) {
-				(compilation as any).updateAsset(filename, new RawSourceCtor(source));
-			} else {
-				(compilation as any).assets[filename] = {
-					source: () => source,
-					size: () => source.length,
-				};
-			}
-		};
-
-		if (hasProcessAssets) {
-			compiler.hooks.thisCompilation.tap(
-				'FixSourceMapUrlPlugin',
-				(compilation: any) => {
-					// IMPORTANT:
-					// Run AFTER SourceMapDevToolPlugin has emitted external map assets.
-					// If we run at DEV_TOOLING and replace sources, we may drop mapping info
-					// before Webpack has a chance to write .map files. SUMMARIZE happens later.
-					const stage =
-						wp.Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_SUMMARIZE ||
-						// Fallback to DEV_TOOLING if summarize is unavailable
-						wp.Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_DEV_TOOLING;
-					compilation.hooks.processAssets.tap(
-						{ name: 'FixSourceMapUrlPlugin', stage },
-						(assets: Record<string, any>) => {
-							Object.keys(assets).forEach((filename) =>
-								processFile(filename, compilation),
-							);
-						},
-					);
-				},
-			);
-		} else {
-			// Fallback for older setups: use emit (may log deprecation in newer webpack)
-			compiler.hooks.emit.tap('FixSourceMapUrlPlugin', (compilation: any) => {
-				Object.keys((compilation as any).assets).forEach((filename) =>
-					processFile(filename, compilation),
-				);
-			});
-		}
-	}
-}

From ec68a195ecf2f056721cc47bc4da364af4ebe8f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:36:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 58/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.35
---
 packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md | 10 ++++++++++
 packages/webpack5/package.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d3b728055..f95e2e4fe9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/webpack5/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## 5.0.35 (2026-04-29)
+
+### 🩹 Fixes
+
+- **webpack:** inline sourcemaps ([#11188](https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/pull/11188))
+
+### ❤️ Thank You
+
+- Nathan Walker
+
 ## 5.0.34 (2026-04-29)
 
 ### 🩹 Fixes
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 55cbcc3458..50d0560e15 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.34",
+	"version": "5.0.35",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [

From c9d8433d7a2cc3dfafdd8ed32f27110b0c69b804 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Osei Fortune <fortune.osei@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 15:29:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 59/60] fix(ios): enableSwipeBackNavigation on ios 26+ (#11211)

---
 packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts
index 36ccdd67bc..c6063302ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/page/index.ios.ts
@@ -189,9 +189,15 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
 							// only consider when interactive transitions are not enabled
 							navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = navigationController;
 							navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = owner.enableSwipeBackNavigation;
+							if (SDK_VERSION >= 26) {
+								navigationController.interactiveContentPopGestureRecognizer.enabled = owner.enableSwipeBackNavigation;
+							}
 						}
 					} else {
 						navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = false;
+						if (SDK_VERSION >= 26) {
+							navigationController.interactiveContentPopGestureRecognizer.enabled = false;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -462,10 +468,16 @@ export class Page extends PageBase {
 
 	public _updateEnableSwipeBackNavigation(enabled: boolean) {
 		const navController = this._ios.navigationController;
-		if (this.frame && navController && navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer) {
+		if (this.frame && navController) {
 			// Make sure we don't set true if cannot go back
 			enabled = enabled && this.frame.canGoBack();
-			navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = enabled;
+			if (navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer) {
+				navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = enabled;
+			}
+
+			if (SDK_VERSION >= 26 && navController.interactiveContentPopGestureRecognizer) {
+				navController.interactiveContentPopGestureRecognizer.enabled = enabled;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

From 0c8229c6c84b51f6253eeb757e27f6bc8ffaf9ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 May 2026 19:31:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 60/60] chore(release): publish

- project: webpack5 5.0.36-next.0

- project: core 9.0.19-next.2
---
 packages/core/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/devtools/package.json | 4 ++--
 packages/vite/package.json     | 2 +-
 packages/webpack5/package.json | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 193c7322dd..937baae32a 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/core",
-	"version": "9.0.19-next.1",
+	"version": "9.0.19-next.2",
 	"description": "A JavaScript library providing an easy to use api for interacting with iOS and Android platform APIs.",
 	"type": "module",
 	"main": "index",
diff --git a/packages/devtools/package.json b/packages/devtools/package.json
index 18b4f7f1b2..167e2d8b2c 100644
--- a/packages/devtools/package.json
+++ b/packages/devtools/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/devtools",
-	"version": "0.0.5",
+	"version": "0.0.6",
 	"private": true,
 	"files": [
 		"./dist/"
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 		"prepack": "tsc || echo ok"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.19-next.1"
+		"@nativescript/core": "9.0.19-next.2"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/package.json b/packages/vite/package.json
index 4d7391d300..da77e86008 100644
--- a/packages/vite/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/vite",
-	"version": "1.0.9",
+	"version": "1.0.10",
 	"description": "Vite for NativeScript",
 	"main": "./index.js",
 	"module": "./index.js",
diff --git a/packages/webpack5/package.json b/packages/webpack5/package.json
index 50d0560e15..5d6634f941 100644
--- a/packages/webpack5/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack5/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@nativescript/webpack",
-	"version": "5.0.35",
+	"version": "5.0.36-next.0",
 	"private": false,
 	"main": "dist/index.js",
 	"files": [