What's Changed

• Make ikvmc -deterministic output byte-identical across builds by @wasabii in #764
• Clear pooled instruction array before parsing method code by @wasabii in #765
• Add IKVM.Templates, project templates for dotnet new by @wasabii in #763
• Add tests for the method analyzer, local variable analysis and compiler by @wasabii in #766
• Split try blocks without rescanning the method after every split by @wasabii in #769
• Suppress incompatible-pointer-types for OpenJDK native libraries (clang 22+) by @wasabii in #774
• Clean up IKVM.Reflection: tests, dead code and the writer by @wasabii in #767
• Fix AbstractMethodError for default method inherited through base class by @wasabii in #773
• Read metadata with System.Reflection.Metadata in IKVM.Reflection by @wasabii in #770
• Clean up IKVM.Reflection's code style and documentation by @wasabii in #775
• Fix and remove what documenting IKVM.Reflection turned up by @wasabii in #776
• List each input directory once instead of once per input file by @wasabii in #777
• Add tests covering the JNI function table by @wasabii in #778
• Fix JNI defects found by the JNI tests by @wasabii in #779
• Derive a module name from a jar name without a version by @wasabii in #782
• Reduce build time in the SDK, MSBuild targets and repo build by @wasabii in #781
• Link C++ native libraries against libstdc++ on Linux by @wasabii in #786
• Pass Optimize to IkvmReference compiles and make the cache identity cover every output-affecting input by @wasabii in #784

Full Changelog: 8.16.2...8.16.3

What's Changed

• Remove CSharp project capability from IKVM.NET.Sdk by @wasabii in #758
• Rebuild when the project file changes by @wasabii in #759
• Convert solution to slnx by @wasabii in #761
• Add Visual Studio support for IkvmReference items by @wasabii in #762

Full Changelog: 8.16.1...8.16.2

What's Changed

• Fix four sources of CI failure by @wasabii in #746
• Set shared method field after resolving by @AliveDevil in #748
• Release the JAR file handle when a JarFile is disposed by @wasabii in #750
• Resolve built methods by metadata token on .NET Core by @wasabii in #751
• Embed an ikvm.exports resource for IkvmReference items by @wasabii in #753

Full Changelog: 8.16.0...8.16.1

What's Changed

• Run Windows tests on the VS 2026 runner image by @wasabii in #727
• Exclude PreferredKey, whose test certificate expired by @wasabii in #733
• Fix net472 tool tests failing on System.Collections.Immutable bind by @wasabii in #732
• Exclude jtreg tests that fail intermittently by @wasabii in #730
• Stop installing the Visual C++ runtimes from chocolatey by @wasabii in #740
• Clean up ExcludeList.txt by @wasabii in #731
• Add CLAUDE.md with guidance for AI coding agents by @wasabii in #739
• Upgrade GitVersion to v6 and migrate GitVersion.yml by @wasabii in #737
• Update to jdk8u482-b08 by @wasabii in #742
• Add ikvm.runtime.Util.getDelegateFromMethodHandle/getDelegateFromMethod by @wasabii in #738
• Fix nested annotation element encoding in StubGenerator (#724) by @wasabii in #725
• Use LLVM 20 throughout the Linux build by @wasabii in #741
• Update GitHub Actions to current major versions by @wasabii in #736
• Update to jdk8u504-b01 and FreeType 2.14.3 by @wasabii in #743

Full Changelog: 8.15.0...8.16.0

What's Changed

• Update NATIVE_SDK_VERSION in IKVM.yml by @wasabii in #698
• .NET 10 SDK (vs2026) by @wasabii in #700
• Update to jdk8u472-b08. by @wasabii in #701
• .NET 10 Tools by @wasabii in #702
• Enable many .NET 10 tests by @wasabii in #704

Full Changelog: 8.14.0...8.15.0

What's Changed

• Allow Name in main section of Manifest by @wasabii in #689
• Removal of exposed IKVM.Reflection. Now internal to IKVM.CoreLib.

Full Changelog: 8.13.4...8.14.0-pre.1

What's Changed

• Allow Name in main section of Manifest by @wasabii in #689
• Merge IKVM.Reflection into IKVM.CoreLib. No longer visible to external parties.

Full Changelog: 8.13.4...8.14.0

Full Changelog: 8.13.3...8.13.4

What's Changed

• Force NoOptimization on JNIEnvContext.Current property accessors by @AliveDevil in #686
• Added IKVM.Java.Extensions. Various useful utiltiy extension methods and wrapper classes for bridging the gap between .NET and Java.

Full Changelog: 8.13.2...8.13.3

• Increase buffer size for diagnostic messages.

Full Changelog: 8.13.0...8.13.2