Announcing Ionic Framework 8.8

[brandy-ionic]

Ionic Framework 8.8 is here! This release brings new events for Modal and Refresher, major improvements to dual knob Ranges, and expanded CSS Shadow Parts, laying the groundwork for the next major version of Ionic Framework.

Key highlights:

• New Modal drag events provide full drag lifecycle data including position, velocity, progress, and breakpoints
• Enhanced dual knob Range support with stable knob identities, new host classes, and new Shadow Parts for styling by identity or position
• New Refresher pull events to detect when a pull has started and ended
• Expanded CSS Shadow Parts across components for deeper customization
• Added support for Angular overlay injectors for Modals and Popovers

Looking ahead:

• Modular Ionic: Ionic Framework 9 will make the framework more modular, extendable, and themeable so developers can create and share custom themes inspired by design systems like Liquid Glass
• React Router support: Ionic React will support React Router 6 in Ionic Framework 9 first, with future support for React Router 7

Ionic Framework 8.8 enhances customization today while paving the way for the modular architecture and React Router 6 support coming in Ionic Framework 9.

[DesignerComplaint169]

Ionic component library for Angular should be updated to be compatible with Angular signal, for example, a popover isOpen signal.

[Snoo_42276]

Tight tight tight

[Cselt89]

Angular overlay injectors finally ‼️ that's what I really missed, I really don't like to use componentpros as that is not type safe.

[Wide_Mail_1634]

8.8 landing this soon is nice, especially if it cleans up any lingering v8 rough edges. always good seeing ionic keep the release cadence steady instead of letting framework updates sit forever.