Fix Editor TextChanged event trimmed in iOS release builds (.NET 10)

[kubaflo]

The Editor TextChanged event stopped firing on iOS 26.1 release builds after migrating to .NET 10. The event worked correctly in debug builds.

Root Cause

.NET 10's trimmer removes the OnChanged event handler in MauiTextView.cs during release builds. The method subscribes to the native UITextView.Changed event, but the linker's static analysis doesn't recognize this indirect reference and incorrectly marks it as unused.

Changes

• src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/MauiTextView.cs: Added [UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Memory", "MEM0003")] to preserve OnChanged event handler
• src/Controls/tests/: Added UI test EditorTextChangedIOS26 to validate TextChanged event fires correctly

[UnconditionalSuppressMessage("Memory", "MEM0003", Justification = "Event handler for UITextView.Changed - proven safe in test: MemoryTests.HandlerDoesNotLeak")]
void OnChanged(object? sender, EventArgs e)
{
    HidePlaceholderIfTextIsPresent(Text);
    TextSetOrChanged?.Invoke(this, EventArgs.Empty);
}

This follows the same pattern used for other event handlers in the codebase (e.g., CarouselViewController2.cs, ItemsViewController.cs).

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<issue_title>Editor TextChanged event not firing on ios 26.1 release build (but does in debug mode)</issue_title>
<issue_description>### Description

I just confirmed from older builds on TestFlight that in ios 26.0 with dotnet 9 builds it worked, regression started after net10 migration.

Steps to Reproduce

Create editor and add listener for TextChanged and try on release build from TestFlight.

Link to public reproduction project repository

No response

Version with bug

10.0.10

Is this a regression from previous behavior?

Yes, this used to work in .NET MAUI

Last version that worked well

9.0.120 SR12

Affected platforms

iOS

Affected platform versions

26.1

Did you find any workaround?

Gonna try workaround from custom handler

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• Fixes Editor TextChanged event not firing on ios 26.1 release build (but does in debug mode) #32651

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Pull Request Overview

This PR fixes an issue where the Editor TextChanged event stopped firing on iOS 26.1 release builds after migrating to .NET 10. The root cause was the .NET 10 trimmer removing the OnChanged event handler in MauiTextView.cs during release builds, incorrectly treating it as unused code.

The fix adds an [UnconditionalSuppressMessage] attribute to preserve the event handler and includes comprehensive UI tests to prevent regression.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
src/Core/src/Platform/iOS/MauiTextView.cs	Added UnconditionalSuppressMessage attribute to preserve the OnChanged event handler from being trimmed
src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/EditorTextChangedIOS26.xaml.cs	Code-behind for UI test page that demonstrates the TextChanged event firing correctly
src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/EditorTextChangedIOS26.xaml	XAML UI test page with Editor control and labels to track TextChanged event count
src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/EditorTextChangedIOS26.cs	NUnit UI test that validates the TextChanged event fires when text is entered

[Copilot]

The Issue attribute uses 0 for the issue number, but according to the PR description, this PR fixes issue #32651. The issue number in the Issue attribute should be updated to match the actual GitHub issue number.

Update the issue number from:

[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 0, "Editor TextChanged event not firing on iOS 26.1 release build",
    PlatformAffected.iOS)]

To:

[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 32651, "Editor TextChanged event not firing on iOS 26.1 release build",
    PlatformAffected.iOS)]

Suggested change

	[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 0, "Editor TextChanged event not firing on iOS 26.1 release build",
	[Issue(IssueTracker.Github, 32651, "Editor TextChanged event not firing on iOS 26.1 release build",

[sheiksyedm]

@kubaflo I checked by adding the UnconditionalSuppressMessage attribute, but it did not resolve the issue in release mode. Could you confirm if you applied the fix on your end and whether it resolves the problem?

[kubaflo]

@sheiksyedm Did you do the dotnet clean command before doing another release build?

[sheiksyedm]

@kubaflo yes, i clean it before doing the release build.

[jfversluis]

Also I think this attribute only suppresses a warning, it doesn't really do anything to fix this problem, this doesn't seem to be a right fix for this.

[PureWeen]

dotnet/macios#24262 (comment)