What's new in Flutter 3.29

ImageFilter.blur default tile mode automatic selection

The `ui.ImageFilter.blur`'s default tile mode is now automatically selected by the backend. Previously `TileMode.clamp` was used unless a different tile mode was specified. Now, the default is `null` and specifies automatic selection unless a specific tile mode is specified.

Updated Material 3 Slider

The `Slider` has been updated to match the Material 3 Design specifications.

Updated Material 3 progress indicators

The `LinearProgressIndicator` and `CircularProgressIndicator` have been updated to match the Material 3 Design specifications.

Removal of v1 Android embedding Java APIs

Android's v1 embedding has been removed in Flutter 3.29.0. This follows the deprecation described in Android v1 embedding app and plugin creation deprecation. The following is a full list of classes removed.

Deprecate WebGoldenComparator

The `flutter_test` package and `flutter` tool will no longer use the `webGoldenComparator` top-level variable, and instead use the original `goldenFileComparator` top-level variable (like the non-web platforms).

Deprecate ThemeData.dialogBackgroundColor in favor of DialogThemeData.backgroundColor

The `ThemeData.dialogBackgroundColor` parameter was deprecated in favor of the `DialogThemeData.backgroundColor` parameter.

- Hot restart can hang on all platforms if "Pause on Unhandled Exceptions" is enabled by the debugger and a call to `compute` or...

dart 3.7.2 changelog

- Fixes crashes on Android devices older than API 29 when using Impeller OpenGLES.

- iOS Fixes crash when allocation of surface for toImage/toImageSync fails.

- All platforms, Fixes a crash that can occur when animating and interacting with a scrollable simultaneously.

- Configuration changes to run test on macOS 14 for Flutter's CI.

- Roll .ci.yaml changes into the LUCI configuration only when the master branch is updated.

- Provide guided error message when app crashes due to JIT restriction on iPhones.

- Configuration changes to run test on macOS 14 for Flutter's CI.

- Fix crash when using BackdropFilters in certain GLES drivers.

- Unset `GIT_DIR` to enable flutter tool calls in githooks.

- Impeller,

- Impeller, All platforms, Text that is scaled over 48x renders incorrectly.

- Fix issue where placeholder types in ARB localizations weren't used for type inference, causing a possible type mismatch with the...

- Impeller, All platforms, Text that is rotated 180 degrees exactly will render as if it is scaled by {-1, 1} instead of {-1, -1}.

Fixes missing glyph error on Android and iOS devices using Impeller.

- On iOS devices Increase number of concurrent background image decode tasks to partially mitigate "Image upload failed due to loss of...

- Improve performance of CanvasKit rendering for web.

- Always use Android hardware buffers for platform views when supported.

: - Add back an empty io.flutter.app.FlutterApplication for Android apps post v2 embedder migration.

- Fixes double-download of canvaskit.wasm

- Fix Tab linear and elastic animation blink.

- Improve safaridriver launch process in Flutter's CI testing for web.

- Fixes test reorderable_list_test.dart failing for certain ordering seeds, such as 20250221.