New Features

• Added drop shadow support to main thread rendering engine (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2423)
• Added support for opacity text animators (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2436)
• Added LottieView helper for configuring individual LottieAnimationView properties (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2415)

Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue where bezier paths could be closed incorrectly (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2418)
• Fixed bug where font providers were ignored in precomposition layers in the main thread rendering engine (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2439)
• Fixed issue where lottie-spm package could cause package operations to unexpectedly fail on Linux (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-spm/pull/27).

Version Compatibility

Lottie now requires Xcode 15 / Swift 5.9 or later (https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/pull/2400). Our version support policy is that Lottie supports Swift / Xcode versions back to the minimum version that is permitted by Apple for submissions to the App Store. As of April 2024, this is Xcode 15 / Swift 5.9: https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=fxu2qp7b.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/airbnb/lottie-ios/compare/4.4.3...4.5.0