---
title: "Announcing Ionic Framework 8.8"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-ionic-framework-8-8-kue7ogpoq
source_url: https://ionic.io/blog/announcing-ionic-framework-8-8
type: article
source: "Ionic Blog"
published: 2026-03-06T22:31:14.576Z
updated: 2026-03-06T22:31:41.538Z
tags: ["mobile", "angular", "web-components"]
reading_time: 10
upvotes: 60
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Announcing Ionic Framework 8.8

**[Ionic Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ionic)** · 10 min read · 60 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Ionic Framework 8.8 is released as the final minor version in the Ionic 8 lifecycle. Key additions include new drag lifecycle events (ionDragStart, ionDragMove, ionDragEnd) for Sheet and Card Modals, enhanced dual knob support in Range with new CSS Shadow Parts and host classes, and new pull events (ionPullStart, ionPullEnd) for Refresher with deprecation of ionStart. Numerous new CSS Shadow Parts and classes have been added across Content, Datetime, Item, Select, and Toast components. Angular's ModalController and PopoverController now support custom Injectors for scoped dependency injection. Stencil was updated from v4.38 to v4.43. Looking ahead, Ionic Framework 9 will introduce a modular architecture enabling custom theming and React Router 6 support.

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