Complete history of changes available here: v2.4.4...v2.4.5

Changelog

This release should have an overall better performance thanks to using more threads and some optimizations.

Enhancements

Added TaskParamter platform extensions which allow use of custom targets
DownloadCache performance improvements - eg. don't retry for 404, etc
Performance - Updated default configuration, use more threads, lower default HttpHeadersTimeout value
Android performance: Allow 2 decoder operations at the same time
Added Java.Lang.JavaSystem.Gc() calls
Android memory cache fixes / optimizations

Android memory cache fixes
XF NativeSizeChanged should be called for every image loading
Android - Fixes #1247 Gif not working if view size is not set
XF: Placeholders don't always show or show with incorrect aspect ratio Fixes #353 #1239
Many SVG support fixes
Enforce clipping on fast renderer when using AspectFill (Thanks to @velocitysystems)
Changed to force image that has been invalidated from cache to also be removed from displayed cache and reuse pool. (Thanks to Goran Zidar)
Corrects missing ImageInformation on Android GIF Decoder (Thanks to @DKWaters)
Fixed disk cache was not cleaned automatically (Thanks to @nll)
AsJpegStream quality ignored (Thanks to @nll)
EnableMockImageService not working for SvgCachedImage
XF: Fix for issues with non-default visual style
Fix for missing fade animation on Android
Fixes #1203 Cannot access a disposed object
Fixes #1198 BackgroundColor ignored when using fast renderers
Android: Fixes #1101 - LRUCache.sizeOf() is reporting inconsistent results
Fixes #1053 #1171 ReplaceStringMap change is not reflected