I think I agree with Bryan here. AGP 8.13 fully supports SDK 36 .. so as long as we are using AGP 8.13 I think that is sufficient for this release.
https://developer.android.com/build/releases/agp-9-0-0-release-notes shows quite a lengthy list of breaking changes. I'm sure not all of them directly affects Cordova but waiting for AGP 9 upgrade for cordova-android 16 will give us time to properly implement the required changes. On Mon, 2026-01-26 at 22:11 +0900, Bryan Ellis wrote: > IMO, it's better to postpone upgrading to AGP 9.0 and Gradle 9.3.0 > until > the next major (16.0.0) release. > > I tried bumping the versions, and XmlParser breaks. > > I believe that starting with Gradle 9, Groovy became more modular, > and > components like XML handling were split into separate dependencies. I > tried > adding the org.apache.groovy:groovy-xml dependency, but it didn't get > picked up by the framework, unless I was missing something. I also > believe > it should only be applied at the framework level, not the app. > > If there's a quick and reliable solution, maybe it could be added in > this > release. However, given that it may require some rework of the Gradle > setup, this change could be risky to do at the last minute, unless > there's > a strong reason to delay and force the upgrade. > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 9:17 PM julio cesar sanchez > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > AGP 9 was released a few weeks ago, should we try to use that as > > default? > > It’s a major bump, so breaking changes are expected to happen and > > should be > > addressed too if we change it. > > > > El El lun, 26 ene 2026 a las 13:06, Bryan Ellis <[email protected]> > > escribió: > > > > > Does anyone have any reason to delay a release for cordova- > > > android? > > > > > > * cordova-android (15.0.0) > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/compare/rel/14.0.1...master > > > > > > Any additional outstanding changes to land? > > > > > > If not, I will start the release process shortly. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
