Hi, I would also not recommend to Update to AGP 9, since I have always deprecation warnings for AGP 9 when building for Android, that it will not be compatible with AGP 9. I don't know if all deprecation warnings are already resolved in the latest master of cordova-android. I tried to resolve them, but wanted to wait when Bryan is finished with the EdgeToEdge fix.
Regards, Manuel > Am 26.01.2026 um 21:49 schrieb Norman Breau via dev <[email protected]>: > > 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] >
