Not sure if you are waiting on me, but it was just a question since we usually ship with the versions new apps created from android studio use, not a demand. I’m ok shipping with 8.13.
El martes, 27 de enero de 2026, Manuel Beck <[email protected]> escribió: > 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] > > > >
