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.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >
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