Just a reminder that discussions about releases should be in this thread, not in the vote thread.
Also, as far as I remember, I’ve always needed to run cordova build android before being able to properly open the project in android studio and run from there, I don’t think it’s a new issue. Unless it got fixed recently and broke again. El viernes, 13 de febrero de 2026, julio cesar sanchez < [email protected]> escribió: > 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] >> > >> >>
