Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0 (September 2025)

Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0 is a major release that includes a variety of new features and improvements.

Android Gradle plugin 8.13.2

Kotlin 2.3 support: Android Gradle plugin 8.13.2 uses R8 8.13.19 which supports Kotlin 2.3.

Compatibility

The maximum API level that Android Gradle Plugin 8.13 supports is API level 36. Here is other compatibility info:

	Minimum version	Default version	Notes
Gradle	8.13	8.13	To learn more, see updating Gradle.
SDK Build Tools	35.0.0	35.0.0	Install or configure SDK Build Tools.
NDK	N/A	27.0.12077973	Install or configure a different version of the NDK.
JDK	17	17	To learn more, see setting the JDK version.

Fixed issues

Android Gradle plugin 8.13.0

Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin	Issue #231712094 Run CheckAarMetadataTask in library projects when building an AAR Issue #426351548 Fused Library Plugin cannot process resource references from external library Issue #426351547 Fused Library plugin should allow to use overrideLibrary Issue #280674230 Change the app’s targetSdk default value to be based on compileSdk instead of minSdk Issue #436887358 `com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library` crashes with Gradle Managed Devices
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #435466316 ClassCastException from impossible class with R8 Issue #437005995 ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 since 8.10.0 Issue #436817591 Parsing of patterns in enableExperimentalPartialShrinking API is very strict