Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.0 (March 2025)
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Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.0 is a major release that includes a variety of new
features and improvements.
Compatibility
The maximum API level that Android Gradle plugin 8.9 supports is API level 35.
Here is other compatibility info:
Fixed issues
Android Gradle plugin 8.9.0
Fixed Issues |
Android Gradle Plugin |
Provide an actionable error message when GMD setup task fails with insufficient disk space
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com.android.settings plugin doesn't recognize targetSdk
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Unhelpful error ''compileSdkVersion is not specified. Please add it to build.gradle"
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Missing "Clean build" in Build menu
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Maybe let AGP's built-in Kotlin support auto-add kotlin stdlib dependency
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Update shouldConfigureKotlinPlatformAttribute to handle built-in kotlin support
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Give kotlin gradle syntax in error message for `checkTestedAppObfuscationRelease`
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Fused Library error when unresolved dependency could be improved
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System Properties from gradle.properties are not passed to R8 Gradle Workers in separate processes
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Make BuiltArtifact.outputFile as File type
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Not providing namespace on fused library does not give a good error message
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lint options in AGP 7.1.0-alpha08 doesn't allow for stdout
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Android Gradle Plugin: Variants should expose source set names
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Configuration cache is brittle to the setting of the TERM environment variable
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AndroidComponentsExtension.addSourceSetConfigurations broken when stats are enabled
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Initialization script 'C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Local\Temp\ijresolvers2.gradle' line: 162
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AndroidComponentsExtension.addSourceSetConfigurations broken when stats are enabled
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Dexer (D8) |
java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class: [0x430] copy1 v2<-v264 type=Undefined cat=3
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Lint |
Lint crashes with Lint gradle checks
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Lint fails with InstantiationException without exception message in lint stacktrace
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False positive lint check android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM is only granted to system apps
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StringFormatInvalid check should be applied to Compose stringResource method
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RequiresFeature annotation does not work for Kotlin files
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kotlin android.os.Handler removeCallbacks Runnable
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WrongConstant lint on definition instead of usage of constant using shift
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WrongConstant lint appearing twice
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Runtime exception below API 26 with unsupported Java nio API (with no lint error)
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Lint prevents usage of RequiresApi even on private helper method in test
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K2 Mode throws RestrictedApi warning when using .hasRoute(Route::class) in Android Studio
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Lint suggests replacing @RequiresExtension on test with @SdkSuppress, which doesn't support SDK extensions
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Lint incorrectly reports an uncessary nested layout when a FrameLayout used with fitSystemWindows to wrap a child RelativeLayout that that requires custom padding.
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CoarseFineLocation lint rule doesn't account for a maxSdkVersion attribute
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AppLinkSplitToWebAndCustom is UnknownIssue in lint 8.7.3
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Lint check StringEscapeDetector crash on "\\ "
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Wrong lint warning for `@Parcelize` annotation on sealed interfaces
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AS 2024.3.1.4 hang intermittently when editing kotlin texts.
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Lint Integration |
lintVitalRelease doesn't run automatically when building app bundle
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Shrinker (R8) |
Gson proguard is not working properly after upgrading to AGP 8.8
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java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class
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Leanback crashes when minified with R8 included in AGP 8.10.0-alpha04
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Android Gradle plugin 8.9.1
Fixed Issues |
Dexer (D8) |
Backporting of android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES_FULL incorrect for Baklava
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Shrinker (R8) |
Unable to Generate Signed APK after updating to AGP 8.9.0
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Analyze written-before-read property at allocation sites encounters error when generating classfile
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Problem regarding Java SPI in R8 shrinker of versions 8.6.*, 8.7.*, 8.8.0
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Android Gradle plugin 8.9.2
Fixed Issues |
Shrinker (R8) |
Resource Shrinking Issue in AGP 8.9 Causing Missing Resources in Dynamic Feature Modules
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ClassCastException from a safe cast in class init
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Cannot invoke com.android.tools.r8.internal.H5.x()
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