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