Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.0 (August 2024)

Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.0 is a major release that includes a variety of new features and improvements.

Compatibility

The maximum API level that Android Gradle plugin 8.6 supports is API level 35. Here is other compatibility info:

	Minimum version	Default version	Notes
Gradle	8.7	8.7	To learn more, see updating Gradle.
SDK Build Tools	34.0.0	34.0.0	Install or configure SDK Build Tools.
NDK	N/A	26.1.10909125	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 8.6.0

Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin	Issue #183423660 AGP 7.0.0-alpha10 regression: Failed to apply plugin 'com.android.internal.library' when databinding is enabled Issue #337848180 Errors when running lint with and without K2 UAST Issue #341124476 Manifest not generated for Variant's androidTest configuration Issue #339313346 AGP 8.4 tries to set up Startup Profiles on debug builds Issue #341266993 [Koala 2024.1.2 Canary 2] Error running a baseline profile module on a split APK Issue #202449978 Clean up / remove ProjectInfo Issue #322519675 Update outdated kdoc for `isIncludeAndroidResources` in AGP DSL Issue #337776938 Lint uses res directory without adding task dependency Issue #355397971 AGP 8.5: Many more "mergeDebugResources" tasks are run, slowing down builds Issue #352352252 Adding srcs dir via Variant API not working as expected
Dexer (D8)	Issue #343127842 Update API database to Android 15 (API level 35) Issue #343136777 java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class com.pax.log.LogUtils: java.lang.StackTraceElement com.pax.log.LogUtils.getCaller(com.pax.log.b, java.lang.StackTraceElement[], int) failed to verify
Lint	Issue #313699428 Lint does not call visitAnnotationUsage for usages of annotated annotations Issue #345452195 UnknownNullness lint error when using type-use annotations Issue #327670482 [library desugar] lint shows false positive warning NewApi warnings with desugaring enabled Issue #339363983 Credential Manager Lint warning incorrect on Wear Issue #347356457 Lint: SetTextI18n complains about assigning an empty string.
Lint Integration	Issue #327670497 Lint tasks fails with included build
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #348785664 [r8 8.5]r8 horizontal class merge causes verify error on Android5 when disable api modeling Issue #347676160 A Wear OS release built with Gradle Plugin 8.4.0/8.5.0 may cause java.lang.IllegalAccessError Issue #323136645 R8 implicitly replaces an empty member clause with a match of () Issue #348202700 [r8 8.5] vertical class merger causing runtime NPE Issue #348499741 R8 Processing Error Possibly Due to Right Shift Operator Issue #354878031 R8 (AGP 8.5.0+) fails with error "Unexpected rewriting of item: ... to two distinct items:..." Issue #354625681 The dex file generated by R8 shows "Unable to find static main(String[]) in 'Test'" when executed Issue #354625682 Different Behavior Between Programs packed by R8 and D8 Issue #353475583 R8 NullPointer after updating to Kotlin 2.0

Android Gradle plugin 8.6.1

Fixed Issues
Dexer (D8)	Issue #359616078 Dexing task/transform generates non-deterministic classes.dex contents
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #355238622 R8 8.5.x StackOverflowError in SimpleInliningConstraintAnalysis Issue #359385828 Task :xxxx:minifyXXXReleaseWithR8 ERROR: R8: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException Issue #358913905 java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.android.tools.r8.ir.analysis.type.TypeElement.asClassType()"