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Update Android Gradle Plugin to 8.11.0 and Gradle Wrapper to 8.14.3 + update default API target to 35 in tests #3172

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Already tested here and it's working fine:
On buildozer.spec:

android.api = 36
android.minapi = 24
p4a.source_dir = /home/kivyschool/python-for-android

[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: arm64-v8a
[INFO]:    Found Android API target in $ANDROIDAPI: 36
[INFO]:    Found NDK dir in $ANDROIDNDK: /home/kivyschool/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r25b
[INFO]:    Found NDK version 25b
[DEBUG]:   
[DEBUG]:   	Welcome to Gradle 8.14.3!
[DEBUG]:   	
[DEBUG]:   	Here are the highlights of this release:
[DEBUG]:   	 - Java 24 support
[DEBUG]:   	 - GraalVM Native Image toolchain selection
[DEBUG]:   	 - Enhancements to test reporting
[DEBUG]:   	 - Build Authoring improvements
[DEBUG]:   
[DEBUG]:        BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 12s
[DEBUG]:        34 actionable tasks: 33 executed, 1 up-to-date
[DEBUG]:

Summary

  • gradle-wrapper.properties: distributionUrl now points to gradle‑8.14.3‑all.zip
  • build.tmpl.gradle:
    • classpath updated from 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.1' to 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.11.0'
    • Repository mirror updated from jcenter() to mavenCentral().

Motivation

I tried to compile my application using android.api = 36 but started getting these logs:

[INFO]:    Detected highest available build tools version to be 36.0.0
[DEBUG]:   -> running gradlew clean assembleDebug
[DEBUG]:       WARNING: We recommend using a newer Android Gradle plugin to use compileSdk = 36
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       This Android Gradle plugin (8.1.1) was tested up to compileSdk = 34.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       You are strongly encouraged to update your project to use a newer
[DEBUG]:       Android Gradle plugin that has been tested with compileSdk = 36.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       If you are already using the latest version of the Android Gradle plugin,
[DEBUG]:       you may need to wait until a newer version with support for compileSdk = 36 is available.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       To suppress this warning, add/update
[DEBUG]:           android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=36
[DEBUG]:       to this project's gradle.properties.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       > Task :processDebugMainManifest
[DEBUG]:       /home/kivyschool/test/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a/dists/kivy_reloader/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:55:18-50 Warning:
[DEBUG]:               android:extractNativeLibs should not be specified in this source AndroidManifest.xml file. See https://d.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/application-element#extractNativeLibs for more information.
[DEBUG]:       The AGP Upgrade Assistant can remove the attribute from the AndroidManifest.xml file and update the build file accordingly. See https://d.android.com/studio/build/agp-upgrade-assistant for more information.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       > Task :compileDebugJavaWithJavac
[DEBUG]:       Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
[DEBUG]:       Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
[DEBUG]:       
[DEBUG]:       Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 9.0.

After some investigation:
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  • Play Console enforces targetSdkVersion ≥ 35; this requires AGP ≥ 8.6 and Gradle ≥ 8.13.
  • Gradle 8.14.3 satisfies the toolchain floor for AGP 8.11.0.
  • jcenter() is deprecated; switching to mavenCentral() removes a dead dependency source.

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misl6 commented Jul 14, 2025 •
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I tried to build with a slightly different version (been more conservative), a few days ago, and also seemed fine to me.
I see the automated tests are failing, did you already tried to reproduce it locally?

UPDATE: I see the issue might be the current default target SDK, I guess we should just increase it. 😄

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misl6 commented Jul 15, 2025

Checked test results after latest changes, APP_PLATFORM := $(NDK_API) in Application.mk might be missing for web view and library 😬

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Hum... got 32 passed, 1 failed here; it seems something went wrong on service_library

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Novfensec commented Jul 16, 2025 •
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Latest stable NDK to build for android.api = 36 is r28c. So The default minimum should be r28c for newer builds. Also using ndk>=r28 will force 16KiB alignement as default.

To override this behavior we can do below:
This may not work as android may reject .so files

CMakeLists.txt:

set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096")

Android.mk:

LOCAL_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,max-page-size=4096

Overall we need to first add 16KiB support.

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@Novfensec SDL won't build in latest NDK until #3164 is pushed.

Ref: #3136 (comment)

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misl6 commented Jul 22, 2025

Hum... got 32 passed, 1 failed here; it seems something went wrong on service_library

APP_ABI := $(ARCH) in Application.mk of service_library is missing :)

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LGTM. Thank you!

@misl6 misl6 changed the title Update Android Gradle Plugin to 8.11.0 and Gradle Wrapper to 8.14.3 Update Android Gradle Plugin to 8.11.0 and Gradle Wrapper to 8.14.3 + update default API target to 35 in tests Jul 22, 2025
@misl6 misl6 merged commit a8f2ca1 into kivy:develop Jul 22, 2025
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