Update Android build tools to v9

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change	Age	Confidence
gradle (source)		major	8.14.3 → 9.6.1
com.android.application (source)	plugin	major	8.13.1 → 9.3.1

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gradle/gradle (gradle)

v9.6.1

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v9.6.0

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v9.5.1: 9.5.1

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.5.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Task provenance in reports and failure messages
• Type-safe accessors for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins

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We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
atm1020,
mataha,
Adam,
Attila Kelemen,
Benedikt Ritter,
Björn Kautler,
Caro Silva Rode,
CHANHAN,
Dmitry Nezavitin,
Eng Zer Jun,
KugelLibelle,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Markus Gaisbauer,
Oliver Kopp,
Philip Wedemann,
ploober,
Roberto Perez Alcolea,
Rohit Anand,
Suvrat Acharya,
Ujwal Suresh Vanjare,
Victor Merkulov

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.5.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.5.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.5.0: 9.5.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.5.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Task provenance in reports and failure messages
• Type-safe accessors for precompiled Kotlin Settings plugins

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
atm1020,
mataha,
Adam,
Attila Kelemen,
Benedikt Ritter,
Björn Kautler,
Caro Silva Rode,
CHANHAN,
Dmitry Nezavitin,
Eng Zer Jun,
KugelLibelle,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Markus Gaisbauer,
Oliver Kopp,
Philip Wedemann,
ploober,
Roberto Perez Alcolea,
Rohit Anand,
Suvrat Acharya,
Ujwal Suresh Vanjare,
Victor Merkulov

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.5.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.5.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.4.1: 9.4.1

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.4.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Java 26 support
• Non-class-based JVM tests
• Enhanced console progress bar

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
akankshaa-00,
Attila Kelemen,
Björn Kautler,
dblood,
Dennis Rieks,
duvvuvenkataramana,
John Burns,
Julian,
kevinstembridge,
Niels Doucet,
Philip Wedemann,
ploober,
Richard Hernandez,
Roberto Perez Alcolea,
Sebastian Lövdahl,
stephan2405,
Stephane Landelle,
Ujwal Suresh Vanjare,
Victor Merkulov,
Vincent Potuček,
Vladimir Sitnikov.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.4.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.4.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.4.0: 9.4.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.4.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Java 26 support
• Non-class-based JVM tests
• Enhanced console progress bar

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
akankshaa-00,
Attila Kelemen,
Björn Kautler,
dblood,
Dennis Rieks,
duvvuvenkataramana,
John Burns,
Julian,
kevinstembridge,
Niels Doucet,
Philip Wedemann,
ploober,
Richard Hernandez,
Roberto Perez Alcolea,
Sebastian Lövdahl,
stephan2405,
Stephane Landelle,
Ujwal Suresh Vanjare,
Victor Merkulov,
Vincent Potuček,
Vladimir Sitnikov.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.4.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.4.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.3.1: 9.3.1

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This is a patch release for 9.3.0. We recommend using 9.3.1 instead of 9.3.0.

The following issues were resolved:

• Cannot find testcases from Android Screenshot Test plugin since Gradle 9.3.0
• Excluding dependencies from included builds doesn't work in Gradle 9.3.0
• ExternalDependency and DependencyConstraint cannot be passed to DependencyResolveDetails#useTarget
• Gradle 9.3.0 generate JUnit test result files with wrong name
• Build cache cannot handle outputs with non-BMP characters in the filename
• Emojis in test names should not break build caching
• Non utf-8 c code is no longer buildable
• Breaking change in 9.3.0 regarding cross-project dependency manipulation
• JUnit3 tests cannot be run with Gradle 9.3.0
• Test.setScanForTestClasses(false) causes all junit4 tests to be skipped

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Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.3.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.3.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.3.0: 9.3.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.3.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Test reporting improvements
• Error and warning improvements
• Build authoring improvements

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Adam,
Adam,
Aharnish Solanki,
Andrzej Zabost,
Björn Kautler,
Boris Petrov,
Jendrik Johannes,
Kamil Krzywanski,
KANAKALA SAI KIRAN,
Megmeehey,
NurmukhametovAlexey,
Philip Wedemann,
Piotr Kubowicz,
Samay Kumar,
Shin Minjun,
Stefan Oehme,
Vincent Potuček,
Yongshun Ye.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.3.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.3.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.2.1: 9.2.1

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.2.1.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Windows ARM support
• Improved publishing APIs
• Better guidance for dependency verification failures

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Adam,
Björn Kautler,
hasunzo,
HYEON,
Hyunjoon Park,
HYUNJUN SON,
Jendrik Johannes,
Kirill Gavrilov,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Martin Bonnin,
Matthew Haughton,
Mikhail Polivakha,
Na Minhyeok,
Philip Wedemann,
Philipp Schneider,
Róbert Papp,
Simon Marquis,
TheGoesen,
Vincent Potucek,
Xin Wang.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.2.1 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.2.1 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.2.0: 9.2.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.2.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Windows ARM support
• Improved publishing APIs
• Better guidance for dependency verification failures

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Adam,
Björn Kautler,
hasunzo,
HYEON,
Hyunjoon Park,
HYUNJUN SON,
Jendrik Johannes,
Kirill Gavrilov,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Martin Bonnin,
Matthew Haughton,
Mikhail Polivakha,
Na Minhyeok,
Philip Wedemann,
Philipp Schneider,
Róbert Papp,
Simon Marquis,
TheGoesen,
Vincent Potucek,
Xin Wang.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.2.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.2.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.1.0: 9.1.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.1.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Full Java 25 support
• Native task graph visualization
• Enhanced console output

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Eng Zer Jun,
EunHyunsu,
Gaëtan Muller,
HeeChul Yang,
Jendrik Johannes,
Johnny Lim,
Junho Lee,
Kirill Gavrilov,
Matthew Haughton,
Na Minhyeok,
Philip Wedemann,
Philipp Schneider,
Pradyumna C,
r-a-sattarov,
Ryszard Perkowski,
Sebastian Schuberth,
SebastianHeil,
Staffan Al-Kadhimi,
winfriedgerlach,
Xin Wang.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.1.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.1.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v9.0.0: 9.0.0

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 9.0.0.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Configuration Cache is the recommended execution mode
• Gradle requires JVM 17 or higher to run
• Build scripts use Kotlin 2.2 and Groovy 4.0
• Improved Kotlin DSL script compilation avoidance

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Aaron Matthis,
Adam E,
Adam S,
Björn Kautler,
Daniel Lacasse,
Eng Zer Jun,
EunHyunsu,
FlorianMichael,
Francisco Prieto,
Gaëtan Muller,
Jake Wharton,
Kengo TODA,
Kent Kaseda,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Marc Philipp,
Mark S. Lewis,
Matthew Haughton,
Mycroft Wong,
Na Minhyeok,
Nelson Osacky,
Olivier "Oli" Dagenais,
ploober,
Radai Rosenblatt,
Róbert Papp,
Sebastian Schuberth,
Victor Merkulov.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 9.0.0 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=9.0.0 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 9.0.0 upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v8.14.5: 8.14.5

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The Gradle team is excited to announce Gradle 8.14.5.

Here are the highlights of this release:

• Java 24 support
• GraalVM Native Image toolchain selection
• Enhancements to test reporting
• Build Authoring improvements

Read the Release Notes

We would like to thank the following community members for their contributions to this release of Gradle:
Aurimas,
Ben Bader,
Björn Kautler,
chandre92,
Daniel Hammer,
Danish Nawab,
Florian Dreier,
Ivy Chen,
Jendrik Johannes,
jimmy1995-gu,
Madalin Valceleanu,
Na Minhyeok.

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 8.14.5 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=8.14.5 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 8.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

v8.14.4: 8.14.4

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This is a patch release for 8.14. We recommend using 8.14.4 instead of 8.14.

This release addresses two security vulnerabilities:

• Failure to disable repositories failing to answer can expose builds to malicious artifacts
• Failure to disable repositories with unknown host can expose builds to malicious artifacts

It also fixes the following issues:

• #​34365 [Backport] Gradle doesn't stop forked processes
• #​35125 [Backport] Precompiled script plugin with @​file annotation loses package and breaks
• #​35184 [Backport] Different fingerprints in the compile classpath for the same dependency
• #​35228 [Backport] Fix dependency resolution issues
• #​35288 [Backport] Include GradleDslBaseScriptModel in 8.x
• #​36326 [Backport] Improve repository disabling logic
• #​36396 [Backport] Add partial cgroups v2 support
• #​36420 [Backport] Improve Java 25 support in Gradle 8.14

Read the Release Notes

Upgrade instructions

Switch your build to use Gradle 8.14.4 by updating your wrapper:

./gradlew wrapper --gradle-version=8.14.4 && ./gradlew wrapper

See the Gradle 8.x upgrade guide to learn about deprecations, breaking changes and other considerations when upgrading.

For Java, Groovy, Kotlin and Android compatibility, see the full compatibility notes.

Reporting problems

If you find a problem with this release, please file a bug on GitHub Issues adhering to our issue guidelines.
If you're not sure you're encountering a bug, please use the forum.

We hope you will build happiness with Gradle, and we look forward to your feedback via Twitter or on GitHub.

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