.NET 10 Preview 1, Android 35.99.0-preview.1.140

How to install?

This release is not yet available from the Visual Studio installer. Download the .NET 10 Preview 1 SDK, followed by:

> dotnet workload install android
...
Successfully installed workload(s) android.

To verify installation:

> dotnet workload list

Installed Workload Id      Manifest Version                            Installation Source
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android                    35.99.0-preview.1.140/10.0.100-preview.1    SDK 10.0.100-preview.1

TLDR

For a short list of Android features in .NET 10, see:

• #9571

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=preview.1; main is 35.99.x by @jonathanpeppers in #9444
• Bump to dotnet/android-tools@60fae192 by @jonpryor in #9445
• Add retry ability to RemoveDirFixed by @dellis1972 in #9409
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix $DOTNET_MODIFIABLE_ASSEMBLIES when FastDev is off by @jonathanpeppers in #9451
• [native, Mono.Android] Remove WeakReference support by @jonpryor in #9454
• Simplify and fix split configs detection by @grendello in #9378
• [native] Switch C++ standard to C++23 by @grendello in #9325
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix Debug mode and $(PublishTrimmed) by @jonathanpeppers in #9452
• [build] fix missing darc-pub-dotnet-android-* feed for MAUI by @jonathanpeppers in #9468
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] make designer MSBuild targets a no-op by @jonathanpeppers in #9473
• [docs] Sync docs with dotnet/docs-mobile@9ccd7291 by @pjcollins in #9474
• [Xamarin.Android.sln] Remove Java.Interop.NamingCustomAttributes.shproj. by @jpobst in #9488
• Add Code DiagnosticAnalyzer and CodeFixProvider for Custom Application classes by @dellis1972 in #9447
• Bump to xamarin/monodroid@6b275284 by @pjcollins in #9494
• [Build.Tasks] Better handle gradle project custom output paths by @pjcollins in #9480
• [native, Mono.Android] GC bridge logging improvements by @jonpryor in #9491
• [ci] Upgrade on-prem macOS pool to macOS-14 Sonoma by @pjcollins in #9477
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@24404162 by @jonpryor in #9498
• [build] use javac -source 17 -target 17 by @jonathanpeppers in #9493
• [Mono.Android] remove Xamarin.Android.VSAndroidDesigner.IsSupported feature switch by @jonathanpeppers in #9471
• Bump NDK to r27c by @grendello in #9466
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] add missing Condition in AutoImport.props by @jonathanpeppers in #9463
• AndroidPackagingOptionsInclude is ignored by @dellis1972 in #9524
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix NRT warnings & other warnings by @jonathanpeppers in #9483
• Enable DefaultValueAttributeSupport in partial trim mode. by @matouskozak in #9525
• Bump com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger from 30.3.1 to 31.7.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #9528
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] redistribute proguard-android.txt from Android gradle plugin by @jonathanpeppers in #9485
• [ci] Use new DevDiv/android-platform-support repo by @pjcollins in #9366
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] close XAAssemblyResolvers by @jonathanpeppers in #9531
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Invokers after abstracts in typemaps by @jonpryor in #9545
• [build] Update stable .NET to 9. by @jpobst in #9543
• Bump to DevDiv/android-platform-support@c22e8651 by @pjcollins in #9541
• Fix unmangling of satellite assembly names by @grendello in #9533
• Add $(IncrementalCleanDependsOn) property tip by @jzabroski in #9552
• Enable marshal methods by default by @grendello in #9551
• Remove the AndroidUseAapt2 MSBuild property by @dellis1972 in #9506
• [build] produce multiple "flavors" of runtime packs by @jonathanpeppers in #9538
• [XABT] Add ArtifactFilename metadata for @(AndroidMavenLibrary) item. by @jpobst in #9479
• Add Unit Tests for Code Analyzers by @dellis1972 in #9492
• Add check for java reserved works in AndroidResource items by @dellis1972 in #9537
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix incremental builds for _GenerateAndroidRemapNativeCode by @jonathanpeppers in #9548
• [tests] Add apkdiff output to test attachment file by @pjcollins in #9560
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] implement dotnet run with an MSBuild target by @jonathanpeppers in #9470
• [Mono.Android] Update API compatibility checks to .NET 9 RTM. by @jpobst in #9570
• Bump to DevDiv/android-platform-support@52dd010a by @pjcollins in #9553
• Test dependabot max_length param by @pjcollins in #9529
• [ci] Skip JDK install if near match is found in $(JI_JAVA_HOME) by @pjcollins in #9585
• Add android-platform-support to .gitignore by @dellis1972 in #9590
• More C++ tweaks and changes by @grendello in #9478
• Bump .NET 8 SDK to a8cd27e 34.0.147 by @pjcollins in #9591
• Fix AndroidResource Incremental build issue by @dellis1972 in #9592
• Bump com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger in /src/manifestmerger by @jonathanpeppers in #9600
• [build] runtime "flavors" part 2 by @jonathanpeppers in #9598
• [build] remove Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets by @jonathanpeppers in #9609
• [build] remove remnants of OpenTK-1.0.dll by @jonathanpeppers in #9610
• [NativeAOT] MSBuild-related logic to get projects to build by @jonathanpeppers in #9583
• [XABT] Split BuildArchive from BuildApk task. by @jpobst in #9556
• [Mono.Android] Bind Android API-36 DP1. by @jpobst in #9594
• [XABT] Break BuildApk into individual tasks for each content type. by @jpobst in #9612
• [monodroid] remove _monodroid_get_identity_hash_code by @jonathanpeppers in #9622
• [monodroid] remove monodroid_get_log_categories() by @jonathanpeppers in #9625
• [build] Generate workload-dependencies.json by @jonpryor in #9613
• [NativeAOT] improve build logic, part 1 by @jonathanpeppers in #9614
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@2c06b3c2 by @jonpryor in #9633
• [NativeAOT] improve build logic, part 2 by @jonathanpeppers in #9631
• Bump to DevDiv/android-platform-support@3b4e16f1 by @pjcollins in #9632
• [CI] Break "Package Tests" into 2 parallel jobs. by @jpobst in #9638
• [CI] Set "WearOS Tests" parallelization to 2 agents. by @jpobst in #9639
• Fix WorkloadDependencies.proj build. by @dellis1972 in #9648
• [CI] Break "Linux Tests" into 2 parallel jobs. by @jpobst in #9642
• [build+macOS] Remove quarantine from OpenJDK installations by @jonpryor in #9652
• [Mono.Android] Bind Android 16 DP2. by @jpobst in #9653
• [java-runtime] simplify mono.MonoPackageManager.LoadApplication() by @jonathanpeppers in #9655
• [Mono.Android] Generate API docs for API level 35 by @pjcollins in #9647
• Remove call to CollectAssemblyFilesForArchive for Fast Deployment. by @dellis1972 in #9650
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@ee47652d by @jonpryor in #9659
• Add NugetPackageId Metadata to TaskItems by @dellis1972 in #9559
• Add $(Nullable) = annotations to projects using NRT annotations without NRT enabled. by @jpobst in #9660
• [ci] Fail build if any git tracked files were modified. by @jpobst in #9661
• Use libc++ by @grendello in #9558
• Update Unit tests to use the 'TestName' property by @dellis1972 in #9664
• [templates] Default $(SupportedOSPlatformVersion) to 24. by @jpobst in #9656
• [build] Support JDK-21 by @jonpryor in #9672
• Bump to dotnet/android-api-docs@492e524d by @pjcollins in #9668
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 8.5.35 to 8.7.18 in /src/r8 by @dependabot in #9677
• Bump com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger from 31.7.3 to 31.8.0 in /src/manifestmerger by @dependabot in #9678
• [ci] Add template for setting *JAVA_HOME vars by @pjcollins in #9671
• Fix Analyser to work with global types by @dellis1972 in #9680
• Bump to NuGet/NuGet.Client@aa7eb998 by @jonpryor in #9682
• [illink] consolidate & remove hardcoded assembly names by @jonathanpeppers in #9662
• [ci] Run Mac MSBuild tests on macos-14-arm64 by @jpobst in #9665
• [build] Build with Microsoft OpenJDK 21.0.5 by @pjcollins in #9683
• [Mono.Android-Tests] Ignore "BadGateway" test failures. by @jpobst in #9687
• [Mono.Android] Java.Interop Unification! by @jonpryor in #9640
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] introduce $(_AndroidRuntime) property by @jonathanpeppers in #9686
• [CI] Grab 'dotnet-install.sh' script directly from GitHub. by @jpobst in #9699
• Add activity-alias support by @dellis1972 in #9654
• [XABT] Create separate assembly preparation tasks. by @jpobst in #9637
• [NativeAOT] add sample that runs successfully by @jonathanpeppers in #9636
• Rework Design Time Build to use .aar files directly. by @dellis1972 in #9700
• [build] fix MAUI Integration lane by @jonathanpeppers in #9670
• Bump to android-platform-support@49c6c866 by @pjcollins in #9702
• [XABT] Use ZipArchive to build APKs. by @jpobst in #9623
• [XABT] Fix ApplicationAttribute.ManageSpaceActivity manual mapping by @jpobst in #9708
• Set $(TreatWarningsAsErrors) = true for CI builds. by @jpobst in #9689
• Fix an bug in the Design Time Build by @dellis1972 in #9711
• [ci] Remove test environment PATH additions by @pjcollins in #9712
• [nativeaot] fix project builds on Windows by @jonathanpeppers in #9710
• [Mono.Android] Bind Android 16 Beta 1. by @jpobst in #9707
• Set default for UseSizeOptimizedLinq by @MichalStrehovsky in #9718
• [build] remove unused Xamarin.Android files by @jonathanpeppers in #9719
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@e288589d by @jonpryor in #9721

New Contributors

• @Youssef1313 made their first contribution in #8423
• @rachelkang made their first contribution in #8913
• @vcsjones made their first contribution in #9044
• @matouskozak made their first contribution in #9525
• @jzabroski made their first contribution in #9552
• @MichalStrehovsky made their first contribution in #9718

Full Changelog: 34.0.148...35.99.0-preview.1.140