cordova-android 14: Some warnings in Android Studio

[GitToTheHub]

Hi,

when i add cordova-android 14 by cordova platform add https://github.com/apache/cordova-android#14.0.0
and open it in the latest Android Studio (Meerkat | 2024.3.1), i get some warnings:

1. "Duplicate content roots detected"

[.../platforms/android/CordovaLib] of module [AppName.CordovaLib] was removed from modules [AppName.CordovaLib.main]

2. Gradle update recommendation to 8.9.0

Upgrading to 8.9.0 is not possible, it says:

This step is blocked .. Cannot find AGP version in build files. Cannot locate the version specification for the Android Gradle Plugin dependency, possibly because the project's build files use features not currently supported by the Upgrade Assistant (for example: using constants defined in buildSrc). If the project was modified externally while this project was open, syncing your project may help locating the currently used AGP version; this window will update once sync finishes.

Could AGP already set to 8.9.0?

[breautek]

AGP version is controlled through a preference but they usually have breaking changes so simply updating it to 8.9.0 will probably break the project.

As for the duplicate content roots warning, I've seen that warning before in my non-cordova projects. I'm pretty sure I was already running AGP 8.9.0 when I've seen it, but Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 doesn't seem to be producing the warning for me anymore. Not 100% sure if AGP 8.9.0 actually fixed the warning.

The main breaking change between AGP 8.6 and 8.9 I think is Gradle version requirement, so you could try:

config.xml:

<platform name="android">
    <preference name="GradleVersion" value="8.11.1" /> <!-- Or choose a later gradle version if desired, but it must be within the 8.x major release -->
    <preference name="AndroidGradlePluginVersion" value="8.9.0" />
</platform>

Running this configuration will make it hard to provide support should it introduce other issues.

AGP 8.9 is mainly for SDK 36 support which is still in early preview, so I don't foresee cordova-android using it until cordova-android@15 because cordova-android@14 is already going through the release process.

[GitToTheHub]

Hi Norman,

thanks for the reply.

I thought the duplicate content roots warning has something to do with Cordova, but when you it had also in none Cordova projects, then it's not.

Which Gradle version does cordova-android 14 use? 8.11 or 8.3? I was only posting this with gradle, because i thought there is something wrong with Cordova, because Android Studio says it cannot upgrade.

But it seems i had just to ignore it :)

Regards

[breautek]

Yah I've been safely ignoring it without issue so far. cordova-android 14 is configured to use Gradle 8.13 by default (https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/master/framework/cdv-gradle-config-defaults.json#L5)

[GitToTheHub]

Sorry, I didn’t understand the difference between „Gradle“ and „Android Gradle Plugin“ but now I understand (googled it :))

I wanted to ask for the used Android Gradle Plugin version. I see now by your link, it’s 8.7.3. But now I‘m wondering why Android Studio says „Android Gradle Plugin version 8.3.0 has an upgrade available“. Why it says „8.3.0“, though cordova-android specifies 8.7.3?

[erisu]

• 8.7.3 is set in the main branch, which was linked and going to be in Cordova-Android 14.0.0.
• 8.3.0 is from the previous release Cordova-Android 13.x.

[GitToTheHub]

Oh sorry, you are right, I was accidentally typing cordova platform add android when testing the project in Android Studio :))

When I'm using the 14.0.0 branch, I see the warning for Android Gradle Plugin 8.7.3.

But I get another warning:

Invalid Gradle JDK configuration found.
Undefined java.home on the project gradle/config.properties file when using the gradleJvm #GRADLE_LOCAL_JAVA_HOME macro. To mitigate the issue, this was changed to use the Embedded JDK (JetBrains Runtime 21.0.5 - aarch64). Select the Gradle JDK location

Is this a problem on my end?

[erisu]

Fixed here; apache/cordova-android#1795