Bump compileSdk/targetSdk to 36 for Google Play 2025/2026 policy#44
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Google Play requires new apps to target API 36 (Android 16) by Aug 31, 2025 and updates by Nov 1, 2025. Previous target 35 satisfied the 2024 deadline but trips the 2025 warning in Play Console. AGP 8.1.2 only officially supports compileSdk 34, so set android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=36 to silence the build-time error. Bumping AGP itself is off the table for now — it retriggers the rust-android-gradle 0.9.6 mergeJniLibFolders duplicate-resources bug we already had to work around (see 0249f91 / 8875c74). minSdk stays at 24 (no Play policy bump there yet). Verified locally on AVD meow_api35 (arm64-v8a, API 35): - ./gradlew :app:assembleDebug green - scripts/run_local_emulator_tests.sh: 8/8 tests green Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Google Play requires new apps to target API 36 (Android 16) by Aug 31, 2025 and updates by Nov 1, 2025. Previous target 35 satisfied the 2024 deadline but trips the 2025 warning in Play Console.
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app/build.gradle:compileSdk 34 → 36,targetSdk 35 → 36.minSdk 24unchanged.gradle.properties:android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=36so AGP 8.1.2 stops erroring on the newer compileSdk.Why not bump AGP
AGP 8.1.2 officially caps at compileSdk 34, but bumping AGP retriggers the rust-android-gradle 0.9.6
mergeJniLibFoldersduplicate-resources bug we already had to work around (see 0249f91 / 8875c74). The suppression flag is the lighter fix.Verified
./gradlew :app:assembleDebuggreen.scripts/run_local_emulator_tests.shon AVDmeow_api35(arm64-v8a, API 35): 8/8 e2e tests green.🤖 Generated with Claude Code