(#) Obsolete Android Gradle Plugin Version !!! WARNING: Obsolete Android Gradle Plugin Version This is a warning. Id : `AndroidGradlePluginVersion` Summary : Obsolete Android Gradle Plugin Version Severity : Warning Category : Correctness Platform : Android Vendor : Android Open Source Project Feedback : https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708 Since : Initial Affects : Gradle build files and TOML files Editing : This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor Implementation : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/GradleDetector.kt) Tests : [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/GradleDetectorTest.kt) Copyright Year : 2014 This detector looks for usage of the Android Gradle Plugin where the version you are using is not the current stable release. Using older versions is fine, and there are cases where you deliberately want to stick with an older version. However, you may simply not be aware that a more recent version is available, and that is what this lint check helps find. !!! Tip This lint check has an associated quickfix available in the IDE. (##) Example Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text ../gradle/libs.versions.toml:8:Warning: A newer version of com.android.application than 8.0.0 is available: 8.0.2 [AndroidGradlePluginVersion] gradlePlugins-agp = "8.0.0" ------- ../gradle/libs.versions.toml:9:Warning: A newer version of com.android.application than 8.1.0-alpha01 is available: 8.1.0-rc01 [AndroidGradlePluginVersion] gradlePlugins-agp-alpha = "8.1.0-alpha01" --------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here is the source file referenced above: `../gradle/libs.versions.toml`: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~toml linenumbers [versions] guavaVersion = "11.0.2" appCompatVersion="13.0.0" wearableVersion=" 1.2.0 " # Test comment suppression: #noinspection GradleDependency multi-dex="1.0.0" gradlePlugins-agp = "8.0.0" gradlePlugins-agp-alpha = "8.1.0-alpha01" gradlePlugins-agp-dev = "8.2.0-dev" gradlePlugins-crashlytics = "2.9.2" gradlePlugins-dependency-analysis = "1.0.0" [libraries] com-google-guava = { module = "com.google.guava:guava", version.ref = "guavaVersion"} appcompat = { module = "com.android.support:appcompat-v7", version.ref = "appCompatVersion" } wearable-support = { group = " com.google.android.support ", name =" wearable ", version.ref = " wearableVersion " } multidex-lib = { module = "com.android.support:multidex", version.ref = "multi-dex" } [bundles] misc = [ "com-google-guava", "appcompat", ] [plugins] android-application = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "gradlePlugins-agp" } android-application2 = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "gradlePlugins-agp-alpha" } android-application3 = { id = "com.android.application", version.ref = "gradlePlugins-agp-dev" } crashlytics = { id = "com.google.firebase.crashlytics", version.ref = "gradlePlugins-crashlytics" } dependency-analysis = { id = "com.autonomousapps.dependency-analysis", version.ref = "gradlePlugins-dependency-analysis" } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can also visit the [source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/GradleDetectorTest.kt) for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios. The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test found for this lint check, `GradleDetector.testTomlVersionCatalogFile`. To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708. (##) Suppressing You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms: * Using a suppression comment like this on the line above: ```kt //noinspection AndroidGradlePluginVersion problematicStatement() ``` * Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look like this: ```xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <lint> <issue id="AndroidGradlePluginVersion" severity="ignore" /> </lint> ``` Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and so on [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html). * In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For example, you can use something like ```gradle lintOptions { disable 'AndroidGradlePluginVersion' } ``` In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }` block. * For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag: ``` $ lint --ignore AndroidGradlePluginVersion ...` ``` * Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).