.NET 11 Preview 6, Android 37.0.0-preview.6.59

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Installed Workload Id      Manifest Version                            Installation Source
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android                    37.0.0-preview.6.59/11.0.100-preview.6      SDK 11.0.100-preview.6

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=preview.6; main is .NET 11 preview 6 by @jonathanpeppers in #11519
• Drop global Instance of JavaMarshalValueManager by @simonrozsival in #11524
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Improve trimmable typemap framework roots by @simonrozsival in #11498
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Generate NativeAOT ProGuard rules from DGML by @simonrozsival in #11449
• [tests] Fix UrlEscaping_Bug43411 to actually run and assert correctly by @jonathanpeppers in #11523
• [ci] Scope Dependabot NuGet scanning to stable-SDK directories by @jonathanpeppers in #11522
• Enable nullable reference types in GenerateNativeAotEnvironmentAssemblerSources.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11546
• ci: declare least-privilege workflow-level contents: read by @arpitjain099 in #11544
• [build] Move Android SDK + NDK component downloads from xaprepare to MSBuild by @jonathanpeppers in #11440
• Sync SystemNative pinvoke tables with dotnet/runtime by @jonathanpeppers in #11531
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Fix _CreateAar race under parallel build by @jonathanpeppers in #11527
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Fix trimmable typemap single-RID release builds by @simonrozsival in #11499
• [ci] Target NuGet Dependabot updates at release/10.0.1xx by @jonathanpeppers in #11555
• Fix AndroidMessageHandler response body cancellation by @simonrozsival in #11554
• Use Properties.Resources.XA0140 instead of hardcoded string in GetAssetPacks.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11565
• [CoreCLR] Stop serving BCL p/invokes from the precompiled override by @simonrozsival in #11537
• Track Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk dependency to flow eng/common by @jonathanpeppers in #11556
• Replace Step_CopyExtraResultFilesForCI with a YAML template by @jonathanpeppers in #11568
• [build] android-platform-support repo consolidation by @jonathanpeppers in #11529
• Move hardcoded error string in PrepareAbiItems.cs to Resources.resx by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11574
• Add XML documentation to Android.Graphics.Color ARGB component properties by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11582
• [build] Remove unused bin/configuration.mk by @jonathanpeppers in #11580
• [tests] Remove always-true AssertCommercialBuild() / CommercialBuildAvailable by @jonathanpeppers in #11577
• [build] Drop always-true _HasCommercialFiles / _AndroidFastDeploymentSupported gates by @jonathanpeppers in #11576
• [build] Drop unused protobuf-net references from Mono.AndroidTools by @jonathanpeppers in #11592
• Enable nullable reference types in DetectIfAppWasUninstalled.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11599
• Remove obsolete misspelled IncompatibleCpuAbiExceptiopn class and dead code references by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11597
• Move hardcoded IL6001 warning string to Resources.resx by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11594
• Fix _AfterILLinkAdditionalSteps breaking IlcCompile incrementalism by @sbomer in #11509
• [build] Check in Mono.Android.Apis.projitems, remove generator by @jonathanpeppers in #11608
• [Xamarin.AndroidTools] Remove dead VS Mac / legacy code by @jonathanpeppers in #11607
• [ci] Make dnceng-public the default PR pipeline; disable PR triggers on DevDiv pipeline by @jonathanpeppers in #11578
• Bump $(AndroidPackVersion) to 37.0.0 by @jonathanpeppers in #11611
• [tests] Improve DoNotLeakWeakReferences reliability by @jonathanpeppers in #11615
• [tests] Use Android.Util.Log in JnienvTest.ThreadReuse callback by @jonathanpeppers in #11614
• [ci] Cache Android toolchain downloads + bump DownloadFile retries by @jonathanpeppers in #11618
• [cleanup] Delete unused public types from inlined platform-support projects by @jonathanpeppers in #11612
• Enable nullable reference types in ExecutionConfiguration.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11621
• Dogfood dotnet test for Mono.Android device tests by @jonathanpeppers in #11224
• [build] Remove Step_PrepareProps; fold values into eng/Versions.props by @jonathanpeppers in #11613
• Remove obsolete AndroidToolsPath pragma suppressions in AndroidSdk.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11628
• [build] Remove omnisharp.json generation from xaprepare by @jonathanpeppers in #11631
• Add XML documentation to Android.Util.Log convenience overloads by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11638
• Bump gh-aw from v0.74.8 to v0.79.6 by @jonathanpeppers in #11645
• [ci] Update agentic workflows to claude-opus-4.8 by @jonathanpeppers in #11646
• [build] Add shared DownloadFileWithRetry target and use it for SDK downloads by @jonathanpeppers in #11647
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Add trimmable DotNetRun cases by @simonrozsival in #11486
• Use Properties.Resources.XA0002 instead of hardcoded string in GetMonoPlatformJar by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11651
• Add XML documentation to Android.Graphics.Color static component-accessor methods by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11649
• [Tests] Remove dead GetInnerHandlerType helper by @simonrozsival in #11665
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Remove dead InstantRun leftovers by @jonathanpeppers in #11656
• [Mono.Android] Remove dead Java.Interop.__TypeRegistrations plumbing by @simonrozsival in #11667
• [gh-aw] disable AI-credit guardrails (max-daily / max-ai) by @jonathanpeppers in #11659
• Remove stale commented-out input-size-limit code in AssemblyCompression.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11677
• [Tests] Enable SubscribeToAppDomainUnhandledException on CoreCLR by @jonathanpeppers in #11673
• Bump MSTest to 4.2.3 in androidtest template by @jonathanpeppers in #11675
• [skills] Update tests skill for MTP device tests + docs by @simonrozsival in #11680
• [gh-aw] Eliminate magic GH_AW_* secret references from lock files by @jonathanpeppers in #11685
• Remove legacy projects importing Xamarin.Android.CSharp.targets by @jonathanpeppers in #11684
• Add backport workflow for cherry-picking PRs to release branches by @jonathanpeppers in #11691
• [build] skip DownloadOneFileWithRetry on no-op builds by @jonathanpeppers in #11693
• [build] Fix tools//<file> paths in Microsoft.Android.Sdk pack by @jonathanpeppers in #11689
• Enable nullable reference types in JdkPackage.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11687
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] warn XA0149 on legacy __AndroidEnvironment__ resources by @jonathanpeppers in #11700
• [ci] Fix network isolation requirements by @dalexsoto in #11701
• [ci] Move hosted Mac agents to macOS-15 by @jonathanpeppers in #11708
• Surface HttpRequestException from AndroidMessageHandler by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11682
• [native] Skip cmake reconfigure on no-op builds by @jonathanpeppers in #11704
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Skip library proguard.txt with disallowed global options by @jonathanpeppers in #11709
• [Dependabot] Cover /src/proguard-android in gradle updates by @jonathanpeppers in #11710
• [Mono.Android.Export] Enable nullable reference types and remove MONOTOUCH guard in CodeWhen.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11695
• [mobile] .NET 11 mobile runtime configuration updates by @kotlarmilos in #11632
• Map cancelled request body uploads to OperationCanceledException in AndroidMessageHandler by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11683
• Fix Android SDK installer build warnings by @simonrozsival in #11720
• Fix SolutionBuilder nullability warnings by @simonrozsival in #11722
• Enable nullable reference types in WaitForAppDetection.cs by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #11713
• Centralize Gradle Maven repositories via shared eng/gradle/repositories.gradle by @jonathanpeppers in #11711
• [release/11.0.1xx-preview6] Enable ManagedPeer native registration for LLVM typemap by @github-actions[bot] in #11805
• [release/11.0.1xx-preview6] [androidsdk] Fix SDK extraction incrementality by @github-actions[bot] in #11824

New Contributors

• @arpitjain099 made their first contribution in #11544

Full Changelog: 36.99.0-preview.5.308...37.0.0-preview.6.59