.NET 11 RC 2, Android 37.2.0-rc.2.84

The latest .NET MAUI component is available in Visual Studio 2026 18.12 Insiders 1 or higher:

You can also download the .NET 11 RC 2 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                    37.2.0-rc.2.84/11.0.100-rc.2                SDK 11.0.100-rc.2

What's Changed

• [build] Stabilize Android define constant ordering by @jonathanpeppers in #12378
• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=rc.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #12410
• Make AndroidTypeMapImplementation public by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #12407
• [Mono.Android] Bind API-37.1 by @jonpryor in #12388
• [fix-finder] Clarify Parameter default interface compatibility by @github-actions[bot] in #12413
• Fix BuildArchive updates for existing jar entries by @simonrozsival with @Copilot in #11552
• [tests] use dotnet/android-samples raw URL for ActionBarSherlock zip by @jonathanpeppers in #12408
• [build] Fail incomplete Maven artifact mirroring by @jonathanpeppers in #12412
• [build] Serialize Gradle wrapper projects by @jonathanpeppers in #12424
• [Mono.Android] Avoid lock for activation constructor cache by @jonathanpeppers in #12409
• [build] Update stable Android SDK packages by @jonathanpeppers in #12371
• Add update-androidsdk-packages skill and skill-runner workflow by @jonathanpeppers in #12374
• [build] Use trimmable typemaps when PublishAot is enabled by @simonrozsival in #12419
• [Build] Make universal APK generation incremental by @simonrozsival in #12230
• [build] Increase release assembly store compression by @simonrozsival in #12415
• Prevent Android reviewer Azure CLI permission denials by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #12441
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Skip redundant assembly reference scans by @simonrozsival in #12440
• [tests] Verify System.IO.Hashing 11 with NativeAOT by @jonathanpeppers in #12444
• [native] Fix concurrent FastTiming event storage by @jonathanpeppers in #12455
• [NativeAOT] Remove std::format from host compilation by @simonrozsival in #12446
• [build] Do not modify assemblies in the NuGet package cache by @jonathanpeppers in #12450
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 9.1.31 to 9.4.14 in /src/r8 by @dependabot[bot] in #12429
• [ci] Bound logcat capture time by @jonathanpeppers in #12471
• Avoid copying transitive task dependencies by @jonathanpeppers in #12470
• [Mono.Android] Enumify, stabilize API-37.1 by @jonpryor in #12418
• [build] Avoid staging unchanged framework assemblies by @simonrozsival in #12448
• [build] Pass class files directly to D8 and R8 by @simonrozsival in #12438
• [FastDeploy2] Clean orphan staging files by @jonathanpeppers in #12310
• [ci] Add MAUI full R2R android-arm Helix test by @simonrozsival in #12020
• [Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk] Parse the new Android CLI sdkmanager --list format by @mauroa in #12466
• [skill-runner] update-androidsdk-packages: refresh stable SDK packages by @github-actions[bot] in #12442
• [build] Disable CoreCLR ReadyToRun without trimming by @jonathanpeppers in #12445
• [fix-finder] Localize missing NDK toolchain warning by @github-actions[bot] in #12481
• Allow all Azure CLI commands in Android PR Reviewer by @jonathanpeppers with @Copilot in #12462
• [build] Avoid archiving extracted library resources by @simonrozsival in #12447
• [installer] Refresh Android SDK manifest by @jonathanpeppers in #12476
• [Mono.Android] Bind API-37.2 Beta 3 by @jonpryor in #12421
• Centralize agentic workflow firewall allowlist by @jonathanpeppers in #12493
• Guard primitive array value-manager routing by @simonrozsival in #12114
• [NativeAOT] Use XAJavaInterop1 codegen target and unify GC bridge by @simonrozsival in #12133
• Fix NativeAOT custom release configurations by @jonathanpeppers in #12451
• [fix-finder] Remove stale XBC workaround comment by @github-actions[bot] in #12503
• Remove duplicate CoreCLR runtime test lane by @simonrozsival in #12508
• [tests] Read FastTiming dump from file by @simonrozsival in #12492
• [build] Copy NDK redistributables when creating runtime packs by @simonrozsival in #12494
• [native] Remove Android time-zone change monitoring by @jonathanpeppers in #12247
• [Java.Interop] Map nullable byte jagged arrays to java.lang.Byte by @simonrozsival in #12113
• [NativeAOT] Trim unused typemap Java code in Release by @simonrozsival in #12228
• [Native] Restore indexed GC temporary peers by @simonrozsival in #12509
• Fix typemap proxy metadata field ownership by @simonrozsival in #12497
• [JNIEnv] Support sbyte jagged arrays by @simonrozsival in #12115
• [tests] Use approved feed for analyzer references by @jonathanpeppers in #12520
• Test trimmable typemap behavior at runtime by @simonrozsival in #12512
• [Native] Join paths without dynamic strings by @simonrozsival in #12511
• [fix-finder] Remove null-forgiving fallback in MAM parser by @github-actions[bot] in #12521
• Run public CI for all PRs by @jonathanpeppers in #12525
• [xabt] build with & allow android projects to use JDK 25 by @jonathanpeppers in #12478
• [android-tools] Suppress Google SDK SHA-1 checksum alert by @jonathanpeppers in #12526
• [Mono.Android] Suppress DSA client-certificate compatibility alert by @jonathanpeppers in #12528
• [Mono] Fix JLO lookup for packaged MAUI satellite assemblies by @jonathanpeppers in #12496
• Remove local strings from timing by @simonrozsival in #12513
• [fix-finder] Remove redundant widget ID null suppressions by @github-actions[bot] in #12532
• Bump to dotnet/lz4@69f1e9a4 by @jonathanpeppers in #12529
• [android-tools] Fix ZIP extraction containment by @jonathanpeppers in #12527
• [build] Recommend latest supported JDK in workload metadata by @Redth in #12500
• [build] Deduplicate Android tooling defaults by @jonathanpeppers in #12539
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 9.4.14 to 9.4.17 in /src/r8 by @dependabot[bot] in #12557
• [ci] Govern dnceng internal pipeline by @jonathanpeppers in #12530
• [NativeAOT] Forward JCW Java annotations by @jonathanpeppers in #12549
• Remove legacy installer packaging by @jonathanpeppers in #12579
• Forward debugger ports for dotnet run by @jonathanpeppers in #12578
• Make GoogleV2 dependency test deterministic and offline by @jonathanpeppers in #12580
• [fix-finder] Enable nullable annotations in resource suppressor by @github-actions[bot] in #12583
• [build] Replace Android tools GitInfo versioning by @jonathanpeppers in #12582
• [fix-finder] Remove region directives from Mono.Options by @github-actions[bot] in #12590
• Replace simple CLR local strings by @simonrozsival in #12517
• [typemap] Preserve exported constructor throws metadata by @simonrozsival in #12564
• Optimize trimmable typemap generation by @simonrozsival in #12598
• [Mono.Android] Bind API-37.2 Beta 4 by @jonpryor in #12605
• [build] Mark AndroidSdk package as prerelease by @jonathanpeppers in #12604
• [native] Construct DSO names and directory paths without local strings by @simonrozsival in #12515
• Revert "[build] Avoid staging unchanged framework assemblies" by @simonrozsival in #12616
• [native] Avoid redundant GC bridge type checks by @simonrozsival in #12617
• [skill-runner] update-androidsdk-packages: update platform 37.2 to stable by @github-actions[bot] in #12592
• [build] Error on marshal methods with ReadyToRun by @simonrozsival in #12613
• [AndroidSdk] Avoid warnings for emulator diagnostics by @jonathanpeppers in #12606
• Fix debugging task test SDK state leak by @jonathanpeppers in #12603
• [Tests] Define managed object proxy contract by @simonrozsival in #12612
• [xabt] Default Java (JDWP) debugging to disabled by @jonathanpeppers in #12625
• [build] Fix assembly architecture mismatch message by @jonathanpeppers in #12624
• [typemap] Make trimmable typemap ACWs conditional by @simonrozsival in #12498
• [typemap] Validate exported Java fields by @simonrozsival in #12596
• [r8-obfuscation] Add R8 JNI mapping primitives by @simonrozsival in #12628
• Use debug.dotnet properties for CoreCLR and NativeAOT by @jonathanpeppers in #12626
• [NativeAOT] Stop linking and shipping libc++ and libunwind by @simonrozsival in #12523
• [fix-finder] Remove null-forgiving operator from JDK discovery by @github-actions[bot] in #12637
• Fix reference file logging to avoid logcat output by @simonrozsival in #12620
• [ci] Enable CFSClean network isolation by @jonathanpeppers in #12643
• [ci] Remove BuildSummary phase by @jonathanpeppers in #12648
• [tests] Route XBD Google Maven downloads through mirror by @jonathanpeppers in #12544
• [tests] Copy installer runtime dependencies by @jonathanpeppers in #12649
• [r8-obfuscation] Add PE metadata rebuild substrate by @simonrozsival in #12629
• [native] Remove std::format from the CoreCLR host by @simonrozsival in #12534
• [typemap] Reject duplicate generated JCW names by @simonrozsival in #12569
• [tests] Cover virtual callbacks during construction by @simonrozsival in #12566
• [native] Fix a JNI reference leak and drop new[] from jstring_array_wrapper by @simonrozsival in #12568
• [native] Replace the bundled properties map with a linked list by @simonrozsival in #12551
• [tests] Cover WebView JavaScript annotations by @simonrozsival in #12608
• [typemap] Match legacy JCW interface declarations by @simonrozsival in #12585
• Skip unchanged trimmable typemap assembly emission by @simonrozsival in #12599
• [runtime] Reduce registered peer storage allocations by @simonrozsival in #12657
• [fix-finder] Enable nullable in NDK platforms helper by @github-actions[bot] in #12651
• [typemap] Fix trimmable peer creation race by @simonrozsival in #12650
• [tests] Add Android interop benchmarks and reduce JNI overhead by @simonrozsival in #12644
• [ci] Fix MAUI R2R Helix submissions for fork PRs by @simonrozsival in #12641
• [native] Drop std::binary_semaphore and the last string in the DSO loader by @simonrozsival in #12560
• [r8-obfuscation] Rewrite managed JNI metadata from R8 mappings by @simonrozsival in #12630
• [native] Replace std::mutex with pthread_mutex_t in the CoreCLR host by @simonrozsival in #12541
• [r8] Include build metadata in app bundles by @jonathanpeppers in #12646
• [Mono.Android] Enumify, stabilize API-37.2 by @jonpryor in #12633
• [tests] Cover AppCompat Java alias casts by @simonrozsival in #12609
• [typemap] Diagnose unsupported export signatures by @simonrozsival in #12597
• [typemap] Reduce Java-to-managed proxy lookup allocations by @simonrozsival in #12619
• [fix-finder] Remove stale AIDL byte FIXMEs by @github-actions[bot] in #12671
• [typemap] Honor explicit interface invokers by @simonrozsival in #12565
• [xabt] Disable legacy assembly fixups for trimmable typemap by @simonrozsival in #12659
• [native] Replace the AndroidSystem path statics with a POD buffer by @simonrozsival in #12552
• [native] Remove the libc++ dependencies from the CoreCLR host's startup path by @simonrozsival in #12570
• [fix-finder] Remove unused imports from Adb task by @github-actions[bot] in #12698
• [typemap] Diagnose unsupported constructor shapes by @simonrozsival in #12567
• [fix-finder] Enable nullable analysis for RunActivity by @github-actions[bot] in #12694
• [native] Remove the libc++ dependencies from the CoreCLR host's timing by @simonrozsival in #12545
• [tests] Cover interface-valued Java collections by @simonrozsival in #12614
• [Java.Interop] Lazily allocate peer member caches by @simonrozsival in #12701
• [Java.Interop] Bump generator's minimum API level to 24 and wire it through a CLI option by @simonrozsival in #12682
• [r8-obfuscation] Rewrite trimmable typemap JNI metadata by @simonrozsival in #12631
• [native] Remove libc++ dependencies from the CoreCLR assembly store by @simonrozsival in #12571
• [android-tools] Move SM02729 suppression to reported line by @jonathanpeppers in #12720
• [xabt] Move trimmable typemap tasks to net11 by @simonrozsival in #12678
• [typemap] Preserve supported Unicode JCW names by @simonrozsival in #12607
• [native] Stop linking libc++ into the CoreCLR and NativeAOT runtimes by @simonrozsival in #12572
• [flaky-ci] Pin test slicer to repo-local runtime by @simonrozsival in #12706
• [tests] Move type map rewrite tests to net11 by @jonathanpeppers in #12736
• [typemap] Reduce generator allocations with modern .NET APIs by @simonrozsival in #12724
• [tests] Fix duplicate MockBuildEngine constructor by @simonrozsival in #12741
• Bump Android product version to 37.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #12728
• [Java.Interop] Reduce string member-cache miss overhead by @simonrozsival in #12725
• [flaky-ci] Use embedded jars in desugar test by @simonrozsival in #12710
• [typemap] Stream typemap fingerprints and PE output by @simonrozsival in #12602
• Localize the Android workload description by @jonathanpeppers in #12740
• [ci] Diagnose logcat capture failures and retry the task once by @mmitche in #12744
• [r8] Add configurable private-member obfuscation and optimization by @jonathanpeppers in #12668
• [flaky-ci] Isolate JavaSideActivation GREF leak check by @simonrozsival in #12716
• [native] Preserve borrowed NativeAOT JNI references by @simonrozsival in #12730
• [fix-finder] Localize missing Java wrapper XML error by @github-actions[bot] in #12737
• [flaky-ci] Retry transient ADB install failures by @simonrozsival in #12711
• [flaky-ci] Stabilize BenchmarkDotNet device test results by @simonrozsival in #12718
• [flaky-ci] Classify pre-TLS failures in trusted certificate test by @simonrozsival in #12714
• [native] Keep DSO callback state alive after timeout by @simonrozsival in #12729
• [tests] Restore MockBuildEngine warning constructor by @jonathanpeppers in #12755
• [Java.Interop] Use .NET 11 assembly version by @jonathanpeppers in #12749
• [r8] Validate obfuscation mode only when R8 is enabled by @jonathanpeppers in #12753
• [Java.Interop] Keep JNI reference owners alive during calls by @jonathanpeppers in #12754
• [NativeAOT] Let the SDK select runtime packs by @jonathanpeppers in #12750
• [native] Harden CoreCLR environment override parsing by @simonrozsival in #12731
• [fix-finder] Update pull request guidance link by @github-actions[bot] in #12776
• [fix-finder] [xabt] Use XA4264 when ACW wrapper XML is missing by @github-actions[bot] in #12774
• [CodeQL] Add inline suppression justifications by @jonathanpeppers in #12784
• docs: update Android runtime diagnostics for .NET 11 by @vitek-karas in #12783
• [fix-finder] Enable nullable annotations in Android SDK Platform helper by @github-actions[bot] in #12770
• Bump System.IO.Hashing to 10.0.12 by @jonathanpeppers in #12769
• [flaky-ci] Stabilize AndroidMessageHandler cancellation rewind test by @simonrozsival in #12712
• [CoreCLR] Remove assembly store decompression cache by @simonrozsival in #12780
• Bump System.CodeDom from 10.0.11 to 10.0.12 by @jonathanpeppers in #12768
• [fix-finder] [installer] Enable nullable annotations for JdkArchive by @github-actions[bot] in #12787
• [flaky-ci] Isolate TryFindClass JNI leak checks by @simonrozsival in #12709
• [net] Make authentication modules trimmable by @simonrozsival in #12791
• Fix Windows mdoc framework-root path by @jonathanpeppers in #12808
• Update repository links to dotnet/android by @RoderickIveans in #12790
• Remove build-time Java resources from APKs by @simonrozsival in #12792
• Fix AIDL one-way proxy generation by @jonathanpeppers in #12794
• [fix-finder] Enable nullable annotations for LLVM attribute set by @github-actions[bot] in #12812
• Rename solution/workspace to Microsoft.Android by @RoderickIveans in #12804
• [TrimmableTypeMap] Trim value-type dictionary instantiations by @simonrozsival in #12793
• Remove ignored native image assembly-store aliases by @simonrozsival in #12811
• [Mono.Android] Fix AgentIcon namespace casing by @jonathanpeppers in #12815
• [fix-finder] Remove redundant null-forgiving operator by @github-actions[bot] in #12818
• [fix-finder] Localize unsupported Java reference error by @github-actions[bot] in #12803
• [Mono.Android] Align CoreCLR activation caching with Mono by @jonathanpeppers in #12816
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 9.4.17 to 9.4.24 in /src/r8 by @dependabot[bot] in #12819
• [Java.Interop] Use native UTF-8 JNI remaps by @simonrozsival in #12795
• [flaky-ci] Make logcat capture bounded and non-gating by @simonrozsival in #12708
• [fix-finder] Fix Java properties default encoding by @github-actions[bot] in #12838
• [fix-finder] Document NotificationManager.FromContext by @github-actions[bot] in #12836
• [fix-finder] Remove null-forgiving operator from activity names by @github-actions[bot] in #12831
• [tests] Cover interface method desugaring parity by @simonrozsival in #12610
• [NativeAOT] Preserve GC bridge temporary peers through R8 by @jonathanpeppers in #12828
• [Mono.Android] Fix handwritten build warnings by @simonrozsival in #12834
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Remove R8 assembly rewriter by @simonrozsival in #12846
• Fix API 37 generated namespace casing by @dependabot[bot] in #12839
• [flaky-ci] Isolate Gradle state in CI by @simonrozsival in #12707
• [CoreCLR/NativeAOT] Use a no-GC region during Android startup by @simonrozsival in #12782
• [CoreCLR] Avoid main-thread dispatch for unknown P/Invokes by @simonrozsival in #12863
• [release/11.0.1xx-rc2] Fix JNI jchar marshalling on CoreCLR by @github-actions[bot] in #12881
• [release/11.0.1xx-rc2] [build] Avoid duplicate extension runtime packs by @github-actions[bot] in #12883
• [release/11.0.1xx-rc2] [build] Use command-line tools 21.0 by default by @github-actions[bot] in #12904
• [release/11.0.1xx-rc2] [Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk] Include PDB in package by @github-actions[bot] in #12924

New Contributors

• @RoderickIveans made their first contribution in #12790

Full Changelog: 37.0.0-rc.1.2257...37.2.0-rc.2.84