.NET 8 Preview 4, Android 34.0.0-preview.4.273

How to install?

The .NET MAUI (.NET 8 Preview) optional component is available in Visual Studio 2022 17.7 Preview 1:

Or download the .NET 8 Preview 4 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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
android                    34.0.0-preview.4.273/8.0.100-preview.4      SDK 8.0.100-preview.4

Also see the Known Issues in .NET 8.

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=preview.4; net8 is 34.0.0-preview.4 by @jonathanpeppers in #7912
• [tests] Add backup ssl sites in case of 429 response. by @dellis1972 in #7909
• [profiled-aot] update dotnet.aotprofile for .NET 8 by @jonathanpeppers in #7908
• [build] remove .NET 6 support by @jonathanpeppers in #7900
• [Mono.Android] delay JNINativeWrapper.get_runtime_types() by @jonathanpeppers in #7913
• [ci] Optimize 'APK's .NET' test job overhead. by @jpobst in #7904
• Fix native code generation when marshal methods are disabled by @grendello in #7899
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Fix Android Version Code for Release builds by @dellis1972 in #7795
• [Mono.Android] Bind Android 14 DP 1. by @jpobst in #7796
• [ci] Don't set demands for megapipeline by @pjcollins in #7929
• [/Mono.Android-Tests] Revert back to example.com by @dellis1972 in #7919
• [monodroid] Fix ld build error on Nightly Builds. by @dellis1972 in #7925
• [tests] Remove net472 multitargeting by @pjcollins in #7932
• [readme] Add aka.ms links for d17.5. by @jpobst in #7935
• Add Nightly Tests for Humanizer by @dellis1972 in #7627
• [ci] Remove remaining Classic test jobs. by @jpobst in #7924
• [ci] Stop building classic test suites. by @jpobst in #7938
• [Xamarin.Android] Remove OpenTK, sqlite-xamarin, System.EnterpriseServices. by @jpobst in #7940
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 4.0.52 to 8.0.40 in /src/r8 by @dependabot in #7934
• [debugger] Pass retry timeout to runtime by @thaystg in #7916
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix cases of missing @(Reference) by @jonathanpeppers in #7947
• Convert /tools and /build-tools projects from net472 to $(DotNetStableTargetFramework) by @jpobst in #7943
• [CI] Add some extra params to configure the test templates. by @mandel-macaque in #7955
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] remove pdb2mdb by @jonathanpeppers in #7950
• Port 'JcwGen-Tests' to .NET. by @jpobst in #7949
• [Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink] fix crash when TZ changes by @jonathanpeppers in #7956
• [ci] Automatically retry failed apk-instrumentation tests. by @jpobst in #7963
• Fix integer to string conversion when generating code by @grendello in #7941
• [CI] Allow to pass the xa checkout dir to nested templates. by @mandel-macaque in #7961
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Bump ZipFlushFilesLimit by @dellis1972 in #7957
• [ci] Suppress fork PR build warnings by @pjcollins in #7973
• Add UnitTest docs by @dellis1972 in #7877
• [automation] Add 'xaSourcePath' to yaml so they can be used from monodroid by @dellis1972 in #7978
• [Mono.Android] API-UpsideDownCake Beta 1 by @jpobst in #7980
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] disable Switch.System.Reflection.ForceInterpretedInvoke by @jonathanpeppers in #7972
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] stop redistributing apksigner by @jonathanpeppers in #7984
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] remove Xamarin.Android.Legacy.targets and friends by @jonathanpeppers in #7985
• [ci] Use hosted Linux build pool for PR builds by @pjcollins in #7976

Full Changelog: 34.0.0-preview.3.224...34.0.0-preview.4.273