.NET 10 Preview 2, Android 35.99.0-preview.2.205

How to install?

This release is not yet available from the Visual Studio installer. Download the .NET 10 Preview 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                    35.99.0-preview.2.205/10.0.100-preview.2    SDK 10.0.100-preview.2

TLDR

For a short list of Android features in .NET 10, see:

• #9571

What's Changed

• [Mono.Android] Java.Lang.Object.GetObject() implementation by @jonathanpeppers in #9728
• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=preview.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #9733
• [ci] Remove references to sdk-insertions by @pjcollins in #9731
• Don't Open .aar files with ReadWrite FileAccess by @dellis1972 in #9737
• [tests] fix build warnings as errors in TestRunner.NUnit.NET by @jonathanpeppers in #9739
• [xa-prep-tasks] fix build errors for long darc- branch names by @jonathanpeppers in #9740
• [nativeaot] support for Application subclasses by @jonathanpeppers in #9716
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@dd3c1d05 by @jonpryor in #9745
• [NativeAOT] Integrate TryCreatePeer by @jonpryor in #9746
• [XABT] Make assembly compression incremental. by @jpobst in #9704
• [.github] Update issue templates to include net10.0-android. by @jpobst in #9753
• [coreclr] projects with UseMonoRuntime=false successfully build by @jonathanpeppers in #9754
• [XABT] Ensure $(DocumentationFile) correctly uses $(OutputPath). by @jpobst in #9755
• [illink] refactor code sharing between ILLink and MSBuild tasks by @jonathanpeppers in #9688
• Update lz4 submodule to https://github.com/dotnet/lz4 by @pjcollins in #9759
• Move MonoVM runtime to a subdirectory by @grendello in #9749
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@6bc87e8b by @jonpryor in #9761
• [Mono.Android] JavaList.Add should allow duplicates. by @jpobst in #9751
• [Mono.Android] update JNIEnv.FindClass() to use JniEnvironment.Types.FindClass() by @jonathanpeppers in #9769
• Update dotnetbuilds domain by @richlander in #9772
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] temporarily support .NET 8 in .NET 10 by @jonathanpeppers in #9777
• [java-runtime] move MonoPackageManager.Context to ApplicationRegistration by @jonathanpeppers in #9779
• [XABT] Fix .sln file. by @jpobst in #9782
• [XABT] Avoid non-blittable types in native callback methods by @jpobst in #9724
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Java.Interop has typemaps by @jonpryor in #9768
• [nativeaot] introduce Microsoft.Android.Runtime.NativeAOT.dll by @jonathanpeppers in #9760
• [Mono.Android-Tests] Remove obsolete .shproj file. by @jpobst in #9758
• [build] Address CVE-2024-43485 by @pjcollins in #9788
• [tests] restore ignored tests from .NET 10 issues by @jonathanpeppers in #9744
• [Mono.Android-Tests] Fix empty files issue. by @jpobst in #9792
• [LLVM IR] Add support for Unicode strings by @grendello in #9764
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] move .NET 8 support to android-net8 workload by @jonathanpeppers in #9785
• CLR hosting bits by @grendello in #9778
• Bump to dotnet/java-interop@2a7183a1 by @jonpryor in #9799
• [nativeaot] fix typemap logic involving duplicates by @jonathanpeppers in #9794
• [Java.Interop] Target net9.0 by @jpobst in #9793
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] unify $(AndroidCodegenTarget) by @jonathanpeppers in #9806
• Bump com.android.tools.build:manifest-merger from 31.8.0 to 31.8.1 in /src/manifestmerger by @dependabot in #9800
• XARRA7028 AssemblyResolutionException in Android App Release Build by @dellis1972 in #9803
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] use mono.android.jar only for $(AndroidCodegenTarget)=XAJavaInterop1 by @jonathanpeppers in #9813
• [Mono.Android] Bind Android API-36 Beta 2. by @jpobst in #9814
• Add a Unit Test for MamJsonParser and upgrade it to use System.Text.Json by @dellis1972 in #9797
• [Mono.Android] JNIEnv.FindClass(Type) now uses TypeManager by @jonathanpeppers in #9812
• Another set of changes from #9572 by @grendello in #9807
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] use copilot to opt into NRT by @jonathanpeppers in #9770
• [nativeaot] default to $(PublishAotUsingRuntimePack)=true by @jonathanpeppers in #9815
• [HelloWorld] Fix app install by @jonpryor in #9822
• [Mono.Android] use GetJniTypeNameFromInstance() by @jonathanpeppers in #9820
• [Microsoft.Android.Runtime.NativeAOT] Parse debug.mono.log by @jonpryor in #9824
• [XABT] Don't run AddKeepAlivesStep on .NET for Android assemblies. by @jpobst in #9823
• [nativeaot] support multi-RID builds by @jonathanpeppers in #9826
• [Mono.Android] Remove usages of JNINativeWrapper.CreateDelegate. by @jpobst in #9741
• [nativeaot] remove extraneous log messages by @jonathanpeppers in #9832
• Add Page for APT2000 errors/warnings by @dellis1972 in #9804
• [nativeaot] fix missing PreserveLists\*.xml files by @jonathanpeppers in #9831
• [build] fix local Microsoft.Android.Runtime.NativeAOT.csproj builds by @jonathanpeppers in #9841

New Contributors

• @richlander made their first contribution in #9772

Full Changelog: 35.99.0-preview.1.140...35.99.0-preview.2.205