[pve-devel] [PATCH pve_flutter_frontend v1] chore: update `compileSdkVersion` to 35 and `targetSdkVersion` to 36

[Shan Shaji]

Created a new patch [0] by updating the compileSdkVersion to 36. Now 
both the `compileSdkVersion` and `targetSdkVersion` are 36. 

- [0] https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20250707094800.68832-1-s.shaji@proxmox.com/T/#u

On Fri Jul 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM CEST, Shan Shaji wrote:
> There is no new version available. We are already using the new version. 
> Did a little more research and may be we don't need to upgrade the
> plugin. When i checked running the app on Android 16 (Emulator -
> mocking the finger print feature from settings) by upgrading the
> `targetSdkVersion` and `compileSdkVersion` to 36 it worked fine.
>
> I was able to compile  build and run the app successfully, 
> didn't got any compilation or depraction warnings. likely because the
> plugin doesn't rely on any APIs that were deprecated or removed in 
> API level 36 but were still present in 35. Since the app is compiled 
> with API level 36, It includes APIs from previousl levels, including
> 35. Given that most changes in newer APIs are additive [0], 
> I think we can continue using the API level 35 in the plugin. 
>
> [0] - https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element#fc
>
>
> On Fri Jul 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM CEST, Thomas Lamprecht wrote:
> > Am 03.07.25 um 17:18 schrieb Tim Marx:
> > > I think you are misinterpreting that Thomas, I meant what I said before.
> > > 
> > > The post Dominik referenced is right here, it definitely says that you should not have a higher targetSdkVersion, that is due the the Gradle build process and how they determine runtime compatibility for release builds and debug builds.
> > > https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/picking-your-compilesdkversion-minsdkversion-targetsdkversion-a098a0341ebd
> > > 
> > > In the comments it is iterated again:
> > > https://medium.com/@ianhlake/libraries-that-you-are-including-as-aars-or-remote-dependencies-from-maven-repositories-are-ca6cd7dd96ec
> > > 
> > > It does not make sense to me to have a higher target, you can't test that if you compile against a lower SDK.
> >
> >
> > Yeah, I rechecked I was indeed misinterpreting this and found some confirmation
> > bias on (confused) answers online like stack overflow, thanks to you and
> > Dominik for clearing this up!
> >
> > One thing that annoys me a bit is though that per the Link from Shan it
> > really states very explicitly in the official docs:
> >
> > > The value of `targetSdk` must be less than or equal to that of `compileSdk`.
> >
> > So breaking this should really result in a build error...
> >
> > But anyway, @Shan, let's upgrade biometrics storage instead, maybe there's a new
> > version already, or alternatively ugprade it ourselves (and also sent that patch
> > upstream). FWIW, we had already a downstream version using a path dependency  of
> > that library in the past for an important bug fix, so doing this would be the
> > first time.
>
>
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