Compatibility with Android 16 KB memory page

[alencina-faa]

Is Briefcase compatible with Android's 16KB page size?

I found that the Android Gradle plugin must be 8.5.1 or higher.

Does the latest version of Briefcase meet this requirement? Or should the workaround suggested on that page be used?

[mhsmith]

Briefcase currently uses Android Gradle plugin 8.11.1, as shown here. Briefcase's current version of Chaquopy is also mostly 16 KB-compatible, and will be completely compatible in the next version (chaquo/chaquopy#1171). This will allow Briefcase apps to be accepted by Google Play when they start enforcing this in November 2025.

Android wheels built before October 2024 will still fail to load on 16 KB devices, but there probably aren't any of those devices in the real world yet. Hopefully new versions of those wheels will be available before that happens.