Fixes uncovered by the 2026-05-22 build-config audit + the Gradle 9 +
JUnit Platform launcher requirement that just surfaced in CI:
- testRuntimeOnly junit-platform-launcher: Gradle 9 no longer auto-
injects it; tests fail with "Failed to load JUnit Platform" without
an explicit dep.
- compileSdk + targetSdk 35 -> 36: AGP 9 defaults to 36 and warns on
lower values; CI was also auto-downloading build-tools 36 at
runtime (now pre-installed in ci-android:36).
- container.image bumped to ci-android:36 to match.
- configuration-cache.problems=warn in gradle.properties: detekt 2.0-
alpha + ktlint Gradle plugin have CC compat holes; warn rather
than fail.
- androidTest dep parity: kotlin("test") + kotlinx-coroutines-test
added (was on testImplementation only).
- CI: actions/cache@v4 for ~/.gradle/{caches,wrapper} + ~/.kotlin,
keyed on gradle-wrapper.properties + libs.versions.toml + the
*.gradle.kts files. Saves ~3 min per run after warm-up.
Deferred (with trigger conditions, will land when needed): Hilt
testing artifacts + HiltTestRunner (first @HiltAndroidTest), Room
Gradle plugin + schemaDirectory (Phase 4.2), Coil 3 ImageLoader
factory sharing OkHttp (Phase 5.4), MainDispatcherRule test utility
(Phase 5.3), JUnit-5/4 split for instrumented (Phase 5+),
NetworkSecurityConfig (pre-cutover Phase 14).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The previous attempt opted out of AGP 9's built-in Kotlin (via
android.builtInKotlin=false + explicit kotlin-android plugin) because
the message from Gradle suggested it. But Kotlin 2.2.21's
kotlin-android plugin can't cast AGP 9's new ApplicationExtension to
the removed BaseExtension:
class ApplicationExtensionImpl$AgpDecorated_Decorated
cannot be cast to class com.android.build.gradle.BaseExtension
That suggestion is for projects with an older Kotlin toolchain. The
real fix:
- Kotlin 2.3.21 (latest stable; first line where kotlin-android also
supports AGP 9, but more importantly the built-in path works)
- KSP 2.3.8 — KSP PR #2674 (merged Oct 2025) added AGP 9 built-in
Kotlin support. KSP 1.x and pre-2.3 don't work with built-in Kotlin.
- Re-drop the kotlin-android plugin from both build.gradle.kts files;
AGP 9 enables built-in Kotlin by default and KSP 2.3 cooperates.
- Remove android.builtInKotlin=false from gradle.properties.
compose-compiler plugin tracks the Kotlin version via version.ref, so
no separate bump there.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
AGP 9 enables built-in Kotlin by default (`android.builtInKotlin=true`),
which we initially adopted by dropping the `kotlin-android` plugin
alias. But KSP isn't compatible with built-in Kotlin yet — Gradle
errors out with:
> KSP is not compatible with Android Gradle Plugin's built-in Kotlin.
> Please disable by adding android.builtInKotlin=false to gradle.properties
> and apply kotlin("android") plugin
Restored the explicit kotlin-android plugin (root + :app) and added
`android.builtInKotlin=false` to gradle.properties. Revisit when KSP
gains built-in-Kotlin support.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
M8 phase 1.1: empty multi-project Gradle scaffold (root + :app
placeholder). Version catalog establishes pinned Kotlin/AGP/Compose/
Hilt/Room/Media3/etc. versions for the whole module.
Gradle wrapper (8.10) reused from flutter_client/ — the wrapper jar
is a bootstrap and respects distributionUrl from gradle-wrapper.properties.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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