How to install?

This release is not yet available from the Visual Studio installer. Download the .NET 9 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                    34.99.0-preview.2.189/9.0.100-preview.2     SDK 9.0.100-preview.2

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=preview.2; net9 is 34.99.0.preview.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #8678
• [xaprepare] Add support for newer SparkyLinux by @grendello in #8684
• [GetAndroidDependencies] Add Jdk dependency info by @pjcollins in #8651
• Bump to xamarin/java.interop/main@07c73009 by @jonpryor in #8681
• Bump to 34.0.79 $(AndroidNetPreviousVersion) by @jonathanpeppers in #8693
• [monodroid] typemaps may need to load assemblies by @dependabot in #8625
• [Mono.Android] Commit api-34.xml instead of generating it on every build. by @jpobst in #8679
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] FixAbstractMethodsStep performance by @jonathanpeppers in #8650
• Bump to xamarin/monodroid@848d1277b7 by @pjcollins in #8691
• [readme] Add d17-8 download links. by @jpobst in #8709
• C++ tweaks and legacy code cleanup by @grendello in #8638
• Bump to xamarin/Java.Interop/main@dfcbd670 by @jonpryor in #8714
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] introduce BannedApiAnalyzers for Mono.Cecil by @jonathanpeppers in #8715
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] remove $(AndroidSupportedAbis) from build.props by @jonathanpeppers in #8717
• Make typemap dump utility work with current libxamarin-app.so by @grendello in #8694
• [Microsoft.Android.Sdk.ILLink] remove Java.Interop.Export reference by @jonathanpeppers in #8719
• Bump LibZipSharp to 3.1.1 by @dellis1972 in #8723
• Remove xabuild completely by @grendello in #8720
• Debugging MSBuild Tasks by @dellis1972 in #8730
• Bump NDK to r26c by @grendello in #8732
• [xaprepare] Make 7zip work with "dangerous" symlinks in ZIPs by @grendello in #8737
• Bring in changes from PR #8478 by @grendello in #8727
• Bump to xamarin/monodroid@cb01503327 by @pjcollins in #8742
• Track Java.Interop.Tools.JavaCallableWrappers changes by @jpobst in #8701
• [xamarin-android-tools] import $(LibZipSharpVersion) value by @jonathanpeppers in #8738
• Add a property required by #8478 by @grendello in #8749
• [ci] Always run the MAUI test job by @pjcollins in #8750
• [Mono.Android] fix a set of the "easiest" trimmer warnings by @jonathanpeppers in #8731
• Bump com.android.tools:r8 from 8.2.42 to 8.2.47 in /src/r8 by @dependabot in #8761
• [Mono.Android] Do not dispose request content stream in AndroidMessageHandler by @simonrozsival in #8764

Full Changelog: 34.99.0-preview.1.151...34.99.0-preview.2.189