.NET 8 RC 2, Android 34.0.0-rc.2.468

The .NET MAUI (.NET 8 RC 2) component is available in Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 3:

Note that the .NET 8 SDK is the default in the 17.8 Visual Studio release, as well as .NET 8 releases of .NET MAUI.

You can also download the .NET 8 RC 2 SDK directly, followed by:

> dotnet workload install android
...
Successfully installed workload(s) android.

To verify installation:

> dotnet workload list

Installed Workload Id      Manifest Version                            Installation Source
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
android                    34.0.0-rc.2.468/8.0.100-rc.2                SDK 8.0.100-rc.2

Also see the Known Issues in .NET 8.

What's Changed

• $(AndroidPackVersionSuffix)=rc.2; net8 is 34.0.0-rc.2 by @jonathanpeppers in #8278
• [Mono.Android] Add pathSuffix and pathAdvancedPattern to [IntentFilter] by @jpobst in #8261
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] implement $(AndroidStripILAfterAOT) by @jonathanpeppers in #8172
• [tests] Skip sign check when installing MAUI by @pjcollins in #8288
• Improve JavaProxyThrowable by translating managed stack trace by @grendello in #8185
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Fix APT2264 error on Windows. by @dellis1972 in #8289
• [monodroid] Fix the EnableNativeAnalyzers build by @pjcollins in #8293
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] improve net6.0 "out of support" message by @jonathanpeppers in #8307
• [xaprepare] Fix dotnet-install script size check by @pjcollins in #8311
• [xaprepare] Improve dotnet-install script logging by @pjcollins in #8312
• [Mono.Android] Add missing [Flags] attribute for generated enums. by @jpobst in #8310
• [build] Use Microsoft OpenJDK 17.0.8 by @jonpryor in #8309
• MAUI project with non-ASCII project name cannot release to my Android phone by @dellis1972 in #7710
• [ci] Run more MSBuild tests on Linux by @pjcollins in #8335
• [ci] Install signing plugin after building by @pjcollins in #8346
• Bump to 33.0.95 $(AndroidNet7Version) by @jonathanpeppers in #8351
• Bump our binary utilities toolchain to LLVM 17.0.1 by @grendello in #8354
• Bump to Include Debugging.Tasks Versioning by @dellis1972 in #8290
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] feature switch defaults for fast startup by @jonathanpeppers in #8347
• Bump NDK to r26 by @grendello in #8213
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Unable to use import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar into a java file when using AndroidJavaSource by @dellis1972 in #8194
• Add a target to run application with logging by @grendello in #8324
• [installers] Let monodroid control which fast dev files are included in the installer by @dellis1972 in #8297
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] fix InstallAndroidDependencies in .NET 8 by @jonathanpeppers in #8375

Full Changelog: 34.0.0-rc.1.432...34.0.0-rc.2.468