.NET 8 RC 2.1, Android 34.0.0-rc.2.479

This is an intermediate release before .NET 8 GA.

The .NET MAUI (.NET 8 RC 2.1) component is available in Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 6:

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.2.479/8.0.100-rc.2                SDK 8.0.100-rc.2

Also see the Known Issues in .NET 8.

What's Changed

• [Mono.Android] Generate API docs for android-34 by @pjcollins in #8383
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Make manifestmerger.jar the default by @dellis1972 in #8392
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Add support for $(AndroidEnableObsoleteOverrideInheritance) by @jpobst in #8393
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] case-insensitive Legacy Designer fixup by @dellis1972 in #8376
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Fix up ForegroundService.ToString() by @dellis1972 in #8412
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Include Bindings Design Time builds by @dellis1972 in #8357
• [Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks] Fixup indirect resource references by @dellis1972 and @jonathanpeppers in #8416

Full Changelog: 34.0.0-rc.2.468...34.0.0-rc.2.479