@capacitor/android 8.0.0-nightly-20250729T150805.0 → 8.0.0-nightly-20250731T150711.0

package/capacitor/build.gradle

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ android {
     namespace "com.getcapacitor.android"
     compileSdk project.hasProperty('compileSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.compileSdkVersion : 36
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 23
+        minSdkVersion project.hasProperty('minSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.minSdkVersion : 24
         targetSdkVersion project.hasProperty('targetSdkVersion') ? rootProject.ext.targetSdkVersion : 36
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"

package/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java

@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class Bridge {
         webView.setWebChromeClient(new BridgeWebChromeClient(this));
         webView.setWebViewClient(this.webViewClient);
 
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 24 && config.isResolveServiceWorkerRequests()) {
+        if (config.isResolveServiceWorkerRequests()) {
             ServiceWorkerController swController = ServiceWorkerController.getInstance();
             swController.setServiceWorkerClient(
                 new ServiceWorkerClient() {
@@ -348,11 +348,7 @@ public class Bridge {
 
         // Otherwise manually check WebView versions
         try {
-            String webViewPackage = "com.google.android.webview";
-            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
-                webViewPackage = "com.android.chrome";
-            }
-            PackageInfo info = InternalUtils.getPackageInfo(pm, webViewPackage);
+            PackageInfo info = InternalUtils.getPackageInfo(pm, "com.android.chrome");
             String majorVersionStr = info.versionName.split("\\.")[0];
             int majorVersion = Integer.parseInt(majorVersionStr);
             return majorVersion >= config.getMinWebViewVersion();

package/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebChromeClient.java

@@ -313,13 +313,8 @@ public class BridgeWebChromeClient extends WebChromeClient {
     }
 
     private void showMediaCaptureOrFilePicker(ValueCallback<Uri[]> filePathCallback, FileChooserParams fileChooserParams, boolean isVideo) {
-        // TODO: add support for video capture on Android M and older
-        // On Android M and lower the VIDEO_CAPTURE_INTENT (e.g.: intent.getData())
-        // returns a file:// URI instead of the expected content:// URI.
-        // So we disable it for now because it requires a bit more work
-        boolean isVideoCaptureSupported = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.N;
-        boolean shown = false;
-        if (isVideo && isVideoCaptureSupported) {
+        boolean shown;
+        if (isVideo) {
             shown = showVideoCapturePicker(filePathCallback);
         } else {
             shown = showImageCapturePicker(filePathCallback);

package/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/BridgeWebViewClient.java

@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ public class BridgeWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
         return bridge.launchIntent(url);
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
-    @Override
-    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {
-        return bridge.launchIntent(Uri.parse(url));
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url) {
         super.onPageFinished(view, url);

package/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/plugin/util/CapacitorHttpUrlConnection.java

@@ -442,12 +442,7 @@ public class CapacitorHttpUrlConnection implements ICapacitorHttpUrlConnection {
      * Builds and returns a locale string describing the device's current locale preferences.
      */
     private String buildDefaultAcceptLanguageProperty() {
-        Locale locale;
-        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N) {
-            locale = LocaleList.getDefault().get(0);
-        } else {
-            locale = Locale.getDefault();
-        }
+        Locale locale = LocaleList.getDefault().get(0);
         String result = "";
         String lang = locale.getLanguage();
         String country = locale.getCountry();

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@capacitor/android",
-  "version": "8.0.0-nightly-20250729T150805.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0-nightly-20250731T150711.0",
   "description": "Capacitor: Cross-platform apps with JavaScript and the web",
   "homepage": "https://capacitorjs.com",
   "author": "Ionic Team <hi@ionic.io> (https://ionic.io)",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "verify": "./gradlew clean lint build test -b capacitor/build.gradle"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@capacitor/core": "^8.0.0-nightly-20250729T150805.0"
+    "@capacitor/core": "^8.0.0-nightly-20250731T150711.0"
   },
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"