[Bug] Github Actions error with Android Gradle plugin 8.2.0-alpha01

[AndreSand]

Description
Hi, I updated to the latest Android Studio Hedgehog(canary) and updated gradle plugin 8.2.0-alpha01. When I run on Github Actions I get the below error.

Error:

Downloading https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
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Welcome to Gradle 8.0!

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/8.0/release-notes.html

Starting a Gradle Daemon (subsequent builds will be faster)

Checking the license for package Android SDK Build-Tools 34-rc3 in /usr/local/lib/android/sdk/licenses
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

Warning: License for package Android SDK Build-Tools 34-rc3 not accepted.

• What went wrong:
  Could not determine the dependencies of task ':app:compileDebugJavaWithJavac'.

Failed to install the following Android SDK packages as some licences have not been accepted.
build-tools;34.0.0-rc3 Android SDK Build-Tools 34-rc3
To build this project, accept the SDK license agreements and install the missing components using the Android Studio SDK Manager.
All licenses can be accepted using the sdkmanager command line tool:
sdkmanager.bat --licenses
Or, to transfer the license agreements from one workstation to another, see https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/update.html#download-with-gradle

Using Android SDK: /usr/local/lib/android/sdk
Platforms affected
Azure DevOps
GitHub Actions - Standard Runners
GitHub Actions - Larger Runners
Runner images affected
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 22.04
macOS 11
macOS 12
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Image version and build link
Current runner version: '2.303.0'
Operating System:
Ubuntu 22.04.2
LTS
Runner Image:
Image: ubuntu-22.04

Is it regression?
Yes, it was working on previous gradle plugin versions

Expected behavior
New gradle releases builds Android successfully

Actual behavior
Currently GitHub image is not accepting the sdkmanager license.

Warning: License for package Android SDK Build-Tools 34-rc3 not accepted.

Repro steps
Use an Android project
Update to the latest gradle plugin version
Build on GitHub Actions
Note: Only fails when we build using the latest Android gradle plugin version, Github Actions works fine using older Android gradle plugin versions.

Related ticket:
actions/runner-images#7506

[cdsap]

Hi @AndreSand, thanks for the report.
I tested locally, without using gradle-build-action: when I don't have installed/accepted the Android SDK Build-Tools 34-rc3 license, I get the same error:

Once I installed the SDK build tools, build works:

Checking the runner-images repo I see that the 34-rc3 is not included in the sdk components:
https:/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/linux/Ubuntu2004-Readme.md#android

Looks like the issue is related to the runner-images repo

[AndreSand]

Hi @cdsap, Thank you for looking into issue.

Yes looks like the issue is with the Github runner-images.

Regards,
Andres