ci: reduce the acceptance test matrix to version boundaries

[tnj]

Summary

Running the acceptance tests (acceptance-test-runtime-env) against every AGP minor version (17 rows) is costly. This reduces the matrix to the 4 rows where behavior can actually change.

Rationale

The plugin only touches AGP through the stable public API (com.android.build.api.*):

• androidComponents.onVariants(selector().all())
• variant.name / artifacts / buildType / flavorName (ComponentIdentity)
• artifacts.get(SingleArtifact.APK / BUNDLE), getBuiltArtifactsLoader(), BuiltArtifacts.elements, BuiltArtifact.outputFile
• com.android.Version.ANDROID_GRADLE_PLUGIN_VERSION and AndroidProject.MODEL_LEVEL_LATEST (via reflection, wrapped in try/catch)

Extracting these classes from the gradle-api / builder-model jars of AGP 8.0.0 / 8.7.0 / 8.11.0 / 8.13.0 / 9.2.0 and comparing them with javap shows that every method and field the plugin calls is byte-identical across all versions (MODEL_LEVEL_LATEST still exists in 9.2.0). The Variant/Artifacts API has only ever changed additively, with no breaking diffs to the surface the plugin uses. In other words, the variable that actually changes across the matrix is not AGP but the paired Gradle version.

Versions kept

AGP	Gradle	Boundary covered
8.0.0	8.0	Minimum supported pair (oldest AGP + oldest Gradle)
8.13.0	8.13	End of the 8.x line + newest Gradle 8
9.0.0	9.1.0	Major boundary (Gradle 9 / Groovy 4 / built-in Kotlin / V1 API removal)
9.2.0	9.4.1	Latest pair, catches regressions in new releases early

Notes

• The skipAssemble paths (apkInfoFromConventionalOutput / aabInfoFromConventionalOutput) rely on AGP's conventional output directories (outputs/apk/..., outputs/bundle/...), which are not API-guaranteed. This is the one place a future minor could silently break, and it is covered by keeping the latest row (currently 9.2.0) up to date. Please bump the latest row whenever a new AGP minor is released.
• run_acceptance_tests.bash still listed unsupported AGP 4.2-7.x and stopped at 8.7, so it is synced to the same 4 pairs as the CI matrix.

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Code Review

This pull request updates the run_acceptance_tests.bash script by removing several older Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) and Gradle version combinations and adding newer versions (8.13.0, 9.0.0, and 9.2.0). It also adds a comment reminding developers to keep this list in sync with the GitHub Actions workflow. I have no feedback to provide.

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[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR reduces the cost of running acceptance-test-runtime-env by shrinking the GitHub Actions matrix from “every AGP minor” to a small set of boundary AGP/Gradle pairs, and aligns the local run_acceptance_tests.bash matrix with CI.

Changes:

• Reduce acceptance-test-runtime-env matrix to four AGP/Gradle boundary pairs and document the rationale in CI.
• Update run_acceptance_tests.bash to use the same four pairs and add a note to keep it in sync with CI.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
run_acceptance_tests.bash	Removes legacy AGP/Gradle pairs and syncs the local acceptance test loop to the reduced boundary matrix.
.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml	Shrinks the runtime acceptance test matrix to boundary versions and adds explanatory comments.

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[satsukies]

LGTM

[tnj]

Thanks!