This release (finally) updates Gradle to 9.x (9.2.1, specifically), allowing Java 25 to be used to build. In addition:
- It fixes a TeaVM WASM build quirk, so WASM works easily now by uncommenting one line.
- It gets GWT to work with the latest Gradle (which was a hurdle).
- GWT usage is a little different, but the Gradle tasks you run are 100% the same. They are faster, too!
That's it! Most of the changes to avoid deprecations for 9.x were done in the last release.
The libGDX December Jam 2025 should be starting soon, and I recommend you try this build out at least once before making your jam project, if you're participating. The browser-focused features should matter a lot during a jam!
As usual, there's a JAR release, which is recommended if you have any kind of JVM that can launch JARs, and platform-specific executables, which are only here for users who don't have a JVM they can easily use. Issue #242 suggests that you might need a VC Runtime DLL on Windows to run the winX64 release, which many users probably have already obtained by any number of other software installing it, but some might not. The JAR should just work if you have a viable JDK that can launch JARs. BellSoft Liberica and Azul Zulu OpenJDK builds are both good choices on Windows, and set the JAR registry correctly; using version 17 is recommended.