[Android Lint](https://developer.android.com/studio/write/lint)is a powerful tool for verifying the correctness or your code. It is highly recommended that you fix any identified lint errors before releasing your app to production.

Compose ships with a number of lint checks by default. This helps verify the correctness of your Compose code.

## Minimum version requirement for Compose lint checks

To simplify compatibility and improve stability for lint check support, Compose 1.9 requires Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) / Lint version 8.8.2 or higher.

If you're using an AGP version lower than 8.8.2 and are unable to upgrade, you can specify the lint version to use in your`gradle.properties`file:  

    android.experimental.lint.version = 8.8.2

Previously, the complex dependencies of Compose lint checks led to frequent compatibility issues and made it difficult to determine the correct tool versions (Android Studio, AGP/Lint, Compose).

Minimum version requirements for Compose, AGP, and Studio are as follows:

|---------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| **Compose Version** | **Required AGP / Lint version** | **Required Studio version**    |
| 1.9                 | 8.8.2+                          | Ladybug+                       |
| 1.8                 | 8.6.0+                          | Koala Feature Drop -\> Meerkat |
| 1.7                 | 8.4.0+                          | Jellyfish -\> Meerkat          |