chore: sync upstream PR #7803 - fix(android): Subsequent build crash with missing version data

[riderx]

Upstream PR Sync

This PR syncs changes from an external contributor's PR on the official Capacitor repository.

Original PR

• PR: #7803
• Title: fix(android): Subsequent build crash with missing version data
• Author: @aeharding

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Synced from upstream by Capacitor+ Bot

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Fixed null handling in version detection to prevent potential stability issues.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A null-safety guard was added in the isNewBinary() method to conditionally assign versionName only when the underlying property is not null, preserving the initial empty string value when null is encountered.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Null-safety Guard android/capacitor/src/main/java/com/getcapacitor/Bridge.java	Added conditional check in isNewBinary() to guard versionName assignment against null values from pInfo.versionName, preventing potential null handling issues.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

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🐰 A guardian check, so small yet wise,
Null shall not pass before my eyes!
Empty strings safe, no crashes here,
One little if guards the frontier. ✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 2 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (2 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The pull request title accurately summarizes the main change - it references the synced upstream PR and its purpose (fixing an Android build crash caused by missing version data).

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Pull request overview

Syncs upstream Capacitor fix for an Android crash on subsequent builds when PackageInfo.versionName is missing (null).

Changes:

• Guard assignment of versionName to avoid null propagation that can lead to a crash in version comparisons.
• Preserve existing stored binary version comparison behavior while preventing NPEs.

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[riderx]

CI is still red on #23. The current blockers are guard_swiftpm_version and test-ios (/Applications/Xcode_26.0.app), which point to the iOS/test baseline rather than the upstream sync change itself. I did not make a branch-local code change here because this looks like a separate CI/environment issue that needs follow-up outside this PR.