Missing documentation on recommended release settings. D8andR8.md is likely outdated
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### Android application type
.NET Android (net7.0-android, net8.0-android, etc.)
### Affected platform version
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### Description
This is a documentation issue - I would like to know what optimization settings are recommended when publishing a Release version to the Google Play store.
For Xamarin there was a lot of detailed documentation:
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/xamarin/android/deploy-test/release-prep/?tabs=windows
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/xamarin/android/deploy-test/release-prep/proguard?tabs=windows
For .NET MAUI there is no equivalent about what settings to use, and in Visual Studio it looks like R8 is the only recommended code shrinker now. I cannot find a ProGuard option in the project settings and the only shrinker option in Visual Studio is R8:

However, I cannot find any documentation on the R8 shrinker becoming the new default. In the .NET for Android repo there is https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/blob/main/Documentation/guides/D8andR8.md which was last updated 6 years ago.
That document says
> If AndroidDexTool is omitted, dx and CompileToDalvik should be used. Until D8/R8 integration is deemed stable and enabled by default.
However, that was 6 years ago...
What are the recommended settings for releasing a .NET for Android / MAUI Android app today?
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