Android SDK / NDK versions

The Glean SDK implementation requires the following Android SDK/NDK tooling:

• SDK API 35
  • Look for android-35 in the SDK manager
  • or install with: sdkmanager --verbose "platforms;android-35"
• Android Command line tools
  • Download link: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-12700392_latest.zip
• NDK r28b
  • Download link: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r28b-linux.zip

For the full setup see Setup the Android Build Environment.

The versions are defined in the following files. All locations need to be updated on upgrades:

• Documentation
  • this file (docs/dev/core/internal/sdk-ndk-versions.md)
  • dev/android/setup-android-build-environment.md
• CI configuration
  • .circleci/config.yml
    • sdkmanager 'build-tools;36.0.0'
    • image: circleci/android:2025.04.1-browsers
  • taskcluster/docker/linux/Dockerfile.
    • ENV ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS "36.0.0"
    • ENV ANDROID_SDK_VERSION "13114758"
    • ENV ANDROID_PLATFORM_VERSION "36"
    • ENV ANDROID_NDK_VERSION "28.1.13356709"