Modernize android build  #1095

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1. Alex Gavrishev (anod)

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2. lalitb commented on Feb 9, 2023

   

   Lalit Kumar Bhasin (lalitb)

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   Alex Gavrishev (@anod) It would be good to upgrade the android build toolset we are using. I am not Java/Android expert, will this anyway change the minimum sdk version we correctly support, as I know few teams still needing support for Android 4.4 (sdk level 19) ?
3. anod commented on Feb 9, 2023

   

   Alex Gavrishev (anod)

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   Thanks Lalit Kumar Bhasin (@lalitb) I think there is no need to update minimum version. I will test and comeback with more details.
   it might require to upgrade cmake, is there limitation for cmake version capabilities.
4. lalitb commented on Feb 9, 2023

   

   Lalit Kumar Bhasin (lalitb)

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   it might require to upgrade cmake, is there limitation for cmake version capabilities.

   Which cmake version to upgrade to ? Ideally it would be good to support 3.1.0 as minimum version, and conditionally include any feature required from higher version:

   cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
   if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.12")
     ...
   endif()
   
5. maxgolov commented on Feb 16, 2023

   

   Max Golovanov (maxgolov)

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   Can I ask so that when we implement this, we can specify what versions of Android deps to use via env vars. My team needs this layer to be compatible with certain versions of NDK and SDK.. I wonder if we can use something like this:

   export SDKAPILevelOverride=android-28
   export NDKAPILevelOverride=latest
   

   or what not. Similar how it's handled in Unreal Engine. It's a moving target for us.
6. anod commented on Feb 24, 2023

   

   Alex Gavrishev (anod)

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   For SDK level there is an option to overlay default config with custom tools.gradle.user file
   I think app which depends on the lib upgrades a library defined target sdk, lowering target sdk can cause unpredictable behavior

   Regarding NDK, There is a default NDK mapping between Gradle plugin and NDK
   NDK version can be overridden via ANDROID_NDK_VERSION env variable

   Regarding cmake, current version is 3.10, but there is a warning

   CMake Warning at /Users/algavris/Library/Android/sdk/ndk/23.1.7779620/build/cmake/android-legacy.toolchain.cmake:416 (message):
     An old version of CMake is being used that cannot automatically detect
     compiler attributes.  Compiler identification is being bypassed.  Some
     values may be wrong or missing.  Update to CMake 3.19 or newer to use
     CMake's built-in compiler identification.
   
7. bmehta001

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   linked a pull request that will close this issueBump Android externalNativeBuild CMake 3.10.2 -> 3.22.1 #1468on Jun 10, 2026
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   closed this as completedin #1468on Jun 10, 2026
10. bmehta001

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    Bump Android externalNativeBuild CMake from 3.10.2 to 3.22.1 (#1468)

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