Merge pull request #2668 from misl6/feat/switch-to-ndk25

Bump minimal and recommended Android NDK version to 25b

Author: misl6

.github/workflows/push.yml

@@ -109,17 +109,11 @@ jobs:
             target: testapps-with-numpy
           - name: webview
             target: testapps-webview
-        include:
-          - runs_on: macos-latest
-            ndk_version: '23b'
-          - runs_on: apple-silicon-m1
-            ndk_version: '24'
     env:
       ANDROID_HOME: ${HOME}/.android
       ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_SDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_NDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-ndk
-      ANDROID_NDK_VERSION: ${{ matrix.ndk_version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout python-for-android
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -247,17 +241,11 @@ jobs:
             target: testapps-with-numpy-aab
           - name: webview
             target: testapps-webview-aab
-        include:
-          - runs_on: macos-latest
-            ndk_version: '23b'
-          - runs_on: apple-silicon-m1
-            ndk_version: '24'
     env:
       ANDROID_HOME: ${HOME}/.android
       ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_SDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_NDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-ndk
-      ANDROID_NDK_VERSION: ${{ matrix.ndk_version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout python-for-android
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -330,18 +318,12 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         android_arch: ["arm64-v8a", "armeabi-v7a", "x86_64", "x86"]
         runs_on: [macos-latest, apple-silicon-m1]
-        include:
-          - runs_on: macos-latest
-            ndk_version: '23b'
-          - runs_on: apple-silicon-m1
-            ndk_version: '24'
     env:
       ANDROID_HOME: ${HOME}/.android
       ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_SDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-sdk
       ANDROID_NDK_HOME: ${HOME}/.android/android-ndk
       REBUILD_UPDATED_RECIPES_EXTRA_ARGS: --arch=${{ matrix.android_arch }}
-      ANDROID_NDK_VERSION: ${{ matrix.ndk_version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout python-for-android
         uses: actions/checkout@v2

ci/makefiles/android.mk

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Downloads and installs the Android SDK depending on supplied platform: darwin or linux
 
 # Those android NDK/SDK variables can be override when running the file
-ANDROID_NDK_VERSION ?= 23b
+ANDROID_NDK_VERSION ?= 25b
 ANDROID_NDK_VERSION_LEGACY ?= 21e
 ANDROID_SDK_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 6514223
 ANDROID_SDK_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION ?= 29.0.3

doc/source/quickstart.rst

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ named ``tools``, and you will need to run extra commands to install
 the SDK packages needed. 
 
 For Android NDK, note that modern releases will only work on a 64-bit
-operating system. **The minimal, and recommended, NDK version to use is r23b:**
+operating system. **The minimal, and recommended, NDK version to use is r25b:**
 
  - `Go to ndk downloads page <https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/>`_
  - Windows users should create a virtual machine with an GNU Linux os

pythonforandroid/recommendations.py

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 from pythonforandroid.util import BuildInterruptingException
 
 # We only check the NDK major version
-MIN_NDK_VERSION = 23
-MAX_NDK_VERSION = 23
+MIN_NDK_VERSION = 25
+MAX_NDK_VERSION = 25
 
 # DO NOT CHANGE LINE FORMAT: buildozer parses the existence of a RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION
-RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION = "23b"
+RECOMMENDED_NDK_VERSION = "25b"
 
 NDK_DOWNLOAD_URL = "https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/"