diff --git a/posts/2022-12-14-android-ndk-update.md b/posts/2022-12-14-android-ndk-update.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..780bc8bc9 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/2022-12-14-android-ndk-update.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Updating the Android NDK in Rust " +author: Android Platform Team +description: "Modernizing Android support in Rust" +--- + +We are pleased to announce that Android platform support in Rust will be +modernized in Rust as we update the target NDK from r17 to r25. As a +consequence the minimum supported API level will increase from 15 (Ice Cream +Sandwich) to 19 (KitKat). + +In NDK r23 Android switched to using LLVM's `libunwind` for all architectures. +This meant that +1. If a project were to target NDK r23 or newer with previous versions of Rust + [a workaround](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/85806#issuecomment-1096266946) + would be required to redirect attempts to link against `libgcc` to instead + link against `libunwind`. Following this update this workaround will no + longer be necessary. +2. If a project targets NDK r22 or older it will need to be updated to target + r23 or newer. + +Going forward the Android platform will target the most recent LTS NDK, allowing +Rust developers to access platform features sooner. +