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Supported releases and pre-releases are available on this page. Canary releases are available on ci.android.com. Unsupported releases can be found here.

Note: canaries, betas, and release candidates should not be used for production, but are a great way for you to find and report bugs early, before they make it to a stable release.

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NDK r27c (2024 LTS)

Supported until at least 2025-07-16

Changelog

android {
    ndkVersion "27.2.12479018"
}

Platform	Package	Size (Bytes)	SHA1 Checksum
Windows	android-ndk-r27c-windows.zip	781511249	ac5f7762764b1f15341094e148ad4f847d050c38
macOS	android-ndk-r27c-darwin.dmg	921212233	04d8c43eb4e884c4b16bbf7733ac9179a13b7b20
Linux	android-ndk-r27c-linux.zip	663987688	090e8083a715fdb1a3e402d0763c388abb03fb4e

NDK r28 RC 2

Supported until NDK r29 is released

Changelog

android {
    ndkVersion "28.0.12916984-rc2"
}

Platform	Package	Size (Bytes)	SHA1 Checksum
Windows	android-ndk-r28-beta3-windows.zip	749041370	72e641edd8ef24b7b3c4935ac0b0340d87251450
macOS	android-ndk-r28-beta3-darwin.dmg	1047255644	d6158946def7554a999839e9530c8087d9339d7f
Linux	android-ndk-r28-beta3-linux.zip	723256962	69348e24577122339b3996d2ef1ac4e6f7f5d627

Release schedule

The NDK releases on a roughly quarterly basis. One release a year is designated as a Long Term Support (LTS) release that will receive backports until the next LTS is released. Each version is first released as a beta and then a release candidate before being shipped to stable. Multiple betas and release candidates are a possibility if the first beta does not meet our promotion criteria, but there will always be at least one of each. For details, see NDK Release Process.

NDK r28

Release	Expected Release Date
Beta 1	Released!
RC 1	Released!
Release	Jan 2025