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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 1

Supported until NDK r29 is released

Changelog

android {
    ndkVersion "28.0.12674087"
}

Platform	Package	Size (Bytes)	SHA1 Checksum
Windows	android-ndk-r28-beta2-windows.zip	746919470	410a9863a8c2559bd4bb1f29517ea525c41859ab
macOS	android-ndk-r28-beta2-darwin.dmg	1043488886	55cd6fdfb4c69866841650f1b25043643d1ee43f
Linux	android-ndk-r28-beta2-linux.zip	721452166	4b901eeb50a76ba521e4eb1e611cb43658b54440

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