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Expand Up @@ -28,17 +28,16 @@ For compiling under Windows, Linux or macOS, the following is required:

- `Python 3.8+ <https://www.python.org/downloads/>`_.
- `SCons 4.0+ <https://scons.org/pages/download.html>`_ build system.
- `Android SDK <https://developer.android.com/studio/#command-tools>`_
(command-line tools are sufficient).
- Android SDK

- Required SDK components will be automatically installed.
- To install the Android SDK, follow the steps here <https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/exporting_for_android.html>_.
- On Linux, **do not use an Android SDK provided by your distribution's repositories** as it will often be outdated.
- On macOS, **do not use an Android SDK provided by Homebrew** as it will not be installed in a unified location.

- Gradle (will be downloaded and installed automatically if missing).
- JDK 17 (either OpenJDK or Oracle JDK).

- You can download a build from `Adoptium <https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases/?variant=openjdk17>`_.
- You can download a build from `Adoptium <https://adoptium.net/temurin/releases?variant=openjdk17&version=17&os=any&arch=any>`_.

.. seealso:: To get the Godot source code for compiling, see
:ref:`doc_getting_source`.
Expand All @@ -63,21 +62,6 @@ Setting up the buildsystem
to your ``.bashrc`` or ``.zshrc`` where ``/path/to/android-sdk`` points to
the root of the SDK directories.

- Install the necessary SDK components in this folder:

- Accept the SDK component licenses by running the following command
where ``android_sdk_path`` is the path to the Android SDK, then answering all the prompts with ``y``:

::

cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root=<android_sdk_path> --licenses

- Complete setup by running the following command where ``android_sdk_path`` is the path to the Android SDK.

::

cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root=<android_sdk_path> "platform-tools" "build-tools;35.0.1" "platforms;android-35" "cmdline-tools;latest" "cmake;3.10.2.4988404" "ndk;28.1.13356709"

- After setting up the SDK and environment variables, be sure to
**restart your terminal** to apply the changes. If you are using
an IDE with an integrated terminal, you need to restart the IDE.
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- You can add the ``debug_symbols=yes`` parameters to include the debug symbols in the generated build.

- Note that you can include ``separate_debug_symbols=yes`` to generate the debug symbols in a separate ``*-native-debug-symbols.zip`` file.
- Note that you can include ``separate_debug_symbols=yes`` to the *last* architecture you're building, to generate the debug symbols in a separate ``*-native-debug-symbols.zip`` file.

- You can skip certain architectures depending on your target device to speed up compilation.

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::

adb install ./bin/android_editor_builds/android_editor-release.apk
adb install ./bin/android_editor_builds/android_editor-android-debug.apk

Troubleshooting
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