[Android] Add support for 16 KB page sizes, update to NDK r28b #106358

m4gr3d · 2025-05-13T15:34:12Z

Bump the NDK to version 28.1.13356709; doing so automatically adds support for 16kib page to the Godot Android shared libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#compile-16-kb-alignment for details.

Fixes #106313

This PR, alongside #106152 and #105611 should be cherry-picked to previous releases to provide similar support for 16kb page sizes.

Doing so automatically adds support for 16kib page to the Godot Android shared libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#compile-16-kb-alignment for details.

Follow-up to godotengine#106358, this is a separate commit / PR since it shouldn't be cherry-picked in previous releases as it removes existing functionality. Support for 16kb page size added in the previous PR requires the native libraries to be uncompressed, so we're deprecating and removing the option to compress native libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#agp_version_851_or_higher for more details.

Alex2782 · 2025-05-13T17:43:20Z

Do we still have to test it?
https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#test

m4gr3d · 2025-05-13T22:26:48Z

Do we still have to test it?
https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#test

I did a quick test building the Android editor and running it on an Android device, but yes more tests would be good!

Alex2782 · 2025-05-15T02:19:46Z

adb shell getconf PAGE_SIZE

Have you changed your device to 16 KB via developer options?

There are 4 Android 15 devices on Firebase Test Lab, all running in 4 KB mode.
Pixel 9 Pro XL, Pixel 9, Lenovo Tab P12, Pixel 8.

We can probably take our time with this (Q4 2025 ?), Android 16 will have a 16 KB page size compatibility mode
https://developer.android.com/about/versions/16/behavior-changes-all#16-kb-compatibility-mode

I have a Pixel 8a with Android 15, so I could switch to 16 KB. But that requires a reboot, and I'm currently unsure whether all the apps that are essential in everyday life will run smoothly. I'll continue with an emulator for now; there's a special image for 16KB.

C++ page_size check (UNIX only)

#include <unistd.h>

Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_phase) {
	Thread::make_main_thread();
	set_current_thread_safe_for_nodes(true);

    int page_size;

#ifdef _SC_PAGESIZE
    page_size = sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE);
#else
    page_size = getpagesize();
#endif
    print_line("Main::setup page_size: ", page_size);

syntaxerror247

Looks good!
Did some tests with Android Editor, everything seems to work correctly.

m4gr3d · 2025-05-15T13:23:15Z

Have you changed your device to 16 KB via developer options?

@Alex2782 I also validated the update using the script provided by Google at https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#alignment-use-script.

Repiteo · 2025-05-15T15:30:32Z

Thanks!

Follow-up to godotengine#106358, this is a separate commit / PR since it shouldn't be cherry-picked in previous releases as it removes existing functionality. Support for 16kb page size added in the previous PR requires the native libraries to be uncompressed, so we're deprecating and removing the option to compress native libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#agp_version_851_or_higher for more details.

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Follow-up to godotengine#106358, this is a separate commit / PR since it shouldn't be cherry-picked in previous releases as it removes existing functionality. Support for 16kb page size added in the previous PR requires the native libraries to be uncompressed, so we're deprecating and removing the option to compress native libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#agp_version_851_or_higher for more details.

skyace65 · 2025-06-07T14:20:23Z

Whenever this PR gets cherrypicked, this doc PR should be marked for cherrypicking: godotengine/godot-docs#10998

Follow-up to godotengine#106358, this is a separate commit / PR since it shouldn't be cherry-picked in previous releases as it removes existing functionality. Support for 16kb page size added in the previous PR requires the native libraries to be uncompressed, so we're deprecating and removing the option to compress native libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#agp_version_851_or_higher for more details.

Bump the NDK to version 28.1.13356709

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Doing so automatically adds support for 16kib page to the Godot Android shared libraries. See https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes#compile-16-kb-alignment for details.

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Remove the gradle_build/compress_native_libraries export option #106359

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