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Android CI and binary releases #137242
Description
Proposal:
At the PyCon US language summit a couple of months ago, we discussed adding the following features to the mobile platforms:
- Continuous integration on GitHub Actions
- Official binary releases on python.org
Details of the discussion are in the link below, but I think it's fair to say that there was a consensus in favor of both features. I've talked about this with @hugovk, and he's open to including Android binaries in the 3.14 release series, as long as the process is well-automated, and there are no objections from the core team.
I've created the following PRs to implement this:
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gh-137242: Add Android CI job #137186
- Add a script which builds and tests on Android, and invoke it from the CI workflow.
- This takes about 20 minutes, which is slightly faster than the existing Windows free-threading job. So the overall workflow is not slowed down.
- Add a script which builds and tests on Android, and invoke it from the CI workflow.
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Add Android support release-tools#265
- Invoke the same script from the existing workflow which builds the source and docs releases.
- Again, there is a slower existing job, so the overall workflow is not slowed down.
- The Android release artifacts are attached to the workflow, from where the release manager can download them. This will be the only additional manual step required in the release process.
- Add Android support to run_release.py and add_to_pydotorg.py.
- Invoke the same script from the existing workflow which builds the source and docs releases.
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Add Android release support pythondotorg#2762
- Describes some one-time setup which will need to be done manually through the Django admin interface, and updates the test data to show what that would look like.
- Adds an explanatory note at the top of the Android downloads page.
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PEP 101: Add Android peps#4541
- Updates the release checklist.
Links to previous discussion of this feature:
Linked PRs
- gh-137242: Add Android CI job #137186
- [3.14] gh-137242: Add Android CI job (GH-137186) #137683
- [3.13] gh-137242: Add Android CI job (GH-137186) #137684
- gh-137242: Build Android artifacts in a reusable workflow #137768
- gh-137242: Add a
--no-randomizeoption, and use it in Android CI #138303 - gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation #138305
- gh-137242: Add a --no-randomize option, and use it in Android CI #138649
- [3.14] gh-137242: Add a --no-randomize option, and use it in Android CI (GH-138649) #138684
- [3.13] gh-137242: Add a --no-randomize option, and use it in Android CI (GH-138649) #138685
- gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-line options #138805
- [3.14] gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (GH-138305) #139124
- [3.13] gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (GH-138305) #139125
- [3.14] gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-line options (GH-138805) #139637
- [3.13] gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-line options (GH-138805) #139638
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mhsmith commentedon Sep 5, 2025
arm64-v8a binaries are already released, under the name of "aarch64".
Android on armeabi-v7a is not officially supported by Python, for the reasons given in PEP 738.
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gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (#138305)
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pythongh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (py…
[3.14] gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (G…
gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-line opti…
pythongh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-lin…
pythongh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-lin…
[3.13] gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-li…
[3.14] gh-137242: Allow Android testbed to take all Python command-li…
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