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Android CI and binary releases #137242

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@mhsmith
mhsmith
opened on Jul 30, 2025

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:

  • 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 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.

  • 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.

  • PEP 101: Add Android peps#4541

    • Updates the release checklist.

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

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  1. mhsmith
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    OS-android
    on Jul 30, 2025
  2. StanFromIreland
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    on Jul 30, 2025

  3. freakboy3742 commented on Jul 31, 2025

    @freakboy3742
    freakboy3742
    on Jul 31, 2025
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    It probably goes without saying, but I'm +1 to this.

  4. mhsmith commented on Aug 6, 2025

    @mhsmith
    mhsmith
    on Aug 6, 2025
    MemberAuthor

    I've now added the website release functionality, and updated the PR list above.

  5. mhsmith commented on Aug 11, 2025

    @mhsmith
    mhsmith
    on Aug 11, 2025
    MemberAuthor

    I've now updated the list above to include a PEP 101 PR, which I think is the last piece required to make this happen.

  6. hugovk
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    gh-137242: Add Android CI job (#137186)

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    [3.14] pythongh-137242: Add Android CI job (pythonGH-137186)

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  9. mhsmith commented on Aug 14, 2025

    @mhsmith
    mhsmith
    on Aug 14, 2025
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    Android CI is now active on GitHub Actions and Android binaries are included in the release of Python 3.14.0rc2.

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    closed this as completedon Aug 14, 2025
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  12. thread101 commented on Sep 5, 2025

    @thread101
    thread101
    on Sep 5, 2025

    what about binaries for armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a architectures?

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    gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (#138305)

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