Android updates (#2568)

* Add Python 3.14 for Android

* Simplify GitHub Actions workflows

* Update tests

* Allow running `patchelf` even when the environment's `bin` directory is not on the PATH

* Search in both the environment's bin directory and the PATH

* Use `sysconfig.get_path`

* Fix lint warning
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Malcolm Smith
2025-09-08 15:58:03 +01:00
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@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ It also requires the following commands to be on the `PATH`:
* `curl`
* `java` (or set the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable)
* `patchelf` (if the wheel links against any external libraries)
### Android version compatibility
@@ -214,6 +213,11 @@ minimum supported [API level](https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platf
for generated wheels. This will default to the minimum API level of the selected Python
version.
If the [`repair-wheel-command`](options.md#repair-wheel-command) adds any libraries to
the wheel, then `ANDROID_API_LEVEL` must be at least 24. This is already the default
when building for Python 3.14 and later, but you may need to set it when building for
Python 3.13.
### Build frontend support
Android builds only support the `build` frontend. In principle, support for the
@@ -234,10 +238,9 @@ nested virtualization. CI platforms known to meet this requirement are:
* GitHub Actions Linux x86_64
On Linux, the emulator needs access to the KVM virtualization interface. This may
require adding your user to a group, or [changing your udev
rules](https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-02-github-actions-hardware-accelerated-android-virtualization-now-available/).
If the emulator fails to start, try running `$ANDROID_HOME/emulator/emulator
-accel-check`.
require adding your user to a group, or changing your udev rules. On GitHub
Actions, cibuildwheel will do this automatically using the commands shown
[here](https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-02-github-actions-hardware-accelerated-android-virtualization-now-available/).
The Android test environment can't support running shell scripts, so the
[`test-command`](options.md#test-command) must be a Python command  see its