Android Toolchain Error

Firezown · October 25, 2019, 10:45pm

Ive seen questions about this error all over and just now found a fix. When trying to launch my project on any device i get this error LogPlayLevel: Error: ERROR: Android toolchain NDK r12c not supported; please use NDK r14b to NDK r18b (NDK r14b recommended). I went to the NDK Archives and got installed the other versions of NDK for some reason r18b didn’t work the engine reconized it as r18c the only one that seems to be working is r17c. Is this a bug with the engine or have i just not been updating things good enough.

GiddyRaccoon · November 28, 2019, 5:57pm

Same here, having same issue, was working before. reinstalled r18b and it still thinks it is r18c

CtnDev · December 29, 2019, 12:52pm

No updates here?

solarisx · January 11, 2020, 4:28pm

Same problem with UE 4.24.1. ndk r18b is recognized as r18c.

labeatmatoshi · January 12, 2020, 1:00am

This One worked for me , i choosed android-ndk-r14b-windows-x86_64.zip

https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html#ndk-14b-downloads

Caltelus · January 13, 2020, 4:47pm

i think, nobody can help us :s

CILabs · January 17, 2020, 10:54pm

I downloaded this version of the NDK and it worked for me after I updated to release (1R8) and I’m on 2.3
android-ndk-r16b-windows-x86_64.zip

AvvaG · February 9, 2020, 6:42pm

same problem

diskerdisker · February 19, 2020, 6:53am

i have get solution and complete!

Download and Unzip r14b version(it is recommend version)
Edit > Project settings… > Platforms > Android SDK > Location of Android NDK > {your unzip directory)

happy nice day!

Dirk_Teucher · June 8, 2020, 9:59pm

Same problem here … unreal advise this " please use NDK r21 to NDK r23 (NDK r21b recommended)"

Dirk_Teucher · June 8, 2020, 10:22pm

Found the solution in 4.25 . Just got to project settings and Platforms - Android SDK and use a new NDK https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/t…al-engine-4-25 download from here NDK Downloads | Android NDK | Android Developers

Doark · June 11, 2020, 4:17am

Holy smokes!! Thank you very much friend **bluemagic-UK **I followed what you explained and worked like a charm

I took the opportunity and extracted the folder in the same location that AndroidStudio created the files:

](https://forums.unrealengine.com/member/3389817-bluemagic-uk)

Jeremy-GG · June 19, 2020, 10:05pm

Thank you kind sir ! You save my mobile project from being stuck to 4.24 !

anonymous_user_249435ac1 · September 24, 2020, 2:44pm

Just starting developing and I appreciate this! Thank you bluemagic-UK.

emperor_katax · December 4, 2020, 4:03pm

**bluemagic-UK you are a legend … : ) , **

Ibrahim.Yasir · April 12, 2022, 9:03am

They have updated the docs now and they follow almost the same instructions as the one Blackmagic suggested.

markness4201 · February 15, 2023, 5:30am

If you’ve previously been able to build for Android and find yourself back here… For me this solved the issue:

I got the Android SDK location from Android Studio, browsed there to see what versions I had installed. Notably, I had …sdk/ndk/21.4.7075529 installed. The output log in Unreal told me “use NDK r21 to NDK r23” so this one seemed right.
I copied the location of the above directory and pasted into the “Location of the Android NDK” in Project Settings → Android SDK.
In the same settings, I set the NDK API level to “android-21”, used “matchndk” for the SDK.

Then I was able to build for Android again. (You likely will have to accept the SDK license under Project Settings → Android)

vladik6704 · September 10, 2023, 7:15pm

I had this: UATHelper: Packaging (Android (ASTC)): ERROR: Android toolchain NDK r25b not supported; please use NDK r21 to NDK r23 (NDK r21b recommended)

Solution: run UnrealEngine\Engine\Extras\Android\SetupAndroid.bat