tauri-apps/tauri · error · tauri_cli::error::Error

Skipping Android Studio NDK installation. Please go through

Error message

Skipping Android Studio NDK installation. Please go through the manual setup process described in the documentation: https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/#android

What it means

After cmdline-tools are available for NDK setup, the CLI asks permission to run sdkmanager to install ndk;{NDK_VERSION}. This error means that prompt was declined (explicit 'n', or the non-TTY default No), so NDK installation is skipped and setup aborts.

Source

Thrown at crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/mod.rs:655

      )
      .unwrap_or_default();

      if !granted_permission_to_install {
        crate::error::bail!("Skipping Android Studio command line tools installation. Please go through the manual setup process described in the documentation: https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/#android");
      }

      download_cmdline_tools(&android_home)?;
    }

    if !granted_permission_to_install {
      granted_permission_to_install = crate::helpers::prompts::confirm(
        "Do you want to install the Android NDK using the command line tools?",
        Some(false),
      )
      .unwrap_or_default();

      if !granted_permission_to_install {
        crate::error::bail!("Skipping Android Studio NDK installation. Please go through the manual setup process described in the documentation: https://tauri.app/start/prerequisites/#android");
      }
    }

    log::info!(
      "Running sdkmanager to install ndk-{NDK_VERSION} on {}...",
      android_home.display()
    );
    let status = Command::new(&sdk_manager_path)
      .arg(format!("--sdk_root={}", android_home.display()))
      .arg("--install")
      .arg(format!("ndk;{NDK_VERSION}"))
      .status()
      .map_err(|error| Error::CommandFailed {
        command: format!(
          "{} --sdk_root={} --install ndk;{NDK_VERSION}",
          sdk_manager_path.display(),
          android_home.display()
        ),

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Solutions

Rerun and answer 'y' to the NDK install prompt
Pre-install the NDK yourself: `sdkmanager --install "ndk;27.0.0"` then set NDK_HOME, making the prompt unnecessary
Install the NDK via Android Studio SDK Manager

Example fix

# before
? Do you want to install the Android NDK using the command line tools? No
error: Skipping Android Studio NDK installation...
# after
sdkmanager --install "ndk;27.0.0"
export NDK_HOME="$ANDROID_HOME/ndk/27.0.0"
tauri android dev

Defensive patterns

Strategy: fallback

Validate before calling

ls "$ANDROID_HOME/ndk" 2>/dev/null | grep -q . || \
  sdkmanager --install "ndk;27.0.0"   # preinstall so the NDK prompt never shows

Prevention

Preinstall the NDK via sdkmanager or Android Studio before first tauri run
Pin the NDK version in a setup script so CI is deterministic
Cache $ANDROID_HOME so NDK setup happens once

When it happens

Trigger: `tauri android` NDK setup with the 'Do you want to install the Android NDK using the command line tools?' prompt answered No.

Common situations: Users who install the NDK through Android Studio or a pinned CI step; proxy-restricted environments where sdkmanager downloads are handled separately.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of tauri-apps/tauri@52e4b6e71d (2026-08-20). Data as JSON: /api/errors/7b7bc1d98dcce82a. Report an issue: GitHub.