# xlab/android-go

The android-go project provides a platform for writing native Android apps in Go programming language.

Repository: https://github.com/xlab/android-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-go
Homepage: https://developer.android.com/ndk/index.html
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-11-06T20:40:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3761, "days_push": 1396, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1089, forks 81 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:32.769888+00:00)

## What it is
android-go is an SDK for writing native Android apps in Go, providing Go bindings for the Android NDK API plus JNI utilities for interacting with the Java VM. It includes tooling like android-project to replace the removed SDK 'android' utility.

## Use cases
- write native android apps in go
- access android ndk api from go
- call java methods from go via jni
- scaffold android projects from go tooling
- build android apps without gomobile

## When to choose
- you want to write Android apps primarily in Go
- you need direct NDK access with JNI interop
- gomobile's approach doesn't fit your project

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained tooling for the latest Android SDK versions
- you prefer Kotlin/Java with standard Android SDK
- you need Jetpack Compose or modern Android UI tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: sdk, mobile-framework
- domain: mobile-development, android-tools, cross-platform
- platform: go
- tags: go-bindings, android-ndk, jni, cgo, native-apps, android

## Member repositories
- xlab/android-go (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.769888+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:49:20.395850+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/xlab/android-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:32.769888+00:00, sha ec818e4f9354)
  - homepage: https://developer.android.com/ndk/index.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.149587+00:00, sha 7ab2c9804a57)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/google/play/installreferrer (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.162727+00:00, sha 0c36cc3c0414)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.167648+00:00, sha ebdb8e262578)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/17 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.169112+00:00, sha f14da0e5f0dc)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/16 (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.170643+00:00, sha e0d8884a0810)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/jetpack/androidx/releases/compose (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.160694+00:00, sha 26b81706cc72)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/training/wearables/versions/latest (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.158798+00:00, sha 8396b9ab4b55)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/product-news (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.164453+00:00, sha fdad7419318d)
  - site_page: https://developer.android.com/blog/categories/community (fetched 2026-08-29T12:51:50.166123+00:00, sha 3e0edecad2d7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.