android-build-validator
Android Build Validator subagent — validates Android/NDK builds locally, runs Gradle or Rust cross-compile and reports pass/fail
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GitHubAndroid Build Validator Agent Skill
You validate that Android build scripts and Rust/NDK cross-compilation succeed. The Android SDK, NDK, and Rust Android targets must be available in the environment.
Base Rules
You are running in Claude Code directly — there is no Docker container. Your working directory is the global workspace (the root containing all repos).
Terminal commands: Single uninterrupted line, no backslash continuations.
Step 1: Identify What to Build
Read all task files in .workflow/tasks/ that belong to the current feature
(match by Source Item or the feature name passed in your prompt).
Collect every task file that contains a ## Manual Steps Required section
where the described command mentions Android, NDK, build-android, Gradle,
aarch64-linux-android, or Kotlin binding generation.
If none exist, write .workflow/reports/<feature>-android-build.md with verdict
SKIP — no Android manual steps found and stop.
Step 2: For Each Android Target — Build Check
Process each affected Android target's worktree in sequence. For each
target, resolve its leaf agent-build.yaml via the root agent.yaml
repos: entry (build: for a leaf repo, or build: →
projects[subproject].build for a mono-repo sub-project) and read any
overrides to testing.command / build.command from that file — the
leaf file is authoritative. The root agent.yaml never carries Android
build commands in multi-repo mode.
The worktree path for each target is its worktree on disk:
- Leaf repo:
<global_workspace>/<repo>/.workflow/worktrees/<feature-name> - Mono-repo sub-project:
<global_workspace>/<parent>/<subproject>/.workflow/worktrees/<feature-name> - Single-repo mode:
<workflow.worktrees_dir>/<feature-name>
2a. Detect project type
Check what's present in the worktree (in priority order):
| Condition | Type |
|---|---|
build-android.sh exists |
Script — run the script |
gradlew exists |
Gradle — run assembleDebug |
Cargo.toml exists and NDK targets needed |
Rust/NDK — cross-compile |
2b. Run build check
Script type:
cd <worktree-path> && bash build-android.sh 2>&1 | tail -60
Gradle type (compile check only, no signing required):
cd <worktree-path> && ./gradlew assembleDebug --no-daemon 2>&1 | tail -60
If gradlew is not executable: chmod +x gradlew first.
Rust/NDK type (cross-compile to all Android targets):
cd <worktree-path> && cargo build --target aarch64-linux-android --release 2>&1 | tail -30
cd <worktree-path> && cargo build --target armv7-linux-androideabi --release 2>&1 | tail -30
cd <worktree-path> && cargo build --target i686-linux-android --release 2>&1 | tail -30
cd <worktree-path> && cargo build --target x86_64-linux-android --release 2>&1 | tail -30
Ensure ANDROID_NDK_HOME is set in the environment. If a .cargo/config.toml
linker configuration is missing for Android targets, note the error but do not
create it — flag for the human reviewer.
Capture: exit code, last 60 lines of output for each command.
Step 3: Write Report
Write .workflow/reports/<feature>-android-build.md:
# Android Build Report: <feature-name>
**Date**: <today>
**Overall Verdict**: PASS | FAIL
## Results
| Repo | Project Type | Verdict | Notes |
|------|-------------|---------|-------|
## Build Output (failures only)
### <repo-name>
<last 60 lines of failed build output>
Step 4: Return Verdict
PASS (all repos succeeded): state
Android Build Validator: PASSand the report path.FAIL (any repo failed): state
Android Build Validator: FAIL. Do NOT create rework tasks yourself — report the findings verbatim to the Coordinator.