No version of NDK matched the requested version

After updating to Android Gradle plugin 3.6.0 (released Feb 24, 2020), several project independently started failing with:

No version of NDK matched the requested version 20.0.5594570. Versions available locally: 21.0.6113669

It's quite simple to "fix" this locally by installing the older expected ndk version:

sdkmanager 'ndk;20.0.5594570'

However, my question is: Where and how is this older version specified? And how do I update it so it matches the latest version 21.0.6113669?

The following solutions assume that the machine you are using currently has NDK installed and was previously able to build your project but started failing with the error "No version of NDK matched the requested version" after updating to Android Gradle plugin 3.6.0. Before proceeding make sure to have NDK installed.

Option 1:

You can simply select your locally installed NDK in the Project Structure Dialog

You can open the Project Structure Dialog by clicking File > Project Structure... or by pressing the hotkeys CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + S (on windows)

Once the Project Structure Dialog is open, go to SDK Location and select your locally installed version of NDK under Android NDK Location. Typically this is installed somewhere in your user folder then \AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk\%ndk version% at least for Windows.

- from Android Studio 3.6 Build #AI-192.7142.36.36.6200805, built on February 12, 2020

Option 2:

Doing option 1 will edit your local.properties file for you and will work in most cases. But if you want to use a consistent NDK version on all machines you build the project with, according to this official guide, you can configure it from your module gradle script. Simply add the ndkVersion in your module gradle script's android{} block like so.

android {
    ndkVersion "major.minor.build"
}

replacing the string between the doublequotes with the NDK version you want to use

Option 3:

If you want all projects built on a particular machine to use the same NDK version, you can also set ANDROID_NDK_HOME environment variable with the path to the NDK folder.

I have the same issue. I resolved it through the SDK manager under SDK Tools, click Show Package Details and then scroll under NDK (Side by side) and tick and apply the version you need. See image below:

My question for anyone is, why do we need this now for projects that do not require the NDK? As it turns out the NDK is a pre-existing requirement in the project I work on for a dependency!

It isn't necessary with Android gradle plugin > 4.1.0 (see also https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/144111441)

With < 4.1.0 I run into this too

> No version of NDK matched the requested version 20.0.5594570. Versions > available locally: 21.0.6113669

Option 1:

You can simply select your locally installed NDK in the Project Structure Dialog works !

But is only valid for local builds, an I need a solution for CI

Option 2:

It's only works, when you specify it in every used module

android {
    compileSdkVersion 28
    ndkVersion "21.0.6113669"
    ...
}

Here it seems not to work https://github.com/hannesa2/panoramagl/pull/17/checks with this change https://github.com/hannesa2/panoramagl/pull/17/files#diff-cff4e8c294a5dc5e76308662ae1ddcacR6-R7

Option 3:

export ANDROID_NDK_HOME=/Users/{my-user}/Development/adt/sdk/ndk/21.0.6113669

works too !

To answer the part of your question not answered by others, "Where and how is this older version specified? And how do I update it so it matches the latest version 21.0.6113669?":

The default version is set by the Android Gradle plugin. Each version will default to whatever version of the NDK that we used during testing to guarantee the best possible compatibility.

The difference between this and earlier plugin versions is that it used to happily use any NDK that you happened to have installed. This caused a ton of "works on my machine" issues for users where their co-workers couldn't build the project, it wouldn't work on CI but would locally, etc. It wasn't a good situation.

You can pick a specific version of the NDK to use in your project by setting android.ndkVersion in your build.gradle. if you don't, it'll try to use the default version for the Gradle plugin that you're using.

The annoying bit is that most versions (until 4.1) will not automatically download the default version, which gives you the error you're seeing. If you explicitly pick a version in your build.gradle it actually will download automatically, and with 4.1 it will automatically download the default version too.

A thing that often confuses people is why this hits them when they're not using the NDK, or at least believe they are not. The answer in that case is that one of your dependencies includes native libraries and these need to be stripped before they are packed into the APK to keep size down, and strip comes from the NDK.

In the last version of Gradle there is no need to define the NDK versión inside the build.grade :

android {
    ...
    ndkVersion "21.0.6352462"
    ...
}

We must install the suggested versión

or define the current available version into the Android NDK Location:

This worked for MacOS, check via Terminal:

cd ~/Library/Android/sdk
ls

If you see "ndk" and/or "ndk-bundle", delete them:

sudo rm -r ndk/
sudo rm -r ndk-bundle/

After deleting those folders, everything worked for me. This is copied from GitHub

I faced the same problem. Then i found the developer references here

So, the problem start with gradle version 3.6. Before 3.6 there was no default ndk specified. So, any version of ndk worked without any problem. But after adding default version, if we not add any ndkVersion in build.gradle then it search for the default version of ndk.

In my case, my gradle version was 3.6.3 and ndk installed 21.0.6113669 and i did not defined ndkVersion in my build.gradle. So, it search for default ndkVersion "20.0.5594570" according to my gradle version and gave me the same error. So, i simply add ndkVersion "21.0.6113669" in my build.gradle file and error gone.

In order to solve this problem, you must indicate to your IDE the version of your NDK in build.gradle. In this case, it should be version 21.0.6113669. For example:

defaultConfig {
    // TODO: Specify your own unique Application ID (https://developer.android.com/studio/build/application-id.html).
    applicationId "com.example.remed_mobile"
    minSdkVersion 16
    targetSdkVersion 28
    ndkVersion '21.1.6352462'
    versionCode flutterVersionCode.toInteger()
    versionName flutterVersionName
}

If you do not indicate your version number, then the IDE takes a default version. If you've upgraded gradle, then it might not find the right version.

Add this line in build.gradle(app)

android {

ndkVersion "21.0.6113669"

}

This will solve the problem

https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/12440#issuecomment-606188282

This workes for me

edit local.properties file to add this

ndk.dir=/xxxxx/Android/sdk/ndk-bundle

i had same problem, after a while i found a temporary solution. rename ndk folder to ndk-bundle. in your projects go to local.properties file and add this line before sdk.dir:

ndk.dir=<path to your ndk folder>

its mine:

ndk.dir=G\:\\SDK\\ndk-bundle
sdk.dir=G\:\\SDK

i hope it help you

I also got below error

No version of NDK matched the requested version 20.0.5594570. Versions available locally: 21.3.6113669

I just added my local NDK version to App level build.gradle file its solved.

    android {
        ndkVersion "My Available version here"  (my case it 21.3.6113669)
    }

flutter clean 
flutter pub get

replace gradle classpath with this in Project level build.gradle

   classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'

in gradle-wrapper.properties add this line

distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-all.zip

After upgrading to gradle:3.6.0 (or later). Try renaming or deleting the ndk and ndk-bundle folders located in C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

Credit goes to: https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/12440#issuecomment-601214647

Android Studio -> Preferences -> System settings -> Android SDK -> Got to SDK tools  and remove NDK(Side by Side) and apply.

 ndkVersion "21.0.6113669" ///  <<---Add this in your android -> app -> build.gradle file.

  buildTypes {
        release {
            // TODO: Add your own signing config for the release build.
            // Signing with the debug keys for now, so `flutter run --release` works.
            signingConfig signingConfigs.debug
        }
    }
    ndkVersion "21.0.6113669" 

Change your classpath version to 3.5.0 inside your build.gradle, project level.

dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
}

I have the same issue and it solved.

Open your module's build.gradle file and edit :

android {
        **ndkVersion** "version number of you NDK"
    }

go to your app's build.gradle file;

in android{ } add your ndk version available， this shows in your error info you post. In this case, your version is "21.0.6113669"

No version of NDK matched the requested version 20.0.5594570. Versions available locally: 21.0.6113669

android { ndkVersion "21.0.6113669" }

I found this problem in as fox or 4 In X. In the root directory of OS, open and hide Gradle folder

add file gradle.properties
add code 
ndk.dir=/Users/your os name/Library/Android/sdk/ndk

doen~

No version of NDK matched the requested version 20.0.5594570

Here I got solution

1====>first download NDK if you don't have

2====>Rename your NDK as your Project need (like here I need 20.0.5594570)

3====>After that in android folder open gradle.properties file

here you put your ndk location like this

then do react-native run-android... that's it

NDK issues resolved

thanks you!

If you have trouble finding an exact version of NDK you can download it from here, it was the case for me my IDE required version 21.1.6352462 while this version no longer exists on the official site (https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads)

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