Where do I find old versions of Android NDK? [closed]

Asked 27/7, 2011 at 19:18 Answered 21/6, 2016 at 9:44

android-ndk android-ndk-r5 android-ndk-r4

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Does anyone know where I can find older versions of the Android NDK? Our code doesn't build with r6. Surely there must be archived versions somewhere.

Kellene answered 27/7, 2011 at 19:18 Comment(8)

You can see all the old versions here: github.com/taka-no-me/android-cmake/blob/master/ndk_links.md – Tabret 7/6, 2016 at 17:8

These links ends with version 10, but the current one is 13 now. – Choosey 11/10, 2016 at 8:12

@BhargavRao As a developer, this thread helped me several time to retrieve software I actually needed, I see it as a very relevant and pertinent question. There was no opinionated answer whatsoever. – Crystacrystal 14/2, 2017 at 16:26

Yep, @Antonio, It's a nice post, no doubt, but it is not on-topic for our site. It clearly asks for a "resource". (It is not on-topic -> close ; It is not a good post -> delete). If you can edit and make it not to do so, then I can reopen it, But IMO, it is better to leave it in this state. You can upvote the post and any of it's answers if you found them useful to you. But the post, as such, is not on topic. Regards. – Federalism 14/2, 2017 at 16:29

all the old sdks could be found in: github.com/android-ndk/ndk/wiki – Elliot 1/7, 2017 at 9:22

Also, Google lets you download old NDKs here: developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html – Aveyron 16/3, 2018 at 18:12

All older release here : developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases – Contractor 12/5, 2018 at 18:6

You can get here developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/revision_history – Ewall 23/6, 2020 at 11:30

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Here are the links for Windows, Mac and Linux. Latest revision of 18.x, 17.x, 16.x, 15.x, 14.x, 13.x, 12.x, 11.x, 10.x, 9.x, 8.x and 7.x versions.

Android NDK, Revision 18b (January 2019)

Android NDK, Revision 17c (June 2018)

Android NDK, Revision 16b (December 2017)

Android NDK, Revision 15c (July 2017)

Android NDK, Revision 14b (March 2017)

Android NDK, Revision 13b (October 2016)

Android NDK, Revision 12b (June 2016)

Android NDK, Revision 11c (March 2016)

Android NDK, Revision 10e (May 2015)

Android NDK r9d

Android NDK r8e

Android NDK r7c

Exerciser answered 22/1, 2015 at 11:58 Comment(10)

@karmington I just checked, it works too! – Exerciser 4/12, 2015 at 2:18

For Android NDK r10c: Windows 64-bit | Windows 32-bit | Mac OS X 64-bit | Linux 32-bit (x86) | Linux 64-bit (x86) – Fakir 24/4, 2016 at 15:0

@Fakir Latest revision of NDK 10 is r10e so r10c is not included in the links. – Exerciser 24/4, 2016 at 15:26

why there is no NDK for linux 32 bit ? Isn't it supported ? – Eng 16/5, 2016 at 14:32

I keep trying to download r9d and i keep getting "Failed - Network error" – Lapsus 25/5, 2016 at 4:42

How to use Windows NDK r10e 64 bit as this is an .exe file and I'm unable to understand how to use it. I tried installing it but nothing happens – Buiron 30/8, 2016 at 4:4

@MadanSapkota There exist some libraries that seem to support specific revisions of the NDK. For example, it may support r10d but not r10e. – Cassondra 3/9, 2016 at 21:38

@UtkarshSinha this is collection of latest revisions. it have nothing to do with support and libraries. – Exerciser 4/9, 2016 at 2:45

@Eng it's supported at least for r9d. Just follow another answer. – Fructose 14/9, 2017 at 18:57

Also, Google lets you download old NDKs here: developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html – Aveyron 16/3, 2018 at 18:13

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Looks like you can construct the link to the NDK that you want and download it from dl.google.com:

Linux example:
http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-linux-x86.tar.bz2 http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

OS X example:
http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-darwin-x86.tar.bz2 http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2

Windows example:
http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9b-windows.zip

Extensions up to r10b:
.tar.bz2 for linux / os x and .zip for windows.

Since r10c the extensions have changed to:
.bin for linux / os x and .exe for windows

Since r11:

.zip for linux and OS X as well, a new URL base, and no 32 bit versions for OS X and linux.

https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-r11-linux-x86_64.zip

Craggy answered 2/2, 2012 at 20:50 Comment(7)

I don't know why this is not the accepted answer this work well for me. – Lenard 7/6, 2012 at 18:46

It does not always work.. e.g.: dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8b-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2 -> 404 but dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8b-darwin-x86.tar.bz2 -> works fine. A pity Google does not have a proper page with older releases. – Montana 8/4, 2013 at 9:3

@stoiczek: The older NDKs didn't have all the builds the newer do. r8b probably didn't have 64-bit darwin build. – Diley 9/1, 2014 at 8:26

I was getting 404's until I realized that while Windows builds will be in a .zip archive, Mac and probably Linux will be a .tar.bz2 archive. – Arborization 12/1, 2015 at 2:16

What does the 'darwin' mean? To get r10d adding in the 'darwin' makes it not work, and I've never seen it before. – Imbrication 29/6, 2015 at 14:25

darwin is MacOS X kernel – Pisciculture 18/9, 2015 at 8:5

For windows downloads here is a sample url. Change the version as you like : dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8d-windows.zip – Nankeen 11/12, 2015 at 9:44

A way to find out old download links is to use internet archive tools like "Way back machine", https://archive.org/web/. You can browse older web pages versions and get the links you want.

For example, I needed to download the NDK rev 9, so I used this tool to access the NDK download page (https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/) from March and the download link in March pointed to NDK rev 9.

Diploma answered 30/7, 2014 at 15:20 Comment(1)

This should be the best answer, just go to http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html and pick a date soon after the version was released. – Bendwise 23/8, 2014 at 4:37

I came across this just now doing the same search, and found the other answers are far too specific. I also google searched for downloading android-ndk-r8 and found next to nothing. To get the correct version, I instead went here:

https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/index.html

And copied the link to the download I needed, and pasted it into the URL bar. There, I edited the version to reflect what I wanted (for example, I changed r8b to r8). Then I pressed enter, and the correct download began.

As long as the naming conventions remain the same, this should work across all versions.

Edit: This convention did change. Some older versions are now available in the archives. For even older versions, refer to the links provided by the answer above.

Puddle answered 26/10, 2012 at 18:47 Comment(3)

This doesn't work anymore, as the naming conventions did change. – Crystacrystal 14/2, 2017 at 16:31

just press NDK Archives right there – Reopen 2/7, 2017 at 9:10

Go to here developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/older_releases.html – Niela 19/9, 2017 at 0:16

Looks like simply putting the link like this

http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r7c-windows.zip

on the address bar of your browser

The revision names (r7c, r8c etc.) could be found from the ndk download page

Regretful answered 16/12, 2012 at 8:0 Comment(1)

FYI for anyone needing the later r9 release: dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9d-windows.zip – Wireless 10/9, 2014 at 11:23

The 64 bit versions are available also:

http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8e-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2

just replace the R8E release/version/iteration

Serpigo answered 29/7, 2013 at 11:46 Comment(0)

As user3486832 mentioned, you can use archive.org: http://web.archive.org/web/*/https://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

Completion answered 5/8, 2014 at 20:44 Comment(1)

despite everyone's apparent success with manually manipulating URLs, the formats ARE changing over time, ex: android-ndk-r10d-darwin-x86.bin vs android-ndk32-r10b-darwin-x86.tar.bz2 and manual manipulation didn't work for me. This archive link is what I would consider an acceptable answer (since google doesn't appear to be removing the old files after they take down the links). – Bruiser 5/2, 2015 at 19:30

Simply replacing .bin with .tar.bz2 is not enough, for NDK releases older than 10b. For example, https://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r10b-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 is not a valid link.

Turned out that the correct link for 10b was: https://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk32-r10b-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 (note the additional '32'). However, this doesn't seem to apply to e.g. 10a, as this link doesn't work: https://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk32-r10a-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 .

Bottom line: use http://web.archive.org until Google fixes this, if ever...

Anchovy answered 9/6, 2015 at 14:20 Comment(1)

Good advise to use web.archive.org.. For what it's worth here's a link to the builds after r10b on the web.archive.org page (build r10e, but I could modify the link to get r10d): web.archive.org/web/20150602004400/http://developer.android.com/… – Gilson 21/4, 2016 at 15:36

Google has moved NDK releases to GitHub. Now, the Wiki page contains links to the current stable release, to available betas, and to selected older releases.

Rivet answered 21/6, 2016 at 9:44 Comment(0)

http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

I successfully opened gstreamer SDK tutorials in Eclipse.

All I needed is to use an older version of ndk. specificly 9d.

(10c and 10d does not work, 10b - works just for tutorial-1 )

9d does work for all tutorials ! and you can:

Download it from: http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r9d-linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
Extract it.
set it in eclipse->window->preferences->Android->NDK->NDK location.
build - (ctrl+b).

Teets answered 26/3, 2015 at 16:5 Comment(0)

If you search Google for the version you want, you should be able to find a download link. For example, Android NDK r5b is available at http://androgeek.info/?p=296

On another note, it might be a good idea to look at why your code doesn't compile against the latest version and fix it.

Ressieressler answered 12/8, 2011 at 15:38 Comment(0)

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