diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2e66bdcdea..78314db9d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
           echo "::group::Build WGPU example for Android"
-          cargo apk build -p example-runner-wgpu --features use-installed-tools --no-default-features
+          cargo apk build -p example-runner-wgpu --lib --features use-installed-tools --no-default-features
           echo "::endgroup::"
 
   lint:
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6a12026240..a963d46d33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc7eb209b1518d6bb87b283c20095f5228ecda460da70b44f0802523dea6da04"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android_log-sys"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "85965b6739a430150bdd138e2374a98af0c3ee0d030b3bb7fc3bddff58d0102e"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_logger"
+version = "0.11.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8619b80c242aa7bd638b5c7ddd952addeecb71f69c75e33f1d47b2804f8f883a"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_log-sys",
+ "env_logger",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -157,7 +175,7 @@ version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d9b39be18770d11421cdb1b9947a45dd3f37e93092cbf377614828a319d5fee8"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
  "libc",
  "winapi",
 ]
@@ -310,7 +328,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ansi_term",
  "atty",
  "bitflags",
- "strsim 0.8.0",
+ "strsim",
  "textwrap",
  "unicode-width",
  "vec_map",
@@ -558,41 +576,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a01d95850c592940db9b8194bc39f4bc0e89dee5c4265e4b1807c34a9aba453c"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "darling_macro",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "859d65a907b6852c9361e3185c862aae7fafd2887876799fa55f5f99dc40d610"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "strsim 0.10.0",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.13.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9c972679f83bdf9c42bd905396b6c3588a843a17f0f16dfcfa3e2c5d57441835"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "derivative"
 version = "2.2.0"
@@ -670,12 +653,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
-version = "0.9.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b2cf0344971ee6c64c31be0d530793fba457d322dfec2810c453d0ef228f9c3"
+checksum = "85cdab6a89accf66733ad5a1693a4dcced6aeff64602b634530dd73c1f3ee9f0"
 dependencies = [
- "atty",
  "humantime",
+ "is-terminal",
  "log",
  "regex",
  "termcolor",
@@ -731,13 +714,13 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "example-runner-wgpu"
 version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "android_logger",
  "bytemuck",
  "cfg-if",
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "console_log",
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
- "ndk-glue",
  "shared",
  "spirv-builder",
  "structopt",
@@ -794,12 +777,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "miniz_oxide 0.4.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fnv"
-version = "1.0.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "foreign-types"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -1069,6 +1046,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hexf-parse"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1081,12 +1064,6 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ident_case"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.2"
@@ -1139,6 +1116,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8687c819457e979cc940d09cb16e42a1bf70aa6b60a549de6d3a62a0ee90c69e"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi 0.3.1",
+ "io-lifetimes",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.10.5"
@@ -1464,35 +1453,6 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "27b02d87554356db9e9a873add8782d4ea6e3e58ea071a9adb9a2e8ddb884a8b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ndk-glue"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0434fabdd2c15e0aab768ca31d5b7b333717f03cf02037d5a0a3ff3c278ed67f"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "ndk",
- "ndk-context",
- "ndk-macro",
- "ndk-sys",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot 0.12.1",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ndk-macro"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0df7ac00c4672f9d5aece54ee3347520b7e20f158656c7db2e6de01902eb7a6c"
-dependencies = [
- "darling",
- "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ndk-sys"
 version = "0.4.1+23.1.7779620"
@@ -1568,7 +1528,7 @@ version = "1.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19e64526ebdee182341572e50e9ad03965aa510cd94427a4549448f285e957a1"
 dependencies = [
- "hermit-abi",
+ "hermit-abi 0.1.19",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -1688,17 +1648,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ttf-parser",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot"
-version = "0.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d17b78036a60663b797adeaee46f5c9dfebb86948d1255007a1d6be0271ff99"
-dependencies = [
- "instant",
- "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core 0.8.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1706,21 +1655,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
 dependencies = [
  "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core 0.9.7",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot_core"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d76e8e1493bcac0d2766c42737f34458f1c8c50c0d23bcb24ea953affb273216"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "instant",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.2.10",
- "smallvec",
- "winapi",
+ "parking_lot_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2387,12 +2322,6 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strsim"
-version = "0.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "structopt"
 version = "0.3.25"
@@ -2793,7 +2722,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "naga",
- "parking_lot 0.11.2",
+ "parking_lot",
  "profiling",
  "raw-window-handle 0.5.1",
  "smallvec",
@@ -2817,7 +2746,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "codespan-reporting",
  "log",
  "naga",
- "parking_lot 0.11.2",
+ "parking_lot",
  "profiling",
  "raw-window-handle 0.5.1",
  "rustc-hash",
@@ -2855,7 +2784,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metal",
  "naga",
  "objc",
- "parking_lot 0.11.2",
+ "parking_lot",
  "profiling",
  "range-alloc",
  "raw-window-handle 0.5.1",
diff --git a/android.nix b/android.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..807d5ca7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# HACK(eddyb) this is a minimal setup to allow testing the Android build on NixOS.
+#
+# Tested in `NIXPKGS_ACCEPT_ANDROID_SDK_LICENSE=1 nix-shell android.nix --pure`,
+# by running the following commands (x64 target is for the Android Emulator):
+#   rustup target add aarch64-linux-android x86_64-linux-android
+#   cargo apk build -p example-runner-wgpu --target aarch64-linux-android
+#   cargo apk build -p example-runner-wgpu --target x86_64-linux-android
+#
+# (you can also replace `cargo apk build` with `cargo apk run` to launch it,
+# via `adb`, into either the Android Emulator, or a physical Android device)
+
+let
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+in with pkgs; mkShell rec {
+  # Workaround for https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/60919.
+  # NOTE(eddyb) needed only in debug mode (warnings about needing optimizations
+  # turn into errors due to `-Werror`, for at least `spirv-tools-sys`).
+  hardeningDisable = [ "fortify" ];
+
+  # Allow cargo to download crates (even inside `nix-shell --pure`).
+  SSL_CERT_FILE = "${cacert}/etc/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt";
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ rustup cargo-apk jdk ];
+
+  ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = let
+    androidComposition = androidenv.composeAndroidPackages {
+      abiVersions = [ "arm64-v8a" "x86_64" ];
+      includeNDK = true;
+      platformVersions = [ "30" ];
+    };
+  in "${androidComposition.androidsdk}/libexec/android-sdk";
+
+  ANDROID_NDK_ROOT = "${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/ndk-bundle";
+}
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/Cargo.toml b/examples/runners/wgpu/Cargo.toml
index 5a02657795..149e0f6303 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ shared = { path = "../../shaders/shared" }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "executor"] }
 # Vulkan SDK or MoltenVK needs to be installed for `vulkan-portability` to work on macOS
 wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu", features = ["spirv", "vulkan-portability"] }
-winit = "0.28.3"
+winit = { version = "0.28.3", features = ["android-native-activity"] }
 structopt = "0.3"
 strum = { version = "0.23.0", default_features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 bytemuck = "1.6.3"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))'.dependencies]
+env_logger = "0.10.0"
 spirv-builder = { workspace = true, features = ["watch"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
-ndk-glue = "0.7.0"
-
-[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-env_logger = "0.9.0"
+android_logger = "0.11.0"
+# NOTE(eddyb) `winit` feature `android-native-activity` is always enabled above,
+# to avoid specifying the dependency twice, but only applies to android builds.
 
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 web-sys = "0.3.60"
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/build.rs b/examples/runners/wgpu/build.rs
index 4c79f896f8..55f708728d 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/build.rs
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/build.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         && dir.ends_with(profile)
         && dir.pop();
     assert!(ok);
-    let dir = dir.join("spirv-builder");
+    // NOTE(eddyb) this needs to be distinct from the `--target-dir` value that
+    // `spirv-builder` generates in a similar way from `$OUT_DIR` and `$PROFILE`,
+    // otherwise repeated `cargo build`s will cause build script reruns and the
+    // rebuilding of `rustc_codegen_spirv` (likely due to common proc macro deps).
+    let dir = dir.join("example-runner-wgpu-builder");
     let status = std::process::Command::new("cargo")
         .args([
             "run",
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/bin/wgpu_runner.rs b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/bin/wgpu_runner.rs
index 120e8b9e0f..50d7c51f0c 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/bin/wgpu_runner.rs
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/bin/wgpu_runner.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+const _: () = panic!(
+    "executable not applicable for Android targets, \
+     make sure to pass `--lib` when building with `cargo-apk`"
+);
+
 fn main() {
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "android"))]
     example_runner_wgpu::main();
 }
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/compute.rs b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/compute.rs
index 5968f43c8c..6736642003 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/compute.rs
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/compute.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,14 @@
 use wgpu::util::DeviceExt;
 
 use super::Options;
-use std::{convert::TryInto, future::Future, time::Duration};
-
-fn block_on<T>(future: impl Future<Output = T>) -> T {
-    cfg_if::cfg_if! {
-        if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
-            wasm_bindgen_futures::spawn_local(future)
-        } else {
-            futures::executor::block_on(future)
-        }
-    }
-}
+use std::{convert::TryInto, time::Duration};
 
 pub fn start(options: &Options) {
+    env_logger::init();
+
     let shader_binary = crate::maybe_watch(options.shader, None);
 
-    block_on(start_internal(options, shader_binary));
+    futures::executor::block_on(start_internal(options, shader_binary));
 }
 
 pub async fn start_internal(
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/graphics.rs b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/graphics.rs
index 8eab96b63a..39e5702870 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/graphics.rs
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/graphics.rs
@@ -369,17 +369,41 @@ fn create_pipeline(
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::match_wild_err_arm)]
-pub fn start(options: &Options) {
+pub fn start(
+    #[cfg(target_os = "android")] android_app: winit::platform::android::activity::AndroidApp,
+    options: &Options,
+) {
+    let mut event_loop_builder = EventLoopBuilder::with_user_event();
+    cfg_if::cfg_if! {
+        if #[cfg(target_os = "android")] {
+            android_logger::init_once(
+                android_logger::Config::default()
+                    .with_min_level("info".parse().unwrap()),
+            );
+
+            use winit::platform::android::EventLoopBuilderExtAndroid;
+            event_loop_builder.with_android_app(android_app);
+        } else if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
+            std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(console_error_panic_hook::hook));
+            console_log::init().expect("could not initialize logger");
+        } else {
+            env_logger::init();
+        }
+    }
+    let event_loop = event_loop_builder.build();
+
     // Build the shader before we pop open a window, since it might take a while.
-    let event_loop = EventLoopBuilder::with_user_event().build();
-    let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
     let initial_shader = maybe_watch(
         options.shader,
-        Some(Box::new(move |res| match proxy.send_event(res) {
-            Ok(it) => it,
-            // ShaderModuleDescriptor is not `Debug`, so can't use unwrap/expect
-            Err(_err) => panic!("Event loop dead"),
-        })),
+        #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+        {
+            let proxy = event_loop.create_proxy();
+            Some(Box::new(move |res| match proxy.send_event(res) {
+                Ok(it) => it,
+                // ShaderModuleDescriptor is not `Debug`, so can't use unwrap/expect
+                Err(_err) => panic!("Event loop dead"),
+            }))
+        },
     );
 
     let window = winit::window::WindowBuilder::new()
@@ -390,8 +414,6 @@ pub fn start(options: &Options) {
 
     cfg_if::cfg_if! {
         if #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")] {
-            std::panic::set_hook(Box::new(console_error_panic_hook::hook));
-            console_log::init().expect("could not initialize logger");
             use winit::platform::web::WindowExtWebSys;
             // On wasm, append the canvas to the document body
             web_sys::window()
diff --git a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/lib.rs b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/lib.rs
index 3ef1da0a86..4bdb7cd9cc 100644
--- a/examples/runners/wgpu/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/runners/wgpu/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 use strum::{Display, EnumString};
 
+// NOTE(eddyb) while this could theoretically work on the web, it needs more work.
+#[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
 mod compute;
+
 mod graphics;
 
 #[derive(EnumString, Display, PartialEq, Eq, Copy, Clone)]
@@ -86,7 +89,9 @@ pub enum RustGPUShader {
 
 fn maybe_watch(
     shader: RustGPUShader,
-    on_watch: Option<Box<dyn FnMut(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor<'static>) + Send + 'static>>,
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))] on_watch: Option<
+        Box<dyn FnMut(wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor<'static>) + Send + 'static>,
+    >,
 ) -> wgpu::ShaderModuleDescriptor<'static> {
     #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
     {
@@ -145,10 +150,6 @@ fn maybe_watch(
     }
 }
 
-fn is_compute_shader(shader: RustGPUShader) -> bool {
-    shader == RustGPUShader::Compute
-}
-
 #[derive(StructOpt)]
 #[structopt(name = "example-runner-wgpu")]
 pub struct Options {
@@ -156,14 +157,20 @@ pub struct Options {
     shader: RustGPUShader,
 }
 
-#[cfg_attr(target_os = "android", ndk_glue::main(backtrace = "on"))]
-pub fn main() {
-    env_logger::init();
+#[cfg_attr(target_os = "android", export_name = "android_main")]
+pub fn main(
+    #[cfg(target_os = "android")] android_app: winit::platform::android::activity::AndroidApp,
+) {
     let options: Options = Options::from_args();
 
-    if is_compute_shader(options.shader) {
-        compute::start(&options);
-    } else {
-        graphics::start(&options);
+    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "android", target_arch = "wasm32")))]
+    if options.shader == RustGPUShader::Compute {
+        return compute::start(&options);
     }
+
+    graphics::start(
+        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+        android_app,
+        &options,
+    );
 }