Swift Android Workgroup Meeting Notes - January 14th, 2026

Topics

  • A third Swift blog post focusing on Swift on Android history and vision is planned, with Marc responsible for drafting it soon.
  • Marc, Robbert and Joannis will attend FOSDEM and other conferences; Joannis and Marc propose collaborative slide resources to improve talks on Swift on Android.
  • Significant progress has been made on remote debugging with LLDB and VS Code extension fixes; several pull requests are pending review and merged. Full status update is up on the forums: Swift Debugging on Android - Current State
  • Discussion on lowering the Android minimum API level to 24 concluded it is feasible with minimal patches; testing on CI is ongoing and further reviews are needed to merge changes.
  • SDK configuration and better sysroot support remain a challenge for Swift on Android. Needs addressing asynchronously.
  • The Swift Android Vision document has been reviewed with edits pending before submitting.

Action Items

  • Marc to draft and push forward the third Swift on Android blog post and coordinate with Dave for prioritization.
  • Workgroup to continue pushing for review and merging of remote debugging fixes and API 24 support patches, with Mishal offering help to expedite reviews.
  • Plan a focused session to resolve SDK sysroot configuration issues and finalize SDK bundle format support.
  • Complete vision document edits and seek PSG forum review scheduling.
  • Encourage testing of networking fixes and WebSocket support on actual devices to ensure stability for the 6.3 release.

Michel above should be Mishal, took me a couple seconds to figure it out. :grinning_face:

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