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If a developer for some reason doesn't want to use Briefcase or Buildozer, these releases will make it much easier for them to manually embed Python in an Android app.

📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--138305.org.readthedocs.build/

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Looks fine to me from a content point-of-view; leaving to someone on the docs team to approve from a wording point of view :-)

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* Build Python by following the instructions in :source:`Android/README.md`.
This will create the directory ``cross-build/HOST/prefix``.
* Either:

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This doesn't describe what the reader hopes to accomplish at this point. Perhaps:

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* Either:
* First, acquire a release build of Python for Android.
There are two methods of doing so, either downloading a pre-built binary,
or compiling Python from the source code yourself.

Obviously the sub-bullets would need adjusting

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Done.

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@AA-Turner: Are you able to merge this?

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Correct an example to make it clear there's a placeholder.
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Thanks @mhsmith for the PR, and @freakboy3742 for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14.
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Adds a mention of binary releases to the Android documentation.
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pythongh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (py…
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Adds a mention of binary releases to the Android documentation.
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Co-authored-by: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>
Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com>
(cherry picked from commit 594bdde)
Co-authored-by: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>
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GH-139124 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

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GH-139125 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch.

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gh-137242: Mention Android binary releases in documentation (GH-138305)
Adds a mention of binary releases to the Android documentation.
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(cherry picked from commit 594bdde)
Co-authored-by: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>
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