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build-android-binary

Compile a PAM control's Android Kotlin module into the runtime-loadable DEX for a `.ppmplugin`. Creates a staged Gradle build with the pinned wrapper and `react-android` compile dependency, verifies manifest/module/package alignment and runtime-loading constraints, builds the release AAR, then runs `d8 --min-api 24`. Writes `ppmplugin/staging/android/<PascalName>Plugin.dex` and surfaces actionable Gradle or d8 failures. Requires JDK 17+ and Android SDK Build-Tools 35.0.0; `d8` is located from the SDK and system Gradle is optional. Run after /generate-ppmplugin-manifest and before /assemble-ppmplugin.

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# /build-android-binary

Turns the extension's Android **source** (`android/.../<Pascal>Module.kt` + `<Pascal>Package.kt`) into the **DEX binary** that the wrap runtime loads at runtime via `DexClassLoader`. This is the heavyweight, toolchain-dependent step of producing a `.ppmplugin`: source code in, a runnable `<Pascal>Plugin.dex` out.

> Naming note: this skill runs Gradle's `assembleRelease` task internally. Don't confuse that with [`/assemble-ppmplugin`](../assemble-ppmplugin/SKILL.md), which zips the final bundle — different layers. This skill produces a *binary*; that one produces the *bundle*.

> **Cross-platform:** runs on macOS, Linux, **and** Windows — the Android path has no Mac-only step (JDK 17, Gradle, and Android SDK `d8` exist on all three). Every shell command below is given in both bash and PowerShell forms per shared-instructions §5.

Read [`shared/ppmplugin-format.md`](../../shared/ppmplugin-format.md) §5 — the Android binary requirements this skill enforces.

## What this skill does NOT do
- Does not author `manifest.json` (run [`/generate-ppmplugin-manifest`](../generate-ppmplugin-manifest/SKILL.md) first — this skill reads it for cross-checks).
- Does not zip the `.ppmplugin` — that's [`/assemble-ppmplugin`](../assemble-ppmplugin/SKILL.md).
- Does not build iOS — that's `/build-ios-binary` (Mac-only).