# Next-Gen Android Convenience Image Beta **URL:** \ **Category:** CircleCI Images\ **Tags:** next-gen, docker, android, convenience-images\ **Created:** [May 28, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215 "2021-05-28T17:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/1 "2021-05-28T17:28:22Z")
The next-gen Android beta image is now available. The following initial tags are available: - cimg/android:2021.08.1 - cimg/android:2021.08.1-ndk - cimg/android:2021.08 - cimg/android:2021.08-ndk - ~~cimg/android:30.0~~ - ~~cimg/android:29.0~~ - ~~cimg/android:28.0~~ - ~~cimg/android:27.0~~ Currently, these images more or less contain everything the new Android Machine image does. They are large, brand new, and not yet optimized. All 4 images are currently identical though as the beta progresses, they will be updated to contain the API level version specified in their tag. As this is a beta, these images aren’t considered stable yet. They can change at any time through the beta as we begin to optimize and tweak the images. Links: - [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/cimg/android) - [GitHub repository](https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/cimg-android) Feedback, questions, etc, please post them here. This forum thread will be updated when there’s significant changes to the image. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/2 "2021-06-03T18:12:00Z")
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**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/3 "2021-06-07T23:33:12Z")
(previous update) NDK version 22.1.7171670 added. GCloud CLI v343.0.0 was installed. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:07am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/4 "2021-07-28T06:07:44Z")
The NDK versions were moved to a variant image due to their size. If you need the NDK and you were using the API 30 image, you would use `cimg/android:30.0-ndk` instead. GCloud CLI, Maven, Gradle was updated. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/5 "2021-07-28T06:09:50Z")
The main versioning/tags for this image will likely change from being API level based to being based on the date. This would allow us to make more frequent updates to the image and match the cadence of the Android VM image. This also avoids the problem of letters in pre-release. For example, with Android 12, the API level during alpha and beta was `api-S` instead of `api-31`, which wouldn’t work with our image build system. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/6 "2021-08-25T11:47:17Z")
The first post has the new date-based tags. The old API based tags will be deleted. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/7 "2021-09-15T14:01:55Z")
Old beta tags deleted. ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/8 "2021-10-21T02:06:19Z")
This image has been promoted to GA/stable. [Next-Gen Android Convenience Image Now GA/Stable](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-now-ga-stable/41596) ---
**Author:** ![FelicianoTech](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/felicianotech/32/21348_2.png) [@FelicianoTech](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/FelicianoTech)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/next-gen-android-convenience-image-beta/40215/9 "2021-10-21T02:06:23Z")