diff --git a/examples/meshtastic-qt6/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/meshtastic-qt6/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml
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+++ b/examples/meshtastic-qt6/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="org.cl.meshtastic"
+    android:installLocation="auto"
+    android:versionCode="1"
+    android:versionName="1.0">
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE" />
+    <supports-screens
+        android:anyDensity="true"
+        android:largeScreens="true"
+        android:normalScreens="true"
+        android:smallScreens="true" />
+    <application
+        android:name=".QtServiceApplication"
+        android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
+        android:label="Mesh SMS"
+        android:extractNativeLibs="true"
+        android:icon="@drawable/icon">
+        <activity
+            android:name="org.qtproject.qt.android.bindings.QtActivity"
+            android:configChanges="orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|layoutDirection|locale|fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|mcc|mnc|density"
+            android:label="Mesh SMS"
+            android:screenOrientation="unspecified"
+            android:launchMode="singleTop"
+            android:theme="@style/splashScreenTheme"
+            android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.lib_name"
+                android:value="app"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.arguments"
+                android:value="" />
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.extract_android_style"
+                android:value="minimal" />
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.load_local_jars"
+                android:value="jar/QtAndroid.jar:jar/QtAndroidExtras.jar:jar/QtAndroidBluetooth.jar:jar/QtAndroidBearer.jar"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.static_init_classes"
+                android:value="org.qtproject.qt.android.bluetooth.QtBluetoothBroadcastReceiver"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.background_running"
+                android:value="true"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.splash_screen_drawable"
+                android:resource="@drawable/splashscreen"/>
+        </activity>
+
+        <service
+            android:process=":qt_service"
+            android:name=".QtAndroidService"
+            android:stopWithTask="true"
+            android:exported="false">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.lib_name"
+                android:value="service"/>
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.app.background_running"
+                android:value="true"/>
+        </service>
+    </application>
+</manifest>
diff --git a/platforms/android/cross-compile-qt6.lisp b/platforms/android/cross-compile-qt6.lisp
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+++ b/platforms/android/cross-compile-qt6.lisp
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+;;; for Qt6 & NDK 25
+
+(in-package :cl-user)
+
+(defvar *32bit* nil) ; see DEFVAR in '../shared/make.lisp'
+
+(pushnew :android *features*)
+
+(if *32bit*
+    (setf *features* (remove :aarch64 *features*))
+    (pushnew :aarch64 *features*))
+
+(require :cmp)
+
+(defun cc (&rest arguments)
+  (apply 'concatenate 'string arguments))
+
+(defparameter *ndk-toolchain* (ext:getenv "ANDROID_NDK_TOOLCHAIN"))
+(defparameter *ecl-android*   (ext:getenv (cc "ECL_ANDROID" (if *32bit* "_32" ""))))
+(defparameter *arch-triple*   (if *32bit* "arm-linux-androideabi" "aarch64-linux-android"))
+
+(setf c::*ecl-include-directory* (cc *ecl-android* "/include/")
+      c::*ecl-library-directory* (cc *ecl-android* "/lib/"))
+
+(defun ecl-config (flags)
+  (read-line (ext:run-program (cc *ecl-android* "/bin/ecl-config")
+                              (list flags))))
+
+(setf c::*cc*              (let ((path (or (probe-file (cc *ndk-toolchain*
+                                                           "/bin/"
+                                                           (if *32bit* "armv7a-linux-androideabi" *arch-triple*)
+                                                           "21-clang"))
+                                           (error "clang compiler not found"))))
+                             (namestring path))
+      c::*ld*              (cc *ndk-toolchain* "/bin/" *arch-triple* "-ld")
+      c::*ar*              (cc *ndk-toolchain* "/bin/llvm-ar")
+      c::*ranlib*          (cc *ndk-toolchain* "/bin/llvm-ranlib")
+      c::*cc-flags*        (cc (ecl-config "--cflags")
+                               " -DANDROID -DPLATFORM_ANDROID -O2 -fPIC -fno-common -D_THREAD_SAFE -I"
+                               *ecl-android* "/build/gmp")
+      c::*ld-flags*        (cc "-L" *ecl-android* "/lib -lecl -ldl -lm "
+                               "-L" *ndk-toolchain* "/sysroot/usr/lib/" *arch-triple* "/")
+      c::*ld-rpath*        nil
+      c::*ld-shared-flags* (cc "-shared " c::*ld-flags*)
+      c::*ld-bundle-flags* c::*ld-shared-flags*)
+      
+(format t "~%*** cross compiling for '~A' ***~%" (if *32bit* "armv7a" "aarch64"))