From 1b06c7fe98e20c96c5afc7d8c9b2a76cb8f2a4f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:36:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Begin Android support

---
 pandas/compat/__init__.py   | 12 ++++++++++++
 pandas/tests/io/conftest.py |  8 +++++++-
 pyproject.toml              | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pandas/compat/__init__.py b/pandas/compat/__init__.py
index 62278c413dd23..7fa2a1abe7361 100644
--- a/pandas/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/pandas/compat/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ def is_platform_mac() -> bool:
     return sys.platform == "darwin"
 
 
+def is_platform_android() -> bool:
+    """
+    Checking if the running platform is android.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    bool
+        True if the running platform is android.
+    """
+    return sys.platform == "android"
+
+
 def is_platform_arm() -> bool:
     """
     Checking if the running platform use ARM architecture.
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/io/conftest.py
index a5ddda9d66e7a..78509280a0496 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/conftest.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from pandas.compat import (
     is_ci_environment,
+    is_platform_android,
     is_platform_arm,
     is_platform_mac,
     is_platform_windows,
@@ -66,7 +67,12 @@ def s3_base(worker_id, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", "foobar_key")
     monkeypatch.setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", "foobar_secret")
     if is_ci_environment():
-        if is_platform_arm() or is_platform_mac() or is_platform_windows():
+        if (
+            is_platform_arm()
+            or is_platform_mac()
+            or is_platform_windows()
+            or is_platform_android()
+        ):
             # NOT RUN on Windows/macOS, only Ubuntu
             # - subprocess in CI can cause timeouts
             # - GitHub Actions do not support
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 085d5c3bce07a..84414fe54487e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
 # See https://github.com/scipy/scipy/pull/12940 for the AIX issue.
 requires = [
-    "meson-python>=0.13.1",
+    # TODO: use an official meson-python version once
+    # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/pull/824 has been released.
+    "meson-python @ git+https://github.com/mhsmith/meson-python@android",
     "meson>=1.2.1,<2",
     "wheel",
     "Cython<4.0.0a0",  # Note: sync with setup.py, environment.yml and asv.conf.json
@@ -164,6 +166,18 @@ test-command = """
 enable = ["cpython-freethreading"]
 before-build = "PACKAGE_DIR={package} bash {package}/scripts/cibw_before_build.sh"
 
+[tool.cibuildwheel.android]
+test-command = """
+  python -c '\
+  import os; os.environ["PANDAS_CI"] = "1"; \
+  import pandas as pd; \
+  pd.test(extra_args=["-m not clipboard and not slow and not network and not db", "--no-strict-data-files"]);' \
+  """
+
+[tool.cibuildwheel.android.environment]
+# Python 3.13 defaults to API level 21, which lacks some required math functions.
+ANDROID_API_LEVEL = "24"
+
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
 before-build = "pip install delvewheel"
 repair-wheel-command = "delvewheel repair -w {dest_dir} {wheel}"