diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index cc1a2608..f927b7d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,19 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build (tomato)
       run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -j 4 -t tomato
 
+    - name: Build (SDL3-jar) (workaround)
+      run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -j 4 -t SDL3-jar
+
+    - name: Build (apk)
+      run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -j 4 -t tomato-apk
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-android-arm64
+        # TODO: do propper packing
+        path: |
+          ${{github.workspace}}/build/tomato.apk
+
   macos:
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2436386c..e56307bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,3 +70,104 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(./src)
 
+# TODO: move to src
+if (ANDROID AND TARGET SDL3::Jar)
+	message("II building for ANDROID!!!")
+
+	list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SDL3_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/android")
+
+	# here be dragons
+
+	find_package(SdlAndroid MODULE)
+	find_package(Java)
+	find_package(SdlAndroidPlatform MODULE)
+	# the existence of SDL3::Jar usually implies platform
+	if(SdlAndroid_FOUND)
+		include(SdlAndroidFunctions)
+		sdl_create_android_debug_keystore(tomato-debug-keystore)
+		sdl_android_compile_resources(tomato-resources RESFOLDER android/app/res)
+
+
+		set(ANDROID_MANIFEST_PACKAGE "org.libsdl.app.tomato")
+		#set(generated_manifest_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/android/${TEST}-src/AndroidManifest.xml")
+		string(REPLACE "." "/" JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR "${ANDROID_MANIFEST_PACKAGE}")
+		#set(GENERATED_SRC_FOLDER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/android/${TEST}-src")
+		#set(GENERATED_RES_FOLDER "${GENERATED_SRC_FOLDER}/res")
+		#set(JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR "${GENERATED_SRC_FOLDER}/${JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR}")
+		set(JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/android/app/java/${JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR}")
+
+		sdl_android_link_resources(tomato-apk-linked
+			MANIFEST "android/app/AndroidManifest.xml"
+			PACKAGE ${ANDROID_MANIFEST_PACKAGE}
+			RES_TARGETS tomato-resources
+			TARGET_SDK_VERSION 31
+		)
+
+		set(CMAKE_JAVA_COMPILE_FLAGS "-encoding;utf-8")
+		set(classes_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/tomato-java.dir/classes")
+		# Some CMake versions have a slow `cmake -E make_directory` implementation
+		if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${classes_path}")
+			execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${classes_path}")
+		endif()
+		set(OUT_JAR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tomato.jar")
+		add_custom_command(
+			OUTPUT "${OUT_JAR}"
+			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm -rf "${classes_path}"
+			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory "${classes_path}"
+			COMMAND ${Java_JAVAC_EXECUTABLE}
+				-source 1.8 -target 1.8
+				-bootclasspath "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SDL3::Jar,JAR_FILE>"
+				"${JAVA_PACKAGE_DIR}/TomatoActivity.java"
+				$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tomato-apk-linked,JAVA_R>
+				-cp "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SDL3::Jar,JAR_FILE>:${SDL_ANDROID_PLATFORM_ANDROID_JAR}"
+				-d "${classes_path}"
+			COMMAND ${Java_JAR_EXECUTABLE} cf "${OUT_JAR}" -C "${classes_path}" .
+			DEPENDS $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tomato-apk-linked,OUTPUTS> "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SDL3::Jar,JAR_FILE>"
+		)
+		add_custom_target(tomato-jar DEPENDS "${OUT_JAR}")
+		add_dependencies(tomato-jar SDL3::Jar) # HACK: somehow their jar is not registered as an output
+		set_property(TARGET tomato-jar PROPERTY OUTPUT "${OUT_JAR}")
+
+		set(dexworkdir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeFiles/tomato-dex.dir")
+		# Some CMake versions have a slow `cmake -E make_directory` implementation
+		if(NOT IS_DIRECTORY "${dexworkdir}")
+			execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -E make_directory "${dexworkdir}")
+		endif()
+		set(classes_dex_base_name "classes.dex")
+		set(classes_dex "${dexworkdir}/${classes_dex_base_name}")
+		add_custom_command(
+			OUTPUT "${classes_dex}"
+			COMMAND SdlAndroid::d8
+				$<TARGET_PROPERTY:tomato-jar,OUTPUT>
+				$<TARGET_PROPERTY:SDL3::Jar,JAR_FILE>
+				--lib "${SDL_ANDROID_PLATFORM_ANDROID_JAR}"
+				--output "${dexworkdir}"
+			DEPENDS $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tomato-jar,OUTPUT> $<TARGET_PROPERTY:SDL3::Jar,JAR_FILE>
+		)
+		add_custom_target(tomato-dex DEPENDS "${classes_dex}")
+		set_property(TARGET tomato-dex PROPERTY OUTPUT "${classes_dex}")
+		set_property(TARGET tomato-dex PROPERTY OUTPUT_BASE_NAME "${classes_dex_base_name}")
+
+		# file(GLOB RESOURCE_FILES *.bmp *.wav *.hex moose.dat utf8.txt)
+
+		sdl_add_to_apk_unaligned(tomato-unaligned-apk
+			APK_IN tomato-apk-linked
+			OUTDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/intermediates"
+			#ASSETS ${RESOURCE_FILES}
+			#NATIVE_LIBS SDL3::SDL3-shared tomato
+			NATIVE_LIBS tomato
+			DEX tomato-dex
+		)
+
+		sdl_apk_align(tomato-aligned-apk tomato-unaligned-apk
+			OUTDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/intermediates"
+		)
+		sdl_apk_sign(tomato-apk tomato-aligned-apk
+			KEYSTORE tomato-debug-keystore
+		)
+
+	else()
+		message("FF SdlAndroid module not found")
+	endif()
+endif()
+
diff --git a/android/app/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5360a3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Replace com.test.game with the identifier of your game below, e.g.
+     com.gamemaker.game
+-->
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+	package="org.libsdl.app.tomato"
+    android:versionCode="1"
+    android:versionName="1.0"
+	android:installLocation="auto">
+
+    <!-- OpenGL ES 2.0 -->
+    <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
+
+    <!-- Touchscreen support -->
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
+        android:required="false" />
+
+    <!-- Game controller support -->
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.bluetooth"
+        android:required="false" />
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.gamepad"
+        android:required="false" />
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.usb.host"
+        android:required="false" />
+
+    <!-- External mouse input events -->
+    <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.type.pc"
+        android:required="false" />
+
+    <!-- Audio recording support -->
+    <!-- if you want to capture audio, uncomment this. -->
+    <!-- <uses-feature
+        android:name="android.hardware.microphone"
+        android:required="false" /> -->
+
+    <!-- Camera support -->
+    <!-- if you want to record video, uncomment this. -->
+    <!--
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
+    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
+    -->
+
+	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+
+    <!-- Allow downloading to the external storage on Android 5.1 and older -->
+    <!-- <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" android:maxSdkVersion="22" /> -->
+
+    <!-- Allow access to Bluetooth devices -->
+    <!-- Currently this is just for Steam Controller support and requires setting SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_STEAM -->
+    <!-- <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" android:maxSdkVersion="30" /> -->
+    <!-- <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" /> -->
+
+    <!-- Allow access to the vibrator -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
+
+    <!-- if you want to capture audio, uncomment this. -->
+    <!-- <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" /> -->
+
+    <!-- Create a Java class extending SDLActivity and place it in a
+         directory under app/src/main/java matching the package, e.g. app/src/main/java/com/gamemaker/game/MyGame.java
+
+         then replace "SDLActivity" with the name of your class (e.g. "MyGame")
+         in the XML below.
+
+         An example Java class can be found in README-android.md
+    -->
+    <application android:label="@string/app_name"
+        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
+		android:appCategory="social"
+        android:allowBackup="true"
+        android:theme="@style/AppTheme"
+        android:hardwareAccelerated="true" >
+
+        <!-- Example of setting SDL hints from AndroidManifest.xml:
+        <meta-data android:name="SDL_ENV.SDL_ANDROID_TRAP_BACK_BUTTON" android:value="0"/>
+         -->
+
+        <activity android:name="TomatoActivity"
+            android:label="@string/app_name"
+            android:alwaysRetainTaskState="true"
+            android:launchMode="singleInstance"
+            android:configChanges="layoutDirection|locale|orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation"
+            android:preferMinimalPostProcessing="true"
+            android:exported="true"
+            >
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <!-- Let Android know that we can handle some USB devices and should receive this event -->
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.hardware.usb.action.USB_DEVICE_ATTACHED" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <!-- Drop file event -->
+            <!--
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            -->
+        </activity>
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>
diff --git a/android/app/java/org/libsdl/app/tomato/TomatoActivity.java b/android/app/java/org/libsdl/app/tomato/TomatoActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f983039
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/java/org/libsdl/app/tomato/TomatoActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package org.libsdl.app.tomato;
+
+import org.libsdl.app.SDLActivity;
+
+public class TomatoActivity extends SDLActivity {
+	protected String[] getLibraries() {
+		return new String[] {
+			// "SDL3", // we link statically
+			// "SDL3_image",
+			// "SDL3_mixer",
+			// "SDL3_net",
+			// "SDL3_ttf",
+			// "main"
+			"tomato"
+		};
+	}
+}
+
diff --git a/android/app/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png b/android/app/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d50bdaae
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/app/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png differ
diff --git a/android/app/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher.png b/android/app/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a299eb3
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/app/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher.png differ
diff --git a/android/app/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/android/app/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a336ad5c
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/app/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png differ
diff --git a/android/app/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/android/app/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d423dac2
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/app/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png differ
diff --git a/android/app/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/android/app/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..959c384b
Binary files /dev/null and b/android/app/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png differ
diff --git a/android/app/res/values/colors.xml b/android/app/res/values/colors.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ab3e9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<resources>
+    <color name="colorPrimary">#3F51B5</color>
+    <color name="colorPrimaryDark">#303F9F</color>
+    <color name="colorAccent">#FF4081</color>
+</resources>
diff --git a/android/app/res/values/strings.xml b/android/app/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb573710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<resources>
+    <string name="app_name">Tomato</string>
+</resources>
diff --git a/android/app/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/res/values/styles.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22248d50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<resources>
+
+    <!-- Base application theme. -->
+	<!-- <style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar"> -->
+	<!--<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme.AppCompat">-->
+	<style name="AppTheme" parent="android:Theme">
+        <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
+    </style>
+
+</resources>
diff --git a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index f461a7fa..5f7937ec 100644
--- a/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3::SDL3)
 	set(SDL_SHARED OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
 	set(SDL_STATIC ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
 	#TODO: pic ?
+	set(SDL_DISABLE_ANDROID_JAR OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
 	FetchContent_Declare(SDL3
 		GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ if (NOT TARGET SDL3::SDL3)
 		#GIT_TAG 1103294d33f47ab4c697bb22a9cf27c79c658630 # tip 15-05-2024
 		#GIT_TAG aacafd62336363077470f678b6217214b3b49473 # tip 28-05-2024
 		GIT_TAG 5fa9432b7d1c1722de93e1ab46e7a9569a47071e # tip 27-05-2024 - before changes made breaking sdl_image
+
 		FIND_PACKAGE_ARGS # for the future
 	)
 	FetchContent_MakeAvailable(SDL3)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 89822040..f1ed880f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "./start_screen.hpp"
 
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <memory>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 		args.push_back(argv[i]);
 	}
 
+#ifdef __ANDROID__
+	// change current working dir to internal storage
+	std::filesystem::current_path(SDL_AndroidGetInternalStoragePath());
+#endif
+
 	// setup hints
 	if (SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER, "1") != SDL_TRUE) {
 		std::cerr << "Failed to set '" << SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER << "' to 1\n";
diff --git a/src/start_screen.cpp b/src/start_screen.cpp
index b4f125a4..6e8ac2de 100644
--- a/src/start_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/start_screen.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ StartScreen::StartScreen(const std::vector<std::string_view>& args, SDL_Renderer
 			std::cerr << "TOMATO error: unknown cli arg: '" << args.at(ai) << "'\n";
 		}
 	}
+
 }
 
 Screen* StartScreen::render(float, bool&) {
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ Screen* StartScreen::render(float, bool&) {
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (ImGui::Button("load", {60, 25})) {
+
 			auto new_screen = std::make_unique<MainScreen>(std::move(_conf), _renderer, _theme, _tox_profile_path, _password, _user_name, queued_plugin_paths);
 			return new_screen.release();
 		}