diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_Android.h b/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_Android.h
index 3baaebfad5..e60a86c680 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_Android.h
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/ProjectSaving/jucer_ProjectExport_Android.h
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ public:
           androidManifestCustomXmlElements     (settings, Ids::androidManifestCustomXmlElements,     getUndoManager()),
           androidGradleSettingsContent         (settings, Ids::androidGradleSettingsContent,         getUndoManager()),
           androidVersionCode                   (settings, Ids::androidVersionCode,                   getUndoManager(), "1"),
-          androidMinimumSDK                    (settings, Ids::androidMinimumSDK,                    getUndoManager(), "16"),
-          androidTargetSDK                     (settings, Ids::androidTargetSDK,                     getUndoManager(), "33"),
+          androidMinimumSDK                    (settings, Ids::androidMinimumSDK,                    getUndoManager(), "21"),
+          androidTargetSDK                     (settings, Ids::androidTargetSDK,                     getUndoManager(), "34"),
           androidTheme                         (settings, Ids::androidTheme,                         getUndoManager()),
           androidExtraAssetsFolder             (settings, Ids::androidExtraAssetsFolder,             getUndoManager()),
           androidOboeRepositoryPath            (settings, Ids::androidOboeRepositoryPath,            getUndoManager()),
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ public:
           androidKeyStorePass                  (settings, Ids::androidKeyStorePass,                  getUndoManager(), "android"),
           androidKeyAlias                      (settings, Ids::androidKeyAlias,                      getUndoManager(), "androiddebugkey"),
           androidKeyAliasPass                  (settings, Ids::androidKeyAliasPass,                  getUndoManager(), "android"),
-          gradleVersion                        (settings, Ids::gradleVersion,                        getUndoManager(), "7.5.1"),
+          gradleVersion                        (settings, Ids::gradleVersion,                        getUndoManager(), "8.2"),
           gradleToolchain                      (settings, Ids::gradleToolchain,                      getUndoManager(), "clang"),
           gradleClangTidy                      (settings, Ids::gradleClangTidy,                      getUndoManager(), false),
-          androidPluginVersion                 (settings, Ids::androidPluginVersion,                 getUndoManager(), "7.3.0"),
+          androidPluginVersion                 (settings, Ids::androidPluginVersion,                 getUndoManager(), "7.4.2"),
           AndroidExecutable                    (getAppSettings().getStoredPath (Ids::androidStudioExePath, TargetOS::getThisOS()).get().toString())
     {
         name = getDisplayName();
@@ -407,6 +407,9 @@ private:
                << "project(juce_jni_project)" << newLine
                << newLine;
 
+            if (gradleClangTidy.get())
+                mo << "set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY \"${ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_ROOT}/bin/clang-tidy\")" << newLine << newLine;
+
             if (! isLibrary())
                 mo << "set(BINARY_NAME \"juce_jni\")" << newLine << newLine;
 
@@ -693,25 +696,8 @@ private:
 
         mo << "apply plugin: 'com.android." << (isLibrary() ? "library" : "application") << "'" << newLine << newLine;
 
-        // CMake 3.22 will fail to build Android projects that set ANDROID_ARM_MODE unless NDK 24+ is used
-        mo << "def ndkVersionString = \"25.2.9519653\"" << newLine << newLine;
-
-        if (gradleClangTidy.get() && gradleToolchain.get().toString() == "clang")
-            mo << "def sdkDir = {" << newLine
-               << "    def androidHome = System.getenv('ANDROID_HOME')" << newLine
-               << "    if (androidHome) {" << newLine
-               << "        return androidHome" << newLine
-               << "    }" << newLine
-               << "    Properties properties = new Properties()" << newLine
-               << "    properties.load(project.rootProject.file(\"local.properties\").newDataInputStream())" << newLine
-               << "    return properties.getProperty('sdk.dir')" << newLine
-               << "}()" << newLine
-               << "def llvmDir = \"${sdkDir}/ndk/${ndkVersionString}/toolchains/llvm\"" << newLine
-               << "def clangTidySearch = fileTree(llvmDir).filter { file -> file.name.matches('^clang-tidy(.exe)?$') }" << newLine
-               << "if (clangTidySearch.size() != 1) {" << newLine
-               << "    throw new GradleException(\"Could not locate a unique clang-tidy in ${llvmDir}\")" << newLine
-               << "}" << newLine
-               << "def clangTidy = clangTidySearch.getSingleFile().getAbsolutePath()" << newLine << newLine;
+        // NDK 26 is required for ANDROID_WEAK_API_DEFS, which is in turn required for weak-linking AFontMatcher
+        mo << "def ndkVersionString = \"26.2.11394342\"" << newLine << newLine;
 
         mo << "android {"                                                                    << newLine;
         mo << "    compileSdkVersion " << static_cast<int> (androidTargetSDK.get())          << newLine;
@@ -1149,7 +1135,7 @@ private:
                    "An integer value that represents the version of the application code, relative to other versions.");
 
         props.add (new TextPropertyComponent (androidMinimumSDK, "Minimum SDK Version", 32, false),
-                   "The number of the minimum version of the Android SDK that the app requires (must be 16 or higher).");
+                   "The number of the minimum version of the Android SDK that the app requires (must be 21 or higher).");
 
         props.add (new TextPropertyComponent (androidTargetSDK, "Target SDK Version", 32, false),
                    "The number of the version of the Android SDK that the app is targeting.");
@@ -1520,8 +1506,8 @@ private:
         cmakeArgs.add ("\"-DANDROID_ARM_MODE=arm\"");
         cmakeArgs.add ("\"-DANDROID_ARM_NEON=TRUE\"");
 
-        if (isClang && gradleClangTidy.get())
-            cmakeArgs.add ("\"-DCMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY=${clangTidy}\"");
+        // This enables macOS/iOS-style weak-linking for symbols in the NDK, but is only available in NDK 26+
+        cmakeArgs.add ("\"-DANDROID_WEAK_API_DEFS=ON\"");
 
         auto cppStandard = [this]
         {
diff --git a/modules/juce_video/native/juce_Video_android.h b/modules/juce_video/native/juce_Video_android.h
index 65aed5ce3d..8096ad471e 100644
--- a/modules/juce_video/native/juce_Video_android.h
+++ b/modules/juce_video/native/juce_Video_android.h
@@ -1800,6 +1800,3 @@ private:
 
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR (Pimpl)
 };
-
-//==============================================================================
-constexpr VideoComponent::Pimpl::MediaSession::Player::StateInfo VideoComponent::Pimpl::MediaSession::Player::stateInfos[];