python
diff --git a/‎Android/README.md
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Lines changed: 5 additions & 3 deletions
diff --git a/‎Android/android.py
Lines changed: 9 additions & 11 deletions b/‎Android/android.py
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@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ it:
   `android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest`.
 * `export ANDROID_HOME=/path/to/android-sdk`
 
-The `android.py` script also requires the following commands to be on the `PATH`:
+The `android.py` script will automatically use the SDK's `sdkmanager` to install
+any packages it needs.
+
+The script also requires the following commands to be on the `PATH`:
 
 * `curl`
 * `java` (or set the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable)
-* `tar`
 
 
 ## Building
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ similar to the `Android` directory of the CPython source tree.
 The Python test suite can be run on Linux, macOS, or Windows:
 
 * On Linux, the emulator needs access to the KVM virtualization interface, and
-  a DISPLAY environment variable pointing at an X server.
+  a DISPLAY environment variable pointing at an X server. Xvfb is acceptable.
 
 The test suite can usually be run on a device with 2 GB of RAM, but this is
 borderline, so you may need to increase it to 4 GB. As of Android
 
@@ -138,19 +138,19 @@ def make_build_python(context):
     run(["make", "-j", str(os.cpu_count())])
 
 
-def unpack_deps(host):
+def unpack_deps(host, prefix_dir):
     deps_url = "https://github.com/beeware/cpython-android-source-deps/releases/download"
     for name_ver in ["bzip2-1.0.8-2", "libffi-3.4.4-3", "openssl-3.0.15-4",
                      "sqlite-3.49.1-0", "xz-5.4.6-1"]:
         filename = f"{name_ver}-{host}.tar.gz"
         download(f"{deps_url}/{name_ver}/{filename}")
-        run(["tar", "-xf", filename])
+        shutil.unpack_archive(filename, prefix_dir)
         os.remove(filename)
 
 
 def download(url, target_dir="."):
     out_path = f"{target_dir}/{basename(url)}"
-    run(["curl", "-Lf", "-o", out_path, url])
+    run(["curl", "-Lf", "--retry", "5", "--retry-all-errors", "-o", out_path, url])
     return out_path
 
 
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ def configure_host_python(context):
     prefix_dir = host_dir / "prefix"
     if not prefix_dir.exists():
         prefix_dir.mkdir()
-        os.chdir(prefix_dir)
-        unpack_deps(context.host)
+        unpack_deps(context.host, prefix_dir)
 
     os.chdir(host_dir)
     command = [
@@ -241,16 +240,15 @@ def setup_sdk():
 # the Gradle wrapper is not included in the CPython repository. Instead, we
 # extract it from the Gradle GitHub repository.
 def setup_testbed():
-    # The Gradle version used for the build is specified in
-    # testbed/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties. This wrapper version
-    # doesn't need to match, as any version of the wrapper can download any
-    # version of Gradle.
-    version = "8.9.0"
     paths = ["gradlew", "gradlew.bat", "gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar"]
-
     if all((TESTBED_DIR / path).exists() for path in paths):
         return
 
+    # The wrapper version isn't important, as any version of the wrapper can
+    # download any version of Gradle. The Gradle version actually used for the
+    # build is specified in testbed/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties.
+    version = "8.9.0"
+
     for path in paths:
         out_path = TESTBED_DIR / path
         out_path.parent.mkdir(exist_ok=True)