Google Play 16KB alignment issue with WireGuard library - fix needed

Google Play 16KB alignment issue with WireGuard library - fix needed

[Houman]

Google PlayStore is no longer accepting apps affected by Google Play's
16 KB page size requirements.

The native library `arm64-v8a/libwg-go.so` (from
`com.wireguard.android:tunnel:1.0.20230706`) is not 16 KB aligned

implementation 'com.wireguard.android:tunnel:1.0.20230706'


Can this be fixed?

Thanks,
Houman

Re: Google Play 16KB alignment issue with WireGuard library - fix needed

[Leon Woestenberg]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM Houman <houmie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Google PlayStore is no longer accepting apps affected by Google Play's
> 16 KB page size requirements.
>
> The native library `arm64-v8a/libwg-go.so` (from
> `com.wireguard.android:tunnel:1.0.20230706`) is not 16 KB aligned
>
From what I read, the requirement is not to rely on 4KiB (hard coded)
page sizes.  Or are they going to hard-code 16KiB now??!

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/12/get-your-apps-ready-for-16-kb-page-size-devices.html

-
Leon.

Re: Google Play 16KB alignment issue with WireGuard library - fix needed

[Houman]

I got this email from Google:

To ensure your app works correctly on the latest versions of Android,
Google Play requires all apps targeting Android 15+ to support 16 KB
memory page sizes.

From May 1, 2026, if your app updates do not support 16 KB memory page
sizes, you won't be able to release these updates.


Thanks,
Houman



On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 at 09:25, Leon Woestenberg <leon@sidebranch.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM Houman <houmie@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Google PlayStore is no longer accepting apps affected by Google Play's
> > 16 KB page size requirements.
> >
> > The native library `arm64-v8a/libwg-go.so` (from
> > `com.wireguard.android:tunnel:1.0.20230706`) is not 16 KB aligned
> >
> From what I read, the requirement is not to rely on 4KiB (hard coded)
> page sizes.  Or are they going to hard-code 16KiB now??!
>
> https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2024/12/get-your-apps-ready-for-16-kb-page-size-devices.html
>
> -
> Leon.