Gitea Act Runner ubuntu image is missing ANDROID SDK for GitHub workflows #12605

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GiteaMirror · 2025-11-02T10:15:50-06:00

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:15:50 -06:00

Originally created by @TristanWasTaken on GitHub (Mar 6, 2024).

Description

I've been busy/lazy since my last issue (#28847). I discovered the issue on 2024-01-16 (yyyy-mm-dd).

when mirroring the gh repo https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon and enabling actions that run on every new commit, the job fails on gitea even though it succeeds on github
error: SDK location not found. Define location with an ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable'.

tldr; turns out github's ubuntu image has the Android SDK preinstalled, while Gitea's image doesn't have it
gitea would (probably) need uses: android-actions/setup-android@v2 to be added in the workflow config files for it to work without it preinstalled.

relevant section in workflow files:

If I should try to repro it on the demo site, please tell me.

Gitea Version

1.21.3

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

No

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Operating System

Docker

How are you running Gitea?

gitea: docker gitea/gitea:1.21.3
runner: docker gitea/act_runner:nightly (2024-01-16/yyyy-mm-dd)

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Originally created by @TristanWasTaken on GitHub (Mar 6, 2024). ### Description I've been busy/lazy since my last issue (#28847). I discovered the issue on 2024-01-16 (yyyy-mm-dd). when mirroring the gh repo https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon and enabling actions that run on every new commit, the job fails on gitea even though it succeeds on github error: `SDK location not found. Define location with an ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable'.` tldr; turns out [github's ubuntu image has the Android SDK preinstalled](https://github.com/nektos/act/issues/1172#issuecomment-1699598124), while Gitea's image doesn't have it gitea would (probably) need `uses: android-actions/setup-android@v2` to be added in the workflow config files for it to work without it preinstalled. relevant section in workflow files: - [mihon/.github/workflows/build_push.yml#L27](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon/blob/0d449a9b1d4fbfd81c7d2bfb849c68d6656f6939/.github/workflows/build_push.yml#L27) - [mihon-previews/.github/workflows/build_app.yml#L43](https://github.com/mihonapp/mihon-preview/blob/0b2aa8b83163826baa8efa154fa45aeca9760116/.github/workflows/build_app.yml#L43) If I should try to repro it on the demo site, please tell me. ### Gitea Version 1.21.3 ### Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site? No ### Log Gist _No response_ ### Screenshots _No response_ ### Git Version _No response_ ### Operating System Docker ### How are you running Gitea? gitea: docker `gitea/gitea:1.21.3` runner: docker `gitea/act_runner:nightly` (2024-01-16/yyyy-mm-dd) ### Database None

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GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:15:51 -06:00

@lunny commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024):

I think this is by design that the default images of Gitea Actions will be very smaller than Github's

@lunny commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024): I think this is by design that the default images of Gitea Actions will be very smaller than Github's

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:15:51 -06:00

@TristanWasTaken commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024):

I think this is by design that the default images of Gitea Actions will be very smaller than Github's

@lunny if the goal of Gitea's action images is to be smaller at the cost of not supporting all gh workflows, then it should be documented on the comparison page and changed on other pages like Design of Gitea Actions which states "You can mirror actions repositories from GitHub to your Gitea instance, and use them as normal."
It does, in fact, not work as normal.

@TristanWasTaken commented on GitHub (Mar 7, 2024): > I think this is by design that the default images of Gitea Actions will be very smaller than Github's @lunny if the goal of Gitea's action images is to be smaller at the cost of not supporting all gh workflows, then it should be documented on the [comparison page](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/comparison) and changed on other pages like [Design of Gitea Actions](https://docs.gitea.com/usage/actions/design) which states "You can mirror actions repositories from GitHub to your Gitea instance, **and use them as normal**." It does, in fact, not work as normal.

GiteaMirror commented

2025-11-02 10:15:51 -06:00

@lunny commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2024):

Now we have official runner images https://gitea.com/gitea/runner-images and an example for android https://gitea.com/action-examples/Android . I think we can close this now.

@lunny commented on GitHub (Jun 15, 2024): Now we have official runner images https://gitea.com/gitea/runner-images and an example for android https://gitea.com/action-examples/Android . I think we can close this now.

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Reference: github-starred/gitea#12605