Bugsnag 16 KB page-size fix: upgrade to 6.27.1 (native code removed in 4.17.0)

Artifact com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android · measured 2026-10-01 · all libraries

native code removed

From 4.17.0 on, Bugsnag no longer ships arm64-v8a/x86_64 .so files in this artifact, so upgrading removes the problem here. The natives were removed or moved; see what that means.

Caveats

ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC: the last offending measurement 4.16.1 is x86_64-only; its arm64-v8a libraries are aligned
Sampled, not exhaustive: 2 of 188 published versions were measured with native code; unmeasured versions in between are unknown.

Measured evidence

	Version	Library file	p_align	File date	Source
Last offending	`4.16.1`	`jni/x86_64/libbugsnag-ndk.so`	4 KB (2^12)	Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:55:39 GMT	artifact

p_align is the smallest PT_LOAD segment alignment of the ELF. 16 KB-compatible needs at least 16384 (2^14). Method: min PT_LOAD p_align of arm64-v8a/x86_64 .so inside the published AAR/JAR; aligned = >=16384 for every lib. Dates are repository file times, not official release dates.

Offending versions measured (2)

4.15.0, 4.16.1

Native libraries seen: libbugsnag-ndk.so.

The Gradle change

implementation("com.bugsnag:bugsnag-android:6.27.1")

native code removed: 4.17.0 and later (measured latest 6.27.1) contain no arm64-v8a/x86_64 .so; upgrade, then check whether the natives moved to a separate artifact and measure that one // ARCHITECTURE-SPECIFIC: the last offending measurement 4.16.1 is x86_64-only; its arm64-v8a libraries are aligned

Confirm what Gradle actually resolves, since another dependency may pull an older version:

./gradlew :app:dependencyInsight --dependency bugsnag-android --configuration releaseRuntimeClasspath

Re-verify it yourself

Download the artifact and run the free checker (check16k.py, Python 3, no dependencies):

curl -LO https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/bugsnag/bugsnag-android/4.16.1/bugsnag-android-4.16.1.aar
python3 check16k.py bugsnag-android-4.16.1.aar

Exit 0 = aligned, 1 = an unaligned library found. Better still, run it on your final .aab/.apk.

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Related artifacts

Bugsnag NDK (com.bugsnag:bugsnag-plugin-android-ndk)