diff --git a/arch/android/CONFIG.ANDROID b/arch/android/CONFIG.ANDROID
index 8fd741e5d..70701eca0 100755
--- a/arch/android/CONFIG.ANDROID
+++ b/arch/android/CONFIG.ANDROID
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@
 
 # TODO: GL fixed renderers don't work. Probably not worth fixing.
 
+[ -z "$NDK_PATH" ] && { echo "Must define NDK_PATH!"; exit 1; }
+
 ./config.sh --platform android --enable-release --disable-utils \
   --disable-libpng --disable-gl-fixed "$@"
diff --git a/arch/android/Makefile.deps b/arch/android/Makefile.deps
index 50bc61ec7..90a247ea3 100644
--- a/arch/android/Makefile.deps
+++ b/arch/android/Makefile.deps
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SDL_VERSION       ?= 2.28.2
 LIBOGG_VERSION    ?= 1.3.5
 LIBVORBIS_VERSION ?= 1.3.7
 WGET              ?= wget
+TAR               ?= tar
 
 DEPS              := arch/android/deps
 DEPS_BUILD        := arch/android/deps/.build
@@ -34,53 +35,59 @@ ifeq (${HOST},${HOST_WIN64})
 NDK_BUILD         := ${NDK_PATH}/ndk-build.cmd
 endif
 
+ifneq (${V},1)
+WGET              := @${WGET}
+TAR               := @${TAR}
+NDK_BUILD         := @${NDK_BUILD}
+endif
+
 ${DEPS} ${JNI_INCLUDES}:
 	$(if @{V},,@echo "  MKDIR   " $@)
-	@${MKDIR} -p $@
+	${MKDIR} -p $@
 
 ifeq (${ANDROID_TARGET},)
 
 ${DEPS}/SDL2-${SDL_VERSION}: | ${DEPS}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  WGET    " $@)
-	@${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
-	@${WGET} https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-${SDL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
-	@tar -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
+	${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
+	${WGET} https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-${SDL_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
+	${TAR} -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
 
 ${DEPS}/libogg-${LIBOGG_VERSION}: | ${DEPS}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  WGET    " $@)
-	@${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
-	@${WGET} http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-${LIBOGG_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
-	@tar -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
+	${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
+	${WGET} http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/ogg/libogg-${LIBOGG_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
+	${TAR} -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
 
 ${DEPS}/libvorbis-${LIBVORBIS_VERSION}: | ${DEPS}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  WGET    " $@)
-	@${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
-	@${WGET} http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-${LIBVORBIS_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
-	@tar -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
+	${RM} -f $@.tar.gz
+	${WGET} http://downloads.xiph.org/releases/vorbis/libvorbis-${LIBVORBIS_VERSION}.tar.gz -O$@.tar.gz
+	${TAR} -xzf $@.tar.gz -C ${DEPS}/
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}:
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  MKDIR   " $@)
-	@${MKDIR} -p ${DEPS_BUILD}
+	${MKDIR} -p ${DEPS_BUILD}
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}/libogg: ${DEPS}/libogg-${LIBOGG_VERSION} | ${DEPS_BUILD}
-	@${RM} -rf $@
-	@${CP} -r $< $@
-	@${CP} arch/android/libogg-Android.mk "$@/Android.mk"
-	@${CP} arch/android/config_types.h "$@/include/ogg/"
+	${RM} -rf $@
+	${CP} -r $< $@
+	${CP} arch/android/libogg-Android.mk "$@/Android.mk"
+	${CP} arch/android/config_types.h "$@/include/ogg/"
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}/libvorbis: ${DEPS}/libvorbis-${LIBVORBIS_VERSION} | ${DEPS_BUILD}
-	@${RM} -rf $@
-	@${CP} -r $< $@
-	@${CP} arch/android/libvorbis-Android.mk "$@/Android.mk"
+	${RM} -rf $@
+	${CP} -r $< $@
+	${CP} arch/android/libvorbis-Android.mk "$@/Android.mk"
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}/SDL2: ${DEPS}/SDL2-${SDL_VERSION} | ${DEPS_BUILD}
-	@${RM} -rf $@
-	@${CP} -r $< $@
+	${RM} -rf $@
+	${CP} -r $< $@
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}/out: ${DEPS_BUILD}/libogg ${DEPS_BUILD}/libvorbis ${DEPS_BUILD}/SDL2
-	@${CP} ${JNI_DIR}/Android.mk ${DEPS_BUILD}
+	${CP} ${JNI_DIR}/Android.mk ${DEPS_BUILD}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  NDKBUILD")
-	@${NDK_BUILD} \
+	${NDK_BUILD} \
 	  NDK_PROJECT_PATH="${DEPS_BUILD}" \
 	  NDK_LIBS_OUT="${DEPS_BUILD}/out" \
 	  APP_BUILD_SCRIPT="${DEPS_BUILD}/Android.mk" \
@@ -96,35 +103,34 @@ dep_targets := \
   ${JNI_INCLUDES}/ogg \
   ${JNI_INCLUDES}/vorbis \
   ${JNI_LIBS}/libSDL2.so \
-  ${JNI_LIBS}/libhidapi.so \
   ${JNI_LIBS}/libogg.so \
   ${JNI_LIBS}/libvorbis.so \
   ${JNI_LIBS}/libvorbisfile.so
 
 ${DEPS_BUILD}/out/${ABI}/%.so:
-	@test -s $@ || { echo "Missing $@! Aborting..."; exit 1; }
+	@test -f $@ || { echo "Missing $@! Aborting..."; exit 1; }
 
 ${JNI_LIBS}/%.so: ${DEPS_BUILD}/out/${ABI}/%.so | ${JNI_LIBS}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  CP      " $< " " $@)
-	@${CP} $< $@
+	${CP} $< $@
 
 ${JNI_INCLUDES}/SDL2: ${DEPS_BUILD}/SDL2 | ${JNI_INCLUDES}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  CP      " "$</include/*" $@)
-	@${MKDIR} -p $@
-	@${CP} $</include/* $@
+	${MKDIR} -p $@
+	${CP} $</include/* $@
 
 ${JNI_INCLUDES}/ogg: ${DEPS_BUILD}/libogg | ${JNI_INCLUDES}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  CP      " $</include ${JNI_INCLUDES})
-	@${CP} -r "$</include/ogg" ${JNI_INCLUDES}
+	${CP} -r "$</include/ogg" ${JNI_INCLUDES}
 
 ${JNI_INCLUDES}/vorbis: ${DEPS_BUILD}/libvorbis | ${JNI_INCLUDES}
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  CP      " $</include ${JNI_INCLUDES})
-	@${CP} -r "$</include/vorbis" ${JNI_INCLUDES}
+	${CP} -r "$</include/vorbis" ${JNI_INCLUDES}
 
 deps-install: ${dep_targets}
 
 deps-uninstall:
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  RM " ${dep_targets})
-	@${RM} -rf ${dep_targets}
+	${RM} -rf ${dep_targets}
 
 endif
diff --git a/arch/android/Makefile.in b/arch/android/Makefile.in
index e1f957c5e..48750621b 100644
--- a/arch/android/Makefile.in
+++ b/arch/android/Makefile.in
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ ifeq (${NDK_PATH},)
 $(error "Must define $$NDK_PATH!")
 endif
 
-${JNI_LIB_DIR}/%:
-	$(if ${V},,@echo "  MKDIR   " $@)
-	@${MKDIR} -p "$@"
-
 #
 # Determine ${TOOLCHAIN} (the common NDK toolchain path) if not provided.
 # Requires determining ${HOST} since currently the NDK toolchain path relies on it.
@@ -149,6 +145,10 @@ LIBPNG_LDFLAGS := -L${JNI_LIBS} -lpng16
 VORBIS_CFLAGS  := -I${JNI_INCLUDES}
 VORBIS_LDFLAGS := -L${JNI_LIBS} -logg -lvorbis -lvorbisfile
 
+${JNI_LIB_DIR}/${ABI}:
+	$(if ${V},,@echo "  MKDIR   " $@)
+	${MKDIR} -p "$@"
+
 package: all | ${JNI_LIB_DIR}/${ABI}
 ifneq (${BUILD_EDITOR},)
 	$(if ${V},,@echo "  MV      " ${mzx} "${JNI_LIB_DIR}/${ABI}/${JNI_LIB_SO}")
diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index 7453eac36..9e3060bb7 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ DEVELOPERS
 + _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 is now used for 64-bit fseeko, ftello,
   readdir, and stat/fstat support for 32-bit Linux builds.
 + Applied various Opal fixes from OpenMPT.
++ Updated Android SDL to 2.28.2. (asie)
++ Updated Android NDK to r23c. (asie)
++ Fixed Android build system handling of missing libraries.
 - String values are now allocated separately from the string
   struct and name. This may make strings very slightly slower,
   but means string pointers are now stable through an entire