3 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle b/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
index f103f22db2..1b1fb47bd8 100644
--- a/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/android/java/app/build.gradle
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ android {
             aidl.srcDirs = ['aidl']
             assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
         }
-        debug.jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs/debug']
+        debug.jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs/debug', 'libs/debug/vulkan_validation_layers']
         release.jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs/release']
     }
 
diff --git a/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.cpp b/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.cpp
index 1bf85f07f1..63f2026fae 100644
--- a/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.cpp
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ int VulkanContextAndroid::window_create(ANativeWindow *p_window, int p_width, in
 	return _window_create(DisplayServer::MAIN_WINDOW_ID, surface, p_width, p_height);
 }
 
-VulkanContextAndroid::VulkanContextAndroid() {
-	// TODO: fix validation layers
-	use_validation_layers = false;
-}
+bool VulkanContextAndroid::_use_validation_layers() {
+	uint32_t count = 0;
+	_get_preferred_validation_layers(&count, nullptr);
 
-VulkanContextAndroid::~VulkanContextAndroid() {
+	// On Android, we use validation layers automatically if they were explicitly linked with the app.
+	return count > 0;
 }
diff --git a/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.h b/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.h
index c608f2d665..5a84eaf8f3 100644
--- a/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.h
+++ b/platform/android/vulkan/vulkan_context_android.h
@@ -36,13 +36,16 @@
 struct ANativeWindow;
 
 class VulkanContextAndroid : public VulkanContext {
-	virtual const char *_get_platform_surface_extension() const;
+	virtual const char *_get_platform_surface_extension() const override;
 
 public:
 	int window_create(ANativeWindow *p_window, int p_width, int p_height);
 
-	VulkanContextAndroid();
-	~VulkanContextAndroid();
+	VulkanContextAndroid() = default;
+	~VulkanContextAndroid() override = default;
+
+protected:
+	bool _use_validation_layers() override;
 };
 
 #endif // VULKAN_CONTEXT_ANDROID_H