diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 641a5d46..b5d76904 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4736,6 +4736,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-core",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-android"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "12612be8f868a09c0ceae7113ff26afe79d81a24473a393cb9120ece162e86c0"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_log-sys",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing-appender"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -5102,7 +5113,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "veilid-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "android_logger 0.11.0",
  "async-io",
  "async-lock",
  "async-std",
@@ -5177,6 +5187,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-stream",
  "tokio-util 0.7.3",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-android",
  "tracing-error",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "tracing-wasm",
diff --git a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
index d9016ba0..7ec5379e 100644
--- a/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/veilid-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jni = "^0"
 jni-sys = "^0"
 ndk = { version = "^0", features = ["trace"] }
 ndk-glue = { version = "^0", features = ["logger"] }
-android_logger = { version = "^0" }
+tracing-android = { version = "^0" }
 backtrace = { version = "^0" }
 
 # Dependenices for all Unix (Linux, Android, MacOS, iOS)
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs b/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
index f1d34442..9897f68e 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/core_context.rs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ impl VeilidCoreContext {
     ) -> Result<VeilidCoreContext, VeilidAPIError> {
         cfg_if! {
             if #[cfg(target_os = "android")] {
-                if utils::android::ANDROID_GLOBALS.lock().is_none() {
+                if crate::intf::utils::android::ANDROID_GLOBALS.lock().is_none() {
                     error!("Android globals are not set up");
                     return Err(VeilidAPIError::Internal { message: "Android globals are not set up".to_owned() });
                 }
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/utils/android/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/utils/android/mod.rs
index cfb86f0d..d7bdd15b 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/intf/native/utils/android/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/intf/native/utils/android/mod.rs
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 mod get_directories;
 pub use get_directories::*;
 
+use crate::veilid_config::VeilidConfigLogLevel;
 use crate::xx::*;
-use android_logger::{Config, FilterBuilder};
+use crate::*;
 use backtrace::Backtrace;
 use jni::errors::Result as JniResult;
 use jni::{objects::GlobalRef, objects::JObject, objects::JString, JNIEnv, JavaVM};
 use lazy_static::*;
-use log::*;
 use std::panic;
+use tracing::*;
+use tracing_subscriber::prelude::*;
+use tracing_subscriber::*;
 
 pub struct AndroidGlobals {
     pub vm: JavaVM,
@@ -41,19 +44,25 @@ pub fn veilid_core_setup_android<'a>(
     env: JNIEnv<'a>,
     ctx: JObject<'a>,
     log_tag: &'a str,
-    log_level: Level,
+    log_level: VeilidConfigLogLevel,
 ) {
-    android_logger::init_once(
-        Config::default()
-            .with_min_level(log_level)
-            .with_tag(log_tag)
-            .with_filter(
-                FilterBuilder::new()
-                    .filter(Some(log_tag), log_level.to_level_filter())
-                    .build(),
-            ),
-    );
+    // Set up subscriber and layers
+    let subscriber = Registry::default();
+    let mut layers = Vec::new();
+    let mut filters = BTreeMap::new();
+    let filter = VeilidLayerFilter::new(log_level, None);
+    let layer = tracing_android::layer(log_tag)
+        .expect("failed to set up android logging")
+        .with_filter(filter.clone());
+    filters.insert("system", filter);
+    layers.push(layer.boxed());
 
+    let subscriber = subscriber.with(layers);
+    subscriber
+        .try_init()
+        .expect("failed to init android tracing");
+
+    // Set up panic hook for backtraces
     panic::set_hook(Box::new(|panic_info| {
         let bt = Backtrace::new();
         if let Some(location) = panic_info.location() {
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/network_class_discovery.rs b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/network_class_discovery.rs
index d3f3dcff..5d7ae6a7 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/network_class_discovery.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/network_manager/native/network_class_discovery.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use super::*;
 use futures_util::stream::FuturesUnordered;
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
 use stop_token::future::FutureExt as StopTokenFutureExt;
-use tokio::task::spawn_blocking;
 
 struct DetectedPublicDialInfo {
     dial_info: DialInfo,
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/tests/android/app/build.gradle b/veilid-core/src/tests/android/app/build.gradle
index f12a7cda..cd66b082 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/tests/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/veilid-core/src/tests/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ cargo {
     prebuiltToolchains = true
     profile = gradle.startParameter.taskNames.any{it.toLowerCase().contains("debug")} ? "debug" : "release"
     features {
-        defaultAnd("android_tests")
+        defaultAnd("android_tests", "rt-tokio")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/veilid-core/src/tests/native/mod.rs b/veilid-core/src/tests/native/mod.rs
index f5e161bd..e5ea0e2a 100644
--- a/veilid-core/src/tests/native/mod.rs
+++ b/veilid-core/src/tests/native/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ pub extern "system" fn Java_com_veilid_veilidcore_veilidcore_1android_1tests_Mai
     _class: JClass,
     ctx: JObject,
 ) {
-    crate::intf::utils::android::veilid_core_setup_android(env, ctx, "veilid_core", Level::Trace);
+    crate::intf::utils::android::veilid_core_setup_android(
+        env,
+        ctx,
+        "veilid_core",
+        crate::veilid_config::VeilidConfigLogLevel::Trace,
+    );
     run_all_tests();
 }