Add gradle build for validation layers as app's jniLib dependencies so inaries are packed into APK automatically and traceale at run-time (layers could be stepped into when debugging application) Enable all validation layers/extensions found on the system Using vulkan wrappers in common/vulkan_wrapper directory Windows build extra steps if you see errors while building validation layers, try the following workaround:

• copy your ndk to be directly under c:\
• configure your ndk.dir inside local.properties to your new ndk location this is due to the fact that commend path is above 260 when source is inside ndk