Gradle build file that works to build Android via NDK 15c with SDL2 2.0.8 that produces all libraries in architecture we need (note: we need to specify abiFilters for both debug and release target then filter what we need in android domain)

build.gradle

def buildAsLibrary = project.hasProperty('BUILD_AS_LIBRARY');
def buildAsApplication = !buildAsLibrary
if (buildAsApplication) {
    apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
}
else {
    apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 26
    buildToolsVersion "26.0.2"
    defaultConfig {
        if (buildAsApplication) {
            applicationId "org.libsdl.app"
        }
        minSdkVersion 14
        targetSdkVersion 26
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        externalNativeBuild {
            ndkBuild {
                arguments "APP_PLATFORM=android-14"
            }
        }
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
		ndk {
			abiFilters 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
		}
    }
	packagingOptions {
		doNotStrip '*/mips/*.so'
		doNotStrip '*/mips64/*.so'
	}
    buildTypes {
		debug {
			ndk {
				abiFilters 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
			}
		}
        release {
			ndk {
				abiFilters 'x86', 'x86_64', 'armeabi-v7a', 'arm64-v8a'
			}
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
    if (!project.hasProperty('EXCLUDE_NATIVE_LIBS')) {
        sourceSets.main {
            jniLibs.srcDir 'libs'
        }
        externalNativeBuild {
            ndkBuild {
                path 'jni/Android.mk'
            }
        }
       
    }
    lintOptions {
        abortOnError false
    }
    
    if (buildAsLibrary) {
        libraryVariants.all { variant ->
            variant.outputs.each { output ->
                def outputFile = output.outputFile
                if (outputFile != null && outputFile.name.endsWith(".aar")) {
                    def fileName = "org.libsdl.app.aar";
                    output.outputFile = new File(outputFile.parent, fileName);
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(include: ['*.jar'], dir: 'libs')
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}