@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ targets:
         packageUrl: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk
         mainDocsUrl: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/android/
         apiDocsUrl: https://javadoc.io/doc/io.sentry
+      maven:io.sentry:sentry-android-ndk-outproc:
+        name: io.sentry:sentry-android-ndk-outproc
+        packageUrl: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk-outproc
+        mainDocsUrl: https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/android/configuration/using-ndk/
+        apiDocsUrl: https://javadoc.io/doc/io.sentry
       maven:io.sentry:sentry-android-timber:
         name: io.sentry:sentry-android-timber
         packageUrl: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-timber
 
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ body:
       options:
         - sentry-android
         - sentry-android-ndk
+        - sentry-android-ndk-outproc
         - sentry-android-timber
         - sentry-android-fragment
         - sentry-android-navigation3
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
 - Quartz `SentryJobListener` can send a monitor config derived from the trigger with check-ins, so Sentry creates or updates the monitor from code. Set the `sentry-upsert-monitor-config` job or trigger data key to `"true"` to send the schedule ([#6216](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6216))
 - Send a monitor config derived from Spring `@Scheduled` with `@SentryCheckIn` check-ins, so Sentry creates or updates the monitor from code. Set `@SentryCheckIn(upsertMonitorConfig = true)` to send the schedule ([#6215](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6215))
 - Sentry OpenTelemetry integrations now honor `OTEL_BSP_SCHEDULE_DELAY` (`otel.bsp.schedule.delay`) for how often spans are sent to Sentry, instead of always waiting 5 seconds ([#6388](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6388))
+- Add experimental, opt-in out-of-process crash reporting on Android ([#6347](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/6347))
+  - To enable it, add the `sentry-android-ndk-outproc` dependency and exclude `sentry-native-ndk`. Requires Android 11 (API level 30) or later.
+  - See the [NDK docs](https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/android/configuration/using-ndk/#out-of-process-crash-handling) for details.
 
 ### Behavioral Changes
 
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Sentry SDK for Java and Android
 | sentry-android-core                     | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-core?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-core)                     | 21 |
 | sentry-android-distribution             | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-distribution?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-distribution)             | 21 |
 | sentry-android-ndk                      | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk)                      | 21 |
+| sentry-android-ndk-outproc              | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk-outproc?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-ndk-outproc)              | 21 |
 | sentry-android-timber                   | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-timber?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-timber)                   | 21 |
 | sentry-android-fragment                 | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-fragment?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-fragment)                 | 21 |
 | sentry-android-navigation               | [![Maven Central Version](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/io.sentry/sentry-android-navigation?style=for-the-badge&logo=sentry&color=green)](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/io.sentry/sentry-android-navigation)               | 21 |
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ private val androidLibs =
   setOf(
     "sentry-android-core",
     "sentry-android-ndk",
+    "sentry-android-ndk-outproc",
     "sentry-android-fragment",
     "sentry-android-navigation",
     "sentry-android-navigation3",
 
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ reactor-core = { module = "io.projectreactor:reactor-core", version = "3.5.3" }
 retrofit = { module = "com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit", version.ref = "retrofit" }
 retrofit-gson = { module = "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson", version.ref = "retrofit" }
 sentry-native-ndk = { module = "io.sentry:sentry-native-ndk", version = "0.17.6" }
+sentry-native-ndk-outproc = { module = "io.sentry:sentry-native-ndk-outproc", version = "1.0.0-beta.1" }
 servlet-api = { module = "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api", version = "3.1.0" }
 servlet-jakarta-api = { module = "jakarta.servlet:jakarta.servlet-api", version = "6.1.0" }
 slf4j-api = { module = "org.slf4j:slf4j-api", version.ref = "slf4j" }
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set-version)
 
     echo "Setting sentry-native-ndk version to '$version'"
 
-    PATTERN='(module = "io\.sentry:sentry-native-ndk", version = ")[0-9.]+(")'
+    PATTERN='(module = "io\.sentry:sentry-native-ndk(?:-outproc)?", version = ")[0-9.]+(")'
     perl -pi -e "s/$PATTERN/\${1}$version\${2}/" "$GRADLE_NDK_FILEPATH"
     ;;
 *)
 
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/android/core/NdkHandlerStrategy : java/lang/Enum {
 
 public final class io/sentry/android/core/NdkIntegration : io/sentry/Integration, java/io/Closeable {
 	public static final field SENTRY_NDK_CLASS_NAME Ljava/lang/String;
+	public static final field SENTRY_NDK_OUTPROC_CLASS_NAME Ljava/lang/String;
 	public fun <init> (Ljava/lang/Class;)V
 	public fun close ()V
 	public final fun register (Lio/sentry/IScopes;Lio/sentry/SentryOptions;)V
@@ -680,6 +681,7 @@ public final class io/sentry/android/core/TombstoneIntegration$TombstonePolicy :
 	public fun getLastReportedTimestamp ()Ljava/lang/Long;
 	public fun markReported (J)V
 	public fun matches (Landroid/app/ApplicationExitInfo;)Z
+	public static fun mergeNativeCrashes (Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;Lio/sentry/SentryEvent;)V
 	public fun shouldReportHistorical ()Z
 }
 
 
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.sentry.android.core;
 
 import static io.sentry.android.core.NdkIntegration.SENTRY_NDK_CLASS_NAME;
+import static io.sentry.android.core.NdkIntegration.SENTRY_NDK_OUTPROC_CLASS_NAME;
 import static io.sentry.util.IntegrationUtils.addIntegrationToSdkVersion;
 
 import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
@@ -438,8 +439,12 @@ static void installDefaultIntegrations(
 
     // Integrations are registered in the same order. NDK before adding Watch outbox,
     // because sentry-native move files around and we don't want to watch that.
-    final Class<?> sentryNdkClass = loadClass.loadClass(SENTRY_NDK_CLASS_NAME, options.getLogger());
-    options.addIntegration(new NdkIntegration(sentryNdkClass));
+    // the outproc backend builds on the inproc one, so it goes first, and quietly
+    Class<?> sentryNdkClass = loadClass.loadClass(SENTRY_NDK_OUTPROC_CLASS_NAME, null);
+    if (sentryNdkClass == null) {
+      sentryNdkClass = loadClass.loadClass(SENTRY_NDK_CLASS_NAME, options.getLogger());
+    }
+    options.addIntegration(new NdkIntegration(context, sentryNdkClass));
 
     if (buildInfoProvider.getSdkInfoVersion() >= Build.VERSION_CODES.S) {
       options.addIntegration(new TombstoneIntegration(context));
 
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import static io.sentry.util.IntegrationUtils.addIntegrationToSdkVersion;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import io.sentry.IScopes;
 import io.sentry.Integration;
 import io.sentry.SentryLevel;
@@ -19,11 +20,20 @@ public final class NdkIntegration implements Integration, Closeable {
 
   public static final String SENTRY_NDK_CLASS_NAME = "io.sentry.android.ndk.SentryNdk";
 
+  public static final String SENTRY_NDK_OUTPROC_CLASS_NAME =
+      "io.sentry.android.ndk.outproc.SentryNdkOutproc";
+
+  private final @Nullable Context context;
   private final @Nullable Class<?> sentryNdkClass;
 
   private @Nullable SentryAndroidOptions options;
 
   public NdkIntegration(final @Nullable Class<?> sentryNdkClass) {
+    this(null, sentryNdkClass);
+  }
+
+  NdkIntegration(final @Nullable Context context, final @Nullable Class<?> sentryNdkClass) {
+    this.context = context != null ? ContextUtils.getApplicationContext(context) : null;
     this.sentryNdkClass = sentryNdkClass;
   }
 
@@ -50,9 +60,25 @@ public final void register(final @NotNull IScopes scopes, final @NotNull SentryO
       }
 
       try {
-        final Method method = sentryNdkClass.getMethod("init", SentryAndroidOptions.class);
-        final Object[] args = new Object[1];
-        args[0] = this.options;
+        Method method = null;
+        Object[] args = null;
+        if (context != null) {
+          try {
+            method = sentryNdkClass.getMethod("init", Context.class, SentryAndroidOptions.class);
+            args = new Object[] {context, this.options};
+          } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+            // an older sentry-android-ndk
+            this.options
+                .getLogger()
+                .log(
+                    SentryLevel.WARNING,
+                    "SentryNdk.init(Context, SentryAndroidOptions) not found, using SentryNdk.init(SentryAndroidOptions).");
+          }
+        }
+        if (method == null) {
+          method = sentryNdkClass.getMethod("init", SentryAndroidOptions.class);
+          args = new Object[] {this.options};
+        }
         method.invoke(null, args);
 
         this.options.getLogger().log(SentryLevel.DEBUG, "NdkIntegration installed.");