diff --git a/.devcontainer/android/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/android/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bccd154b82b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/android/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+ARG VARIANT="8.0-jammy"
+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:${VARIANT}
+
+# Set up machine requirements to build the repo
+RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
+        cmake \
+        llvm \
+        clang \
+        build-essential \
+        python3 \
+        curl \
+        git \
+        lldb \
+        liblldb-dev \
+        libunwind8 \
+        libunwind8-dev \
+        gettext \
+        libicu-dev \
+        liblttng-ust-dev \
+        libssl-dev \
+        libkrb5-dev \
+        zlib1g-dev \
+        ninja-build \
+        openjdk-17-jdk \
+        pulseaudio
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
+
+ENV NDK_VER=r23c
+ENV SDK_VER=9123335_latest
+ENV SDK_API_LEVEL=33
+ENV SDK_BUILD_TOOLS=33.0.1
+ENV HOST_OS=linux
+ENV HOST_OS_SHORT=linux
+ENV ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=/android/android-ndk-${NDK_VER}
+ENV ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/android/android-sdk
+ENV EMULATOR_NAME_X64=dotnet-android-emulator
+
+# Download Android NDK and SDK
+RUN curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 https://dl.google.com/android/repository/android-ndk-${NDK_VER}-${HOST_OS}.zip -L --output /tmp/andk.zip && \
+    curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-${HOST_OS_SHORT}-${SDK_VER}.zip -L --output /tmp/asdk.zip
+
+# Check hashes of downloads
+RUN (echo "6ce94604b77d28113ecd588d425363624a5228d9662450c48d2e4053f8039242 /tmp/andk.zip"; echo "0bebf59339eaa534f4217f8aa0972d14dc49e7207be225511073c661ae01da0a /tmp/asdk.zip") | cat | sha256sum -c
+
+# Unpack the NDK and SDK
+RUN mkdir -p ${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT} && unzip /tmp/andk.zip -d $(dirname ${ANDROID_NDK_ROOT}) && rm -f /tmp/andk.zip && \
+    mkdir -p ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT} && unzip /tmp/asdk.zip -d ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools && rm -f /tmp/asdk.zip
+
+# Setup the SDK
+RUN yes | ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools/bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT} --licenses && \
+    ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools/bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT} "platform-tools" "platforms;android-${SDK_API_LEVEL}" "build-tools;${SDK_BUILD_TOOLS}"
+
+# Install an x86_64 emulator
+RUN ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools/bin/sdkmanager --sdk_root=${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT} "system-images;android-${SDK_API_LEVEL};default;x86_64"
+
+# Setup kvm group. We need the group ID to be GID owner of /dev/kvm.
+# Then add the vscode user to the kvm group.
+RUN groupadd -r -g 109 kvm && \
+    gpasswd -a vscode kvm
diff --git a/.devcontainer/android/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/android/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9bfc25bd6cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/android/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json.
+{
+	"name": "Libraries/Runtime Android development (prebuilt)",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"args": {
+			"VARIANT": "8.0-jammy"
+		}
+	},
+    // The container needs to run privileged in order to use Linux KVM to create Android emulators.
+    "runArgs": [
+        "--privileged",
+        "--security-opt",
+        "seccomp=unconfined"
+    ],
+	"hostRequirements": {
+		"cpus": 4,
+		"memory": "8gb",
+        "storage": "64gb"
+	},
+
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/github-cli:1": {}
+	},
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		// Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+		"vscode": {
+			// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-dotnettools.csharp"
+			],
+			"settings": {
+				// Loading projects on demand is better for larger codebases
+				"omnisharp.enableMsBuildLoadProjectsOnDemand": true,
+				"omnisharp.enableRoslynAnalyzers": true,
+				"omnisharp.enableEditorConfigSupport": true,
+				"omnisharp.enableAsyncCompletion": true,
+				"omnisharp.testRunSettings": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/artifacts/obj/vscode/.runsettings"
+			}
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Use 'onCreateCommand' to run pre-build commands inside the codespace
+	"onCreateCommand": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh android",
+
+	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
+	"postCreateCommand": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/scripts/postCreateCommand.sh android",
+
+    "postStartCommand": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.devcontainer/android/postStartCommand.sh",
+
+	// Add the locally installed dotnet to the path to ensure that it is activated
+	// This allows developers to just use 'dotnet build' on the command-line, and the local dotnet version will be used.
+    // Add the Android SDK tooling and emulator to the path.
+	"remoteEnv": {
+		"PATH": "${containerWorkspaceFolder}/.dotnet:${containerEnv:ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools/bin:${containerEnv:ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/emulator:${containerEnv:ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/platform-tools:${containerEnv:PATH}",
+		"DOTNET_MULTILEVEL_LOOKUP": "0"
+	},
+
+	// Comment out connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "vscode"
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/android/postStartCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/android/postStartCommand.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..b2c67d1164f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/android/postStartCommand.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Start the emulator.
+# Use nohup to start a shell so that things run in the background.
+# Use flock to make sure we have only one running emulator.
+# Background flock
+# nohup stdout and stderr goes to /dev/null, otherwise it's going to write to a file.
+nohup bash -c 'flock -n /var/lock/emulator.lock -c '\''${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/emulator/emulator -avd ${EMULATOR_NAME_X64} -no-window -no-audio -no-snapstorage'\''&' >/dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
index 1fcee604b35..5afcc900153 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ case "$opt" in
         ./build.sh libs.tests -restore
     ;;
 
+    android)
+        # prebuild the repo for Mono, so it is ready for development
+        ./build.sh mono+libs -os android
+        # restore libs tests so that the project is ready to be loaded by OmniSharp
+        ./build.sh libs.tests -restore
+    ;;
+
     wasm)
         # prebuild for WASM, so it is ready for wasm development
         make -C src/mono/wasm provision-wasm
diff --git a/.devcontainer/scripts/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/scripts/postCreateCommand.sh
index 8086037ab9a..b50fb9a7009 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/scripts/postCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/scripts/postCreateCommand.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,13 @@
 
 set -e
 
+opt=$1
+case "$opt" in
+    android)
+        # Create the Android emulator.
+        ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/cmdline-tools/bin/avdmanager -s create avd --name ${EMULATOR_NAME_X64} --package "system-images;android-${SDK_API_LEVEL};default;x86_64"
+    ;;
+esac
+
 # reset the repo to the commit hash that was used to build the prebuilt Codespace
 git reset --hard $(cat ./artifacts/prebuild.sha)