diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44b3923c9a431..67e9f1f346a29 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -320,6 +320,6 @@ apk_label = "Bevy Example"
 assets = "assets"
 res = "assets/android-res"
 icon = "@mipmap/ic_launcher"
- build_targets = ["aarch64-linux-android", "armv7-linux-androideabi"] 
+build_targets = ["aarch64-linux-android", "armv7-linux-androideabi"] 
 min_sdk_version = 16
 target_sdk_version = 29
diff --git a/crates/bevy_log/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_log/Cargo.toml
index fbb479a4f620c..d3c482932ae92 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_log/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,12 @@ keywords = ["bevy"]
 bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app", version = "0.3.0" }
 bevy_utils = { path = "../bevy_utils", version = "0.3.0" }
 
-tracing-subscriber = "0.2.15"
+tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.2.15", features = ["registry"]}
 tracing-chrome = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true } 
 
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
+android_log-sys = "0.2.0"
+
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 console_error_panic_hook = "0.1.6"
-tracing-wasm = "0.1"
\ No newline at end of file
+tracing-wasm = "0.1"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_log/src/android_tracing.rs b/crates/bevy_log/src/android_tracing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5655817da9ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bevy_log/src/android_tracing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+use std::fmt::{Debug, Write};
+
+use bevy_utils::tracing::{
+    field::Field,
+    span::{Attributes, Record},
+    Event, Id, Level, Metadata, Subscriber,
+};
+use tracing_subscriber::{field::Visit, layer::Context, registry::LookupSpan, Layer};
+
+pub(crate) struct AndroidLayer {
+    pub(crate) min_level: Level,
+}
+
+struct StringRecorder(String, bool);
+impl StringRecorder {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        StringRecorder(String::new(), false)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Visit for StringRecorder {
+    fn record_debug(&mut self, field: &Field, value: &dyn Debug) {
+        if field.name() == "message" {
+            if !self.0.is_empty() {
+                self.0 = format!("{:?}\n{}", value, self.0)
+            } else {
+                self.0 = format!("{:?}", value)
+            }
+        } else {
+            if self.1 {
+                // following args
+                write!(self.0, " ").unwrap();
+            } else {
+                // first arg
+                self.1 = true;
+            }
+            write!(self.0, "{} = {:?};", field.name(), value).unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl core::fmt::Display for StringRecorder {
+    fn fmt(&self, mut f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
+        if !self.0.is_empty() {
+            write!(&mut f, " {}", self.0)
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl core::default::Default for StringRecorder {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        StringRecorder::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: Subscriber + for<'a> LookupSpan<'a>> Layer<S> for AndroidLayer {
+    fn enabled(&self, metadata: &Metadata<'_>, _: Context<'_, S>) -> bool {
+        let level = metadata.level();
+        level <= &self.min_level
+    }
+
+    fn new_span(&self, attrs: &Attributes<'_>, id: &Id, ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
+        let mut new_debug_record = StringRecorder::new();
+        attrs.record(&mut new_debug_record);
+
+        if let Some(span_ref) = ctx.span(id) {
+            span_ref
+                .extensions_mut()
+                .insert::<StringRecorder>(new_debug_record);
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn on_record(&self, id: &Id, values: &Record<'_>, ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
+        if let Some(span_ref) = ctx.span(id) {
+            if let Some(debug_record) = span_ref.extensions_mut().get_mut::<StringRecorder>() {
+                values.record(debug_record);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn on_event(&self, event: &Event<'_>, _ctx: Context<'_, S>) {
+        let mut recorder = StringRecorder::new();
+        event.record(&mut recorder);
+        let meta = event.metadata();
+        let level = meta.level();
+        if *level < self.min_level {
+            return;
+        }
+        let priority = match *level {
+            Level::TRACE => android_log_sys::LogPriority::VERBOSE,
+            Level::DEBUG => android_log_sys::LogPriority::DEBUG,
+            Level::INFO => android_log_sys::LogPriority::INFO,
+            Level::WARN => android_log_sys::LogPriority::WARN,
+            Level::ERROR => android_log_sys::LogPriority::ERROR,
+        };
+        let message = format!("{}\0", recorder);
+        let tag = format!("{}\0", meta.name());
+        unsafe {
+            android_log_sys::__android_log_write(
+                priority as android_log_sys::c_int,
+                tag.as_ptr() as *const android_log_sys::c_char,
+                message.as_ptr() as *const android_log_sys::c_char,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/bevy_log/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_log/src/lib.rs
index 5526110b5c576..7e3bca94cb559 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_log/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_log/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
+mod android_tracing;
+
 pub mod prelude {
     pub use bevy_app::{AppBuilder, Plugin};
     pub use bevy_utils::tracing::*;
@@ -5,7 +8,9 @@ pub mod prelude {
 pub use bevy_app::{AppBuilder, Plugin};
 pub use bevy_utils::tracing::*;
 #[cfg(all(not(target_arch = "wasm32"), not(target_os = "android")))]
-use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, prelude::*, registry::Registry, EnvFilter};
+use tracing_subscriber::{fmt, EnvFilter};
+#[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
+use tracing_subscriber::{prelude::*, registry::Registry};
 
 /// Adds logging to Apps.
 #[derive(Default)]
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ impl Plugin for LogPlugin {
         setup_default(_app);
         #[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
         setup_wasm();
-        #[cfg(target_arch = "android")]
+        #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
         setup_android();
     }
 }
@@ -53,4 +58,10 @@ fn setup_wasm() {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "android")]
-fn setup_android() {}
+fn setup_android() {
+    let subscriber = Registry::default().with(android_tracing::AndroidLayer {
+        min_level: bevy_utils::tracing::Level::INFO,
+    });
+    bevy_utils::tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
+        .expect("Could not set global default tracing subscriber");
+}