diff --git a/.changes/android-template.md b/.changes/android-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f649619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/android-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-mobile": "patch"
+---
+
+Fix Android template generation.
diff --git a/src/android/project.rs b/src/android/project.rs
index a5d1d56f..9cdd0d08 100644
--- a/src/android/project.rs
+++ b/src/android/project.rs
@@ -140,12 +140,15 @@ pub fn gen(
             map.insert("android-app-plugins", metadata.app_plugins());
             map.insert(
                 "android-project-dependencies",
-                metadata.project_dependencies(),
+                metadata.project_dependencies().unwrap_or_default(),
+            );
+            map.insert(
+                "android-app-dependencies",
+                metadata.app_dependencies().unwrap_or_default(),
             );
-            map.insert("android-app-dependencies", metadata.app_dependencies());
             map.insert(
                 "android-app-dependencies-platform",
-                metadata.app_dependencies_platform(),
+                metadata.app_dependencies_platform().unwrap_or_default(),
             );
             map.insert(
                 "has-code",
diff --git a/templates/platforms/android-studio/app/build.gradle.kts.hbs b/templates/platforms/android-studio/app/build.gradle.kts.hbs
index ba9e88f0..50d35b72 100644
--- a/templates/platforms/android-studio/app/build.gradle.kts.hbs
+++ b/templates/platforms/android-studio/app/build.gradle.kts.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id("com.android.application")
-    id("rust")
-    {{#if android-app-plugins}}{{~#each android-app-plugins}}
+    id("rust"){{#if android-app-plugins}}{{~#each android-app-plugins}}
     id("{{this}}"){{/each}}{{/if}}
 }
 
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ android {
             isDebuggable = true
             isJniDebuggable = true
             isMinifyEnabled = false
-            packaging {
-                {{~#each abi-list}}
+            packaging { {{~#each abi-list}}
                 jniLibs.keepDebugSymbols.add("*/{{this}}/*.so"){{/each}}
             }
         }
@@ -49,9 +47,7 @@ rust {
     rootDirRel = "{{root-dir-rel}}"
 }
 
-dependencies {
-    {{#if android-app-dependencies-platform}}{{~#each android-app-dependencies-platform}}
-    implementation(platform("{{this}}")){{/each}}{{/if}}
-    {{#if android-app-dependencies}}{{~#each android-app-dependencies}}
-    implementation("{{this}}"){{/each}}{{/if}}
+dependencies { {{~#each android-app-dependencies-platform}}
+    implementation(platform("{{this}}")){{/each}}{{~#each android-app-dependencies}}
+    implementation("{{this}}"){{/each}}
 }
diff --git a/templates/platforms/android-studio/build.gradle.kts.hbs b/templates/platforms/android-studio/build.gradle.kts.hbs
index 47aa73d5..16380468 100644
--- a/templates/platforms/android-studio/build.gradle.kts.hbs
+++ b/templates/platforms/android-studio/build.gradle.kts.hbs
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@ buildscript {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.0")
-        {{#if android-project-dependencies}}{{~#each android-project-dependencies}}
-        classpath("{{this}}"){{/each}}{{/if}}
+        classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.0.0"){{~#each android-project-dependencies}}
+        classpath("{{this}}"){{/each}}
     }
 }