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diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 401b2ce..14e3766 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -532,24 +532,33 @@ else:
is_emscripten = sys.platform == "emscripten"
is_wasi = sys.platform == "wasi"
-# Apple mobile platforms (iOS/tvOS/watchOS) are POSIX-like but do not
-# have subprocess or fork support.
is_apple_mobile = sys.platform in {"ios", "tvos", "watchos"}
is_apple = is_apple_mobile or sys.platform == "darwin"
has_fork_support = hasattr(os, "fork") and not (
+ # WASM and Apple mobile platforms do not support subprocesses.
is_emscripten
or is_wasi
or is_apple_mobile
+
+ # Although Android supports fork, it's unsafe to call it from Python because
+ # all Android apps are multi-threaded.
+ or is_android
)
def requires_fork():
return unittest.skipUnless(has_fork_support, "requires working os.fork()")
has_subprocess_support = not (
+ # WASM and Apple mobile platforms do not support subprocesses.
is_emscripten
or is_wasi
or is_apple_mobile
+
+ # Although Android supports subproceses, they're almost never useful in
+ # practice (see PEP 738). And most of the tests that use them are calling
+ # sys.executable, which won't work when Python is embedded in an Android app.
+ or is_android
)
def requires_subprocess():