diff --git a/native-activity/app/build.gradle b/native-activity/app/build.gradle
index 3e3a78277..125c72256 100644
--- a/native-activity/app/build.gradle
+++ b/native-activity/app/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
 }
 
+// Caution: If you add any Java or Kotlin code to this project, or if you add
+// any dependencies which themselves use Java/Kotlin, you'll need to remove
+// `android:hasCode` from main/AndroidManifest.xml.
+
 android {
     compileSdk 33
     ndkVersion '25.1.8937393'
@@ -30,9 +34,3 @@ android {
     }
     namespace 'com.example.native_activity'
 }
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
-    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.5.1'
-    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.4'
-}
diff --git a/native-activity/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/native-activity/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 8698411c2..0626d44a9 100644
--- a/native-activity/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/native-activity/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@
     android:versionCode="1"
           android:versionName="1.0">
 
-  <!-- This .apk has no Java code itself, so set hasCode to false. -->
+  <!--
+  This .apk has no Java/Kotlin code, so set hasCode to false.
+
+  If you copy from this sample and later add Java/Kotlin code, or add a
+  dependency on a library that does (such as androidx), be sure to set
+  `android:hasCode` to `true` (or just remove it, since that's the default).
+  -->
   <application
       android:allowBackup="false"
       android:fullBackupContent="false"