diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-1/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-1/build.gradle
index 78434cc7da..552460da15 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-1/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-1/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "tutorial-1"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-2/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-2/build.gradle
index d30a6d4d2e..8a2cef8758 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-2/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-2/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "tutorial-2"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-3/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-3/build.gradle
index 8b0c6dd6c3..9eda16f1ec 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-3/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-3/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "tutorial-3"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-4/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-4/build.gradle
index d37fb17879..39446bd540 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-4/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-4/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "tutorial-4"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-5/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-5/build.gradle
index 01ed08d83a..8eb09197e6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-5/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-docs/examples/tutorials/android/android-tutorial-5/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "tutorial-5"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
index 628b395c6d..86a4fcda7a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/playback/player/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGStreamer_JAVA_SRC_DIR=java", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-DGStreamer_ASSETS_DIR=assets"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGStreamer_JAVA_SRC_DIR=java", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-DGStreamer_ASSETS_DIR=assets", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "gstplayer"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/vulkan/android/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-examples/vulkan/android/build.gradle
index b7522371ea..07c6add173 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/vulkan/android/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/vulkan/android/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "vulkan-1"
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/android/app/build.gradle b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/android/app/build.gradle
index b8894db2a5..b9a661dd7e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/subprojects/gst-examples/webrtc/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ android {
                 if (gstRoot == null)
                     throw new GradleException('GSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID must be set, or "gstAndroidRoot" must be defined in your gradle.properties in the top level directory of the unpacked universal GStreamer Android binaries')
 
-                arguments "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release", "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGStreamer_JAVA_SRC_DIR=java", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-DGStreamer_ASSETS_DIR=assets"
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared", "-DGStreamer_JAVA_SRC_DIR=java", "-DGSTREAMER_ROOT_ANDROID=$gstRoot", "-DGStreamer_ASSETS_DIR=assets", "-GNinja"
 
                 targets "gstwebrtc"