diff --git a/.changes/android-init-windows-unix.md b/.changes/android-init-windows-unix.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e188ee5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/android-init-windows-unix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri-cli': 'patch:bug'
+'@tauri-apps/cli': patch:bug
+---
+
+Strip Windows-only extensions from the binary path so an Android project initialized on Windows can be used on UNIX systems.
diff --git a/.changes/fix-android-build-nvm4w-windows.md b/.changes/fix-android-build-nvm4w-windows.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbc706cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-android-build-nvm4w-windows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri-cli': 'patch:bug'
+'@tauri-apps/cli': patch:bug
+---
+
+Enhance Android build script usage on Windows by attempting to run cmd, bat and exe formats.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
index a81822a5f..2a3cab0b4 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/init.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,16 @@ pub fn exec(
   build_args.push(target.command_name());
   build_args.push(target.ide_build_script_name());
 
-  map.insert("tauri-binary", binary.to_string_lossy());
+  let mut binary = binary.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+  if binary.ends_with(".exe") || binary.ends_with(".cmd") || binary.ends_with(".bat") {
+    // remove Windows-only extension
+    binary.pop();
+    binary.pop();
+    binary.pop();
+    binary.pop();
+  }
+
+  map.insert("tauri-binary", binary);
   map.insert("tauri-binary-args", &build_args);
   map.insert("tauri-binary-args-str", build_args.join(" "));
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt b/crates/tauri-cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
index 8bbef994a..a0b4a1205 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/templates/mobile/android/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/BuildTask.kt
@@ -21,7 +21,23 @@ open class BuildTask : DefaultTask() {
             runTauriCli(executable)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             if (Os.isFamily(Os.FAMILY_WINDOWS)) {
-                runTauriCli("$executable.cmd")
+                // Try different Windows-specific extensions
+                val fallbacks = listOf(
+                    "$executable.exe",
+                    "$executable.cmd",
+                    "$executable.bat",
+                )
+                
+                var lastException: Exception = e
+                for (fallback in fallbacks) {
+                    try {
+                        runTauriCli(fallback)
+                        return
+                    } catch (fallbackException: Exception) {
+                        lastException = fallbackException
+                    }
+                }
+                throw lastException
             } else {
                 throw e;
             }