diff --git a/backends/platform/android/android.mk b/backends/platform/android/android.mk
index 984ef506ee2..490f43e7fc3 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/android.mk
+++ b/backends/platform/android/android.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Android specific build targets
 PATH_DIST = $(srcdir)/dists/android
 
-DIST_ANDROID_CONTROLS = $(PATH_DIST)/assets/arrows.tga
-
 GRADLE_FILES = $(shell find $(PATH_DIST)/gradle -type f) $(PATH_DIST)/gradlew $(PATH_DIST)/build.gradle
 
 PATH_BUILD = ./android_project
@@ -27,9 +25,9 @@ $(PATH_BUILD_GRADLE): $(GRADLE_FILES) | $(PATH_BUILD)
 	$(ECHO) "android.enableJetifier=true\n" >> $(PATH_BUILD)/gradle.properties
 	$(ECHO) "sdk.dir=$(realpath $(ANDROID_SDK_ROOT))\n" > $(PATH_BUILD)/local.properties
 
-$(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS): $(DIST_FILES_THEMES) $(DIST_FILES_ENGINEDATA) $(DIST_FILES_NETWORKING) $(DIST_FILES_VKEYBD) $(DIST_FILES_DOCS) $(DIST_ANDROID_CONTROLS) | $(PATH_BUILD)
+$(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS): $(DIST_FILES_THEMES) $(DIST_FILES_ENGINEDATA) $(DIST_FILES_NETWORKING) $(DIST_FILES_VKEYBD) $(DIST_FILES_DOCS) | $(PATH_BUILD)
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS)
-	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 $(DIST_FILES_THEMES) $(DIST_FILES_ENGINEDATA) $(DIST_FILES_NETWORKING) $(DIST_FILES_VKEYBD) $(DIST_FILES_DOCS) $(DIST_ANDROID_CONTROLS) $(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS)/
+	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 $(DIST_FILES_THEMES) $(DIST_FILES_ENGINEDATA) $(DIST_FILES_NETWORKING) $(DIST_FILES_VKEYBD) $(DIST_FILES_DOCS) $(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS)/
 ifneq ($(DIST_FILES_SHADERS),)
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS)/shaders
 	$(INSTALL) -c -m 644 $(DIST_FILES_SHADERS) $(PATH_BUILD_ASSETS)/shaders
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
index 28aa08af83e..98b00cf1d65 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.cpp
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@
 // for the Android port
 #define FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_EXCEPTION_printf
 
+#include <android/bitmap.h>
+
 #include "base/main.h"
 #include "base/version.h"
 #include "common/config-manager.h"
 #include "common/error.h"
 #include "common/textconsole.h"
 #include "engines/engine.h"
+#include "graphics/surface.h"
 
 #include "backends/platform/android/android.h"
 #include "backends/platform/android/asset-archive.h"
@@ -84,6 +87,7 @@ jmethodID JNI::_MID_isConnectionLimited = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_setWindowCaption = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_showVirtualKeyboard = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_showKeyboardControl = 0;
+jmethodID JNI::_MID_getBitmapResource = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_setTouch3DMode = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_showSAFRevokePermsControl = 0;
 jmethodID JNI::_MID_getSysArchives = 0;
@@ -389,6 +393,71 @@ void JNI::showKeyboardControl(bool enable) {
 	}
 }
 
+Graphics::Surface *JNI::getBitmapResource(BitmapResources resource) {
+	JNIEnv *env = JNI::getEnv();
+
+	jobject bitmap = env->CallObjectMethod(_jobj, _MID_getBitmapResource, (int) resource);
+
+	if (env->ExceptionCheck()) {
+		LOGE("Can't get bitmap resource");
+
+		env->ExceptionDescribe();
+		env->ExceptionClear();
+
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	if (bitmap == nullptr) {
+		LOGE("Bitmap resource was not found");
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	AndroidBitmapInfo bitmap_info;
+	if (AndroidBitmap_getInfo(env, bitmap, &bitmap_info) != ANDROID_BITMAP_RESULT_SUCCESS) {
+		LOGE("Error reading bitmap info");
+		env->DeleteLocalRef(bitmap);
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	Graphics::PixelFormat fmt;
+	switch(bitmap_info.format) {
+		case ANDROID_BITMAP_FORMAT_RGBA_8888:
+#ifdef SCUMM_BIG_ENDIAN
+			fmt = Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 24, 16, 8, 0);
+#else
+			fmt = Graphics::PixelFormat(4, 8, 8, 8, 8, 0, 8, 16, 24);
+#endif
+			break;
+		case ANDROID_BITMAP_FORMAT_RGBA_4444:
+			fmt = Graphics::PixelFormat(2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 12, 8, 4, 0);
+			break;
+		case ANDROID_BITMAP_FORMAT_RGB_565:
+			fmt = Graphics::PixelFormat(2, 5, 6, 5, 0, 11, 5, 0, 0);
+			break;
+		default:
+			LOGE("Bitmap has unsupported format");
+			env->DeleteLocalRef(bitmap);
+			return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	void *src_pixels = nullptr;
+	if (AndroidBitmap_lockPixels(env, bitmap, &src_pixels) != ANDROID_BITMAP_RESULT_SUCCESS) {
+		LOGE("Error locking bitmap pixels");
+		env->DeleteLocalRef(bitmap);
+		return nullptr;
+	}
+
+	Graphics::Surface *ret = new Graphics::Surface();
+	ret->create(bitmap_info.width, bitmap_info.height, fmt);
+	ret->copyRectToSurface(src_pixels, bitmap_info.stride,
+			0, 0, bitmap_info.width, bitmap_info.height);
+
+	AndroidBitmap_unlockPixels(env, bitmap);
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(bitmap);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 void JNI::setTouch3DMode(bool touch3DMode) {
 	JNIEnv *env = JNI::getEnv();
 
@@ -587,6 +656,7 @@ void JNI::create(JNIEnv *env, jobject self, jobject asset_manager,
 	FIND_METHOD(, isConnectionLimited, "()Z");
 	FIND_METHOD(, showVirtualKeyboard, "(Z)V");
 	FIND_METHOD(, showKeyboardControl, "(Z)V");
+	FIND_METHOD(, getBitmapResource, "(I)Landroid/graphics/Bitmap;");
 	FIND_METHOD(, setTouch3DMode, "(Z)V");
 	FIND_METHOD(, getSysArchives, "()[Ljava/lang/String;");
 	FIND_METHOD(, getAllStorageLocations, "()[Ljava/lang/String;");
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
index 4d8cfccbcd4..ad4c63ac7b9 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
+++ b/backends/platform/android/jni-android.h
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 #include "common/ustr.h"
 #include "engines/engine.h"
 
+namespace Graphics {
+	struct Surface;
+}
+
 class OSystem_Android;
 
 class JNI {
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ private:
 	virtual ~JNI();
 
 public:
+	enum struct BitmapResources {
+		TOUCH_ARROWS_BITMAP = 0
+	};
+
 	static bool pause;
 	static sem_t pause_sem;
 
@@ -68,6 +76,7 @@ public:
 	static bool isConnectionLimited();
 	static void showVirtualKeyboard(bool enable);
 	static void showKeyboardControl(bool enable);
+	static Graphics::Surface *getBitmapResource(BitmapResources resource);
 	static void setTouch3DMode(bool touch3DMode);
 	static void showSAFRevokePermsControl(bool enable);
 	static void addSysArchivesToSearchSet(Common::SearchSet &s, int priority);
@@ -115,6 +124,7 @@ private:
 	static jmethodID _MID_setWindowCaption;
 	static jmethodID _MID_showVirtualKeyboard;
 	static jmethodID _MID_showKeyboardControl;
+	static jmethodID _MID_getBitmapResource;
 	static jmethodID _MID_setTouch3DMode;
 	static jmethodID _MID_showSAFRevokePermsControl;
 	static jmethodID _MID_getSysArchives;
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVM.java b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVM.java
index 0cb8ac8a793..41dca1cab89 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVM.java
+++ b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVM.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.scummvm.scummvm;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
 import android.media.AudioAttributes;
 import android.media.AudioFormat;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ public abstract class ScummVM implements SurfaceHolder.Callback, Runnable {
 	abstract protected void setWindowCaption(String caption);
 	abstract protected void showVirtualKeyboard(boolean enable);
 	abstract protected void showKeyboardControl(boolean enable);
+	abstract protected Bitmap getBitmapResource(int resource);
 	abstract protected void setTouch3DMode(boolean touch3DMode);
 	abstract protected void showSAFRevokePermsControl(boolean enable);
 	abstract protected String[] getSysArchives();
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
index 93dffe6e4bc..963a605b715 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
+++ b/backends/platform/android/org/scummvm/scummvm/ScummVMActivity.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.content.res.AssetManager;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
+import android.graphics.Bitmap;
+import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.media.AudioManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
@@ -705,6 +707,23 @@ public class ScummVMActivity extends Activity implements OnKeyboardVisibilityLis
 			});
 		}
 
+		@Override
+		protected Bitmap getBitmapResource(int resource) {
+			int id;
+			switch(resource) {
+				case 0: // TOUCH_ARROWS_BITMAP
+					id = R.drawable.touch_arrows;
+					break;
+				default:
+					return null;
+			}
+
+			BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
+			opts.inScaled = false;
+
+			return BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), id, opts);
+		}
+
 		@Override
 		protected void setTouch3DMode(final boolean touch3DMode) {
 			runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
diff --git a/backends/platform/android/touchcontrols.cpp b/backends/platform/android/touchcontrols.cpp
index 3b86a06838f..de50325610d 100644
--- a/backends/platform/android/touchcontrols.cpp
+++ b/backends/platform/android/touchcontrols.cpp
@@ -37,13 +37,11 @@
 // for the Android port
 #define FORBIDDEN_SYMBOL_EXCEPTION_printf
 
-#include "common/fs.h"
-#include "common/stream.h"
-#include "common/archive.h"
-#include "image/tga.h"
+#include "graphics/conversion.h"
 
 #include "backends/graphics3d/android/texture.h"
 #include "backends/platform/android/android.h"
+#include "backends/platform/android/jni-android.h"
 #include "backends/platform/android/touchcontrols.h"
 
 TouchControls::TouchControls() :
@@ -156,26 +154,28 @@ TouchControls::FunctionBehavior TouchControls::functionBehaviors[TouchControls::
 	{ touchToRightState,    true,  .8f, .5f }
 };
 
-static GLES8888Texture *loadBuiltinTexture(const char *filename) {
-	Common::ArchiveMemberPtr member = SearchMan.getMember(filename);
-	Common::SeekableReadStream *str = member->createReadStream();
-	Image::TGADecoder dec;
-	dec.loadStream(*str);
-	const void *pixels = dec.getSurface()->getPixels();
+static GLES8888Texture *loadBuiltinTexture(JNI::BitmapResources resource) {
+	const Graphics::Surface *src = JNI::getBitmapResource(JNI::BitmapResources::TOUCH_ARROWS_BITMAP);
+	if (!src) {
+		error("Failed to fetch touch arrows bitmap");
+	}
 
 	GLES8888Texture *ret = new GLES8888Texture();
-	uint16 w = dec.getSurface()->w;
-	uint16 h = dec.getSurface()->h;
-	uint16 pitch = dec.getSurface()->pitch;
-	ret->allocBuffer(w, h);
-	ret->updateBuffer(0, 0, w, h, pixels, pitch);
+	ret->allocBuffer(src->w, src->h);
+	Graphics::Surface *dst = ret->surface();
 
-	delete str;
+	Graphics::crossBlit(
+			(byte *)dst->getPixels(), (const byte *)src->getPixels(),
+			dst->pitch, src->pitch,
+			src->w, src->h,
+			src->format, dst->format);
+
+	delete src;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 void TouchControls::init(int width, int height) {
-	_arrows_texture = loadBuiltinTexture("arrows.tga");
+	_arrows_texture = loadBuiltinTexture(JNI::BitmapResources::TOUCH_ARROWS_BITMAP);
 	_screen_width = width;
 	_screen_height = height;
 }
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e272971ec8..f4390f4d3aa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6097,7 +6097,7 @@ case $_host_os in
 		# -lgcc is carefully placed here - we want to catch
 		# all toolchain symbols in *our* libraries rather
 		# than pick up anything unhygenic from the Android libs.
-		LIBS="-Wl,-Bstatic $static_libs -Wl,-Bdynamic -lgcc $system_libs -llog -landroid -lGLESv2"
+		LIBS="-Wl,-Bstatic $static_libs -Wl,-Bdynamic -lgcc $system_libs -llog -landroid -ljnigraphics -lGLESv2"
 		;;
 	ds)
 		# Moved -Wl,--gc-sections here to avoid it interfering with the library checks
diff --git a/dists/android/assets/arrows.tga b/dists/android/assets/arrows.tga
deleted file mode 100644
index 64a504fe4a6..00000000000
Binary files a/dists/android/assets/arrows.tga and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/dists/android/res/drawable/touch_arrows.png b/dists/android/res/drawable/touch_arrows.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..816dabfd998
Binary files /dev/null and b/dists/android/res/drawable/touch_arrows.png differ