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Androids, being both humanoid and construct, have the following racial trait:
Constructed
For effects targeting creatures by type androids count as both humanoids and constructs (whichever effect is worse).
Given that mending works on "constructs", does it also affect Androids?
Mending
This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs, restoring 1d4 Hit Points. [...] A construct can benefit from this spell only once per day.
Since many of the answers here were posted, the Starfinder core rulebook received an errata/FAQ update that updated the constructed property for androids. The constructed property now reads as follows:
"For effects targeting creatures by type, androids count as both constructs and humanoids (whichever type allows an ability to affect them for abilities that affect only one type, and whichever is worse for abilities that affect both types)."
In essence, if an effect can target constructs but not humanoids, it can target them. If it can target both constructs and humanoids, but has differing effects between the two, the worse of the two effects is the result.
The problem here is now just the Mending spell. This spell is contradictory, as its target line specifies objects, while its text specifies both objects and constructs. Its intention is clearly that constructs should be able to benefit, but the current target restriction means that technically they cannot.
Targets one object of up to 1 bulk
(...)
This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs, restoring 1d4 Hit Points. If the object has the broken condition, this condition is removed if the object is restored to at least half its original Hit Points. All of the pieces of an object must be present for this spell to function. A construct can benefit from this spell only once per day. Magic items can be repaired by this spell, but magic items that are destroyed don’t have their magic abilities restored. This spell doesn’t reverse effects that warp or otherwise transmute items, but it can still repair damage dealt to such items.
This spell may recieve errata in the future.
RAW, I don't believe Mending will work on an Android. Mending is affecting creatures by type (it explicitly targets constructs). Since being a Construct would allow this beneficial spell to heal, then it is demonstrably worse to be counted as a Humanoid.
YES (Probably)....
Constructed states:
For effects targeting creatures by type androids count as both humanoids and constructs (whichever effect is worse).
Mending states:
This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs.
Not being targeted is not a "Worse Effect" isn't a 'non-effect'
To support this statement here's a quote of Owen K.C. Stephens from the Starfinder development team on this post.
...If you cast raise dead on a typical computer that got broken, even one with an artificial personality, nothing happens. It has no soul.
Cast it on an android, and the android is restored to life.
Per Raise Dead:
Constructs, elementals, and outsiders can't be raised by this spell
IE: non-effects are not considered "Worse"
BUT ...
Mending currently only targets: "one object of up to 1 bulk", so RAW might be that they cannot, but can be effect by Rapid Repair/Raise Dead/Mystic Cure, as an Android does meet all targeting requirements.
That being said I'd say RAI that Mending can target Androids, but we wont know 100% until an FAQ or Errata is out for the Androids, Constructed- (whichever effect is worse) statement, and possibility an Errata for Mending's "Targets" section
Mending stat block explicitly says it targets only objects:
Targets one object of up to 1 bulk
Compare this to the Make Whole spell:
Targets one object of up to 1 bulk/level or one construct of any size
However, the spell description says it repairs constructs, doesn't it?
The spell description mentions constructs twice:
This spell repairs damaged objects and constructs, restoring 1d4 Hit Points.
A construct can benefit from this spell only once per day.
Can a construct creature be "one object of up to 1 bulk"? Yes it can.
To fit the "one object of up to 1 bulk" requirements it must be:
For instance, it can be a damaged Mechanic's tiny Hover Drone (Core Rulebook, page 74):
A drone is considered a construct with the technological subtype for the purposes of spells and effects targeting it.
Like most constructs, a drone cannot recover from damage on its own. If a drone is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it becomes inactive until it is restored to 1 Hit Point or more.
For effects targeting creatures by type androids count as both humanoids and constructs (whichever effect is worse).
It does not the rule element you put in has a caveat that prevents it (emphasis mine).
If an android gets a mending, the worse outcome is that it is a humanoid and get nothing. Because if you count as a construct, you get healed.
