curl-boringssl-android

Compiles curl (and dependencies ) for Android

Dynamic linking (default) has most features, static has some removed due to various issues/incompatibilities

Prerequisites

Linux (I've tested this on Manjaro)

for Ubuntu

sudo apt install -y cmake autoconf libtool go ninja-build ln -s /usr/bin/ninja /usr/bin/ninja-build

Download

If you do not want to compile them yourself, you can download pre-compiled static binaries from Cross-Compiled-Binaries-Android.
Doing your own compilation is recommended, since the pre-compiled binary can become outdated soon.

Update git submodules to compile newer versions of the libraries:

cd submodule_directory
git checkout LATEST_STABLE_TAG
cd ..

Usage

bash
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Zackptg5/curl-boringssl-android.git

Optional: Update git submodules to compile newer versions of the libraries:

cd submodule_directory
git checkout LATEST_STABLE_TAG
cd ..

git submodule update --init --recursive

Edit build.sh script:

NDK=android_ndk_version_you_want_to_use
export HOST_TAG=see_this_table_for_info # https://developer.android.com/ndk/guides/other_build_systems#overview
export MIN_SDK_VERSION=21 # or any version you want (dependent on the ndk version - keep 21 if in doubt)
export STATIC=false #Change to true for static binary - note that there will be less features then with dynamic
export ARCH="arm arm64 x86 x64" # Remove ones you don't want to compile

Run build script

chmod +x ./build.sh
./build.sh

All compiled libs are located in build directory.

Options

Change scripts' configure arguments to meet your requirements.

Note that https has been fixed now in Android so the peer verification failed message no longer occurs. The solution was to set --with-ca-path=/system/etc/security/cacerts configure flag and to use boringssl instead of openssl

Issues

Curl has weird DNS error in Android Q when not run as superuser

Working Example

Checkout this repo to see how to integrate compiled static libraries into an existing Android project, including Android.mk setup and JNI configurations.

Credits of Originality:

This is a fork of the original here: https://github.com/robertying/openssl-curl-android

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