Compiles curl (and dependencies ) for Android
Dynamic linking (default) has most features, static has some removed due to various issues/incompatibilities
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
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Doing your own compilation is recommended, since the pre-compiled binary can become outdated soon.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 ..
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 ..
or
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.
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
Curl has weird DNS error in Android Q when not run as superuser
Checkout this repo to see how to integrate compiled static libraries into an existing Android project, including Android.mk setup and JNI configurations.
This is a fork of the original here: https://github.com/robertying/openssl-curl-android