curl-android
curl tool and libcurl static library prefab for android.
Supports TLS, powered by BoringSSL.
Supports HTTP/2, powered by nghttp2.
Supports HTTP/3, powered by BoringSSL backend ngtcp2 and nghttp3.
By default, use system built-in CA certificate store, and use system built-in DNS.
If you only want to use curl tool, unzip apk, extract libcurl.so and rename it to curl.
Integration
Gradle:
implementation("io.github.vvb2060.ndk:curl:8.12.0")
// or LTO version (~40MiB), it does not strip any debug info
implementation("io.github.vvb2060.ndk:curl:8.12.0-lto-ndk28")
This library is Prefab, so you will need to enable it in your project (Android Gradle Plugin 4.1+):
android {
...
buildFeatures {
...
prefab = true
}
}
Usage
ndk-build
you can use curl_static in your Android.mk.
For example, if your application defines libapp.so and it uses curl_static, your Android.mk file should include the following:
include $(CLEAR_VARS)
LOCAL_MODULE := app
LOCAL_SRC_FILES := app.cpp
LOCAL_STATIC_LIBRARIES := curl_static
include $(BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
# If you don't need your project to build with NDKs older than r21, you can omit
# this block.
ifneq ($(call ndk-major-at-least,21),true)
$(call import-add-path,$(NDK_GRADLE_INJECTED_IMPORT_PATH))
endif
$(call import-module,prefab/curl)
CMake
you can use curl_static in your CMakeLists.txt.
For example, if your application defines libapp.so and it uses curl_static, your CMakeLists.txt file should include the following:
add_library(app SHARED app.cpp)
# Add these two lines.
find_package(curl REQUIRED CONFIG)
target_link_libraries(app curl::curl_static)
Version
8.12.0
- curl 8.12.0
- nghttp2 1.64.0
- nghttp3 1.7.0
- ngtcp2 1.10.0
- boringssl 20250114
