libechhttp-android-build

Public, independent builds of the libcurl + BoringSSL + zlib static dependency SDK for ech_http. Consumers download a versioned SDK and compile only their C++ bridge. This repository does not contain the ech_http Dart package or application code.

Targets: android-arm, android-arm64, android-x64, android-ia32.

Contents and compatibility

Each ZIP includes matching curl/OpenSSL/zlib headers, four static libraries, cmake/EchHttpDeps.cmake, third-party licenses, and metadata.json with per-file SHA-256 digests and build provenance. BoringSSL has no stable ABI: use the headers from the same SDK. All consumers must pin the archive digest as well as the tag. The C++ runtime is not contained in these archives; the final linker supplies it.

• Windows: MSVC 2022, Release /MT, no LTO. Link with the same or newer MSVC toolset.
• Linux: Ubuntu 22.04, GCC 11, glibc 2.35 and matching libstdc++ or newer.
• Android: NDK 28.2.13676358, API 21, static libc++; final libraries must retain 16 KiB ELF LOAD alignment. Use NDK 28.2 or newer for the bridge.
• macOS: 10.15 (x64), 11 (arm64); iOS: 13 (device and simulators).

HTTP/1.1, ECH, and gzip/deflate decoding via static zlib are enabled; other protocols, Brotli, Zstandard, and host CA paths are disabled. Runtime trust roots must be provided by the consumer. The build enables PIC, hidden visibility, and disables assembly for portability.

Build and publish

Requires Python 3.12+, Git, CMake 3.22+, Ninja, and the target compiler/SDK. Run python build.py --target <target>; outputs are written to dist/. Android requires ANDROID_NDK_HOME pointing to the pinned NDK. Linux requires GCC 11. Windows discovers Visual Studio through vswhere; Apple requires Xcode.

dependencies.json fixes the curl/zlib source SHA-256, BoringSSL commit, SDK version, and supported targets. Builds link a probe for every target and run it on matching native hosts to check BoringSSL/ECH/zlib feature reporting and gzip decoding. A separate consumer link-check verifies the packaged CMake targets.

Pushes to main, matching v* tags, pull requests, and manual runs build all targets and verify the complete SDK set. CI has read-only repository permissions; it never creates or changes a Release. Its verified-sdks artifact contains all ZIPs, individual digest files, and SHA256SUMS, after checking source commit, dependency pins, target coverage, and archive/file digests.

Publish from a local maintainer session authenticated to GitHub as Predidit, so the Release is attributed to the maintainer rather than the Actions bot:

1. Check out the commit to publish. Confirm VERSION_TAG matches dependencies.json, and RUN_ID is a successful build at that exact commit. If the tag already exists, verify it also resolves to that commit.
2. Check the logged-in account and download the verified artifact into an empty dist/ directory. Replace the placeholders with the reviewed values:

   gh api user --jq .login
   git rev-parse HEAD
   gh run view RUN_ID --json conclusion,headSha
   gh run download RUN_ID --name verified-sdks --dir dist
   python verify_release.py VERSION_TAG --commit FULL_COMMIT_SHA

3. Create the Release using that personal session:

   gh release create VERSION_TAG dist/* --target FULL_COMMIT_SHA --title VERSION_TAG --notes-file RELEASE_NOTES.md

   An existing Release is an error for this explicit publication command; do not overwrite it. Creating a tag may trigger another read-only build, which is safe even when its Release already exists.

Never replace an existing release: increment the SDK version for every rebuild or dependency/toolchain change, then update consumer URL and digest pins.

Build scripts are MIT, copyright Predidit. Upstream libraries retain the licenses included in licenses/. Updating dependency versions requires a new release.