The Guardian Project's arti-mobile-ex AAR has three problems:
1. No 16KB page-aligned binaries (required for Google Play)
2. ArtiProxy's stop()+start() causes state file lock conflicts
(lock is tied to TorClient object lifetime, released only on GC)
3. ~140MB AAR size
Replace with a custom JNI bridge built from Arti source, following
BitChat's proven approach:
Build tooling (tools/arti-build/):
- build-arti.sh: Clones official Arti, compiles with cargo-ndk
for ARM64 + x86_64, NDK 25+ for 16KB page alignment
- Cargo.toml: Minimal deps with size-optimized release profile
- src/lib.rs: Custom SOCKS5 proxy with proper lifecycle:
- initialize() creates TorClient once (holds state lock forever)
- startSocksProxy() binds port and accepts connections
- stopSocksProxy() aborts listener only (TorClient stays alive)
This cleanly separates "stop routing traffic" from "destroy client"
Kotlin side:
- ArtiNative.kt: JNI declarations + ArtiLogCallback interface
- TorService.kt: Uses ArtiNative directly, start() initializes +
starts proxy, stop() only stops proxy (no lock issues)
- TorManager.kt: Restored stop() calls for OFF/EXTERNAL modes
since our native stop is now safe
Removed: arti-mobile-ex dependency from build.gradle and version catalog
Native libraries must be built separately:
cd tools/arti-build && ./build-arti.sh
https://claude.ai/code/session_01BApgDd5udqBzMqysSRMpZu
Claude