diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro
index 970de5a..76af848 100644
--- a/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ android {
   ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS         += $$ECL/lib/libecl.so
   ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = ../platforms/android
 
-  # can be downloaded from:
-  # https://github.com/KDAB/android_openssl/tree/master/latest
   32bit {
     SSL_PATH = ../../../platforms/android/lib32
   } else {
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp
index fabe425..95e76ca 100644
--- a/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
 (defun shell (command)
   (ext:run-program "sh" (list "-c" command)))
 
+#+mobile
+(unless (probe-file (cc *assets* "encodings"))
+  (let ((lib (cc (ext:getenv #+android "ECL_ANDROID" #+ios "ECL_IOS")
+                 "/lib/ecl-*/")))
+    (shell (cc "cp " lib "*.doc " *assets*))
+    (shell (cc "cp -r " lib "encodings " *assets*))))
+
 ;;; compile ASDF system
 
 (require :asdf)
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/assets/lib/.gitignore b/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/assets/lib/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/assets/lib/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md b/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md
index 3522bfc..070c061 100644
--- a/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ are present in directory
 ```
 build-android/android-build/libs/arm64-v8a/
 ```
+(that is, they should have been copied automatically to above place)
+
+Uninstall any app called 'app' (which you might have previously installed)
+before installing this one.
 
 When running the app, it should first display "downloading...", and after a few
 seconds (if the android device is connected to the internet), it should display
diff --git a/examples/cl-repl/app.pro b/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
index 15b5692..9fe5f15 100644
--- a/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
+++ b/examples/cl-repl/app.pro
@@ -76,14 +76,12 @@ android {
   ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS         += $$ECL/lib/libecl.so
   ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = ../platforms/android
 
-  # optional (not included), can be downloaded from:
-  # https://github.com/KDAB/android_openssl/tree/master/latest
   32bit {
     SSL_PATH = ../../../platforms/android/lib32
   } else {
     SSL_PATH = ../../../platforms/android/lib
   }
-  #ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$SSL_PATH/libcrypto.so $$SSL_PATH/libssl.so
+  ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$SSL_PATH/libcrypto.so $$SSL_PATH/libssl.so
 
   32bit {
     ANDROID_ABIS = "armeabi-v7a"
diff --git a/platforms/android/lib/libcrypto.so b/platforms/android/lib/libcrypto.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..09d584f
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diff --git a/platforms/android/lib/libssl.so b/platforms/android/lib/libssl.so
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..158d088
Binary files /dev/null and b/platforms/android/lib/libssl.so differ