diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/.gitignore b/examples/.android-ssl-test/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.asd b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.asd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb8d33a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.asd
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(defsystem :app
+  :serial t
+  :depends-on (#-depends-loaded :drakma)
+  :components ((:file "lisp/package")
+               (:file "lisp/ui-vars")
+               (:file "lisp/main")))
+
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..970de5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/app.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+LISP_FILES = $$files(lisp/*) app.asd make.lisp
+
+android {
+  32bit {
+    ECL = $$(ECL_ANDROID_32)
+  } else {
+    ECL = $$(ECL_ANDROID)
+  }
+  lisp.commands = $$ECL/../ecl-android-host/bin/ecl \
+                  -norc -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:ios {
+  lisp.commands = $$(ECL_IOS)/../ecl-ios-host/bin/ecl \
+                  -norc -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:unix {
+  lisp.commands = /usr/local/bin/ecl -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+} else:win32 {
+  lisp.commands = ecl.exe -shell $$PWD/make.lisp
+}
+
+lisp.input = LISP_FILES
+
+win32:  lisp.output = tmp/app.lib
+!win32: lisp.output = tmp/libapp.a
+
+QMAKE_EXTRA_COMPILERS += lisp
+
+win32:  PRE_TARGETDEPS = tmp/app.lib
+!win32: PRE_TARGETDEPS = tmp/libapp.a
+
+QT          += quick qml quickcontrols2
+TEMPLATE    = app
+CONFIG      += c++17 no_keywords release
+DEFINES     += DESKTOP_APP INI_LISP INI_ASDF INI_ECL_CONTRIB
+INCLUDEPATH = /usr/local/include
+ECL_VERSION = $$lower($$system(ecl -v))
+ECL_VERSION = $$replace(ECL_VERSION, " ", "-")
+LIBS        = -L/usr/local/lib -lecl
+LIBS        += -L/usr/local/lib/$$ECL_VERSION
+LIBS        += -lasdf -lecl-help -ldeflate -lecl-cdb -lecl-curl -lql-minitar -lsockets
+DESTDIR     = .
+TARGET      = app
+OBJECTS_DIR = tmp
+MOC_DIR     = tmp
+
+linux: LIBS += -L../../../platforms/linux/lib
+macx:  LIBS += -L../../../platforms/macos/lib
+win32: LIBS += -L../../../platforms/windows/lib
+
+win32 {
+  LIBS     += -lws2_32
+  RC_ICONS = platforms/windows/icon.ico
+
+  include(../../src/windows.pri)
+}
+
+android {
+  DEFINES     -= DESKTOP_APP
+  INCLUDEPATH = $$ECL/include
+  ECL_VERSION = $$lower($$system($$ECL/../ecl-android-host/bin/ecl -v))
+  ECL_VERSION = $$replace(ECL_VERSION, " ", "-")
+  LIBS        = -L$$ECL/lib -lecl
+  LIBS        += -L$$ECL/lib/$$ECL_VERSION
+  LIBS        += -lasdf -lecl-help -ldeflate -lecl-cdb -lecl-curl -lql-minitar -lsockets
+  LIBS        += -L../../../platforms/android/lib
+
+  equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+    QT += core-private
+  }
+  lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+    QT += androidextras
+  }
+
+  ANDROID_MIN_SDK_VERSION    = 21
+  ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION = 34
+  ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS         += $$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 {
+    SSL_PATH = ../../../platforms/android/lib
+  }
+  ANDROID_EXTRA_LIBS += $$SSL_PATH/libcrypto.so $$SSL_PATH/libssl.so
+
+  32bit {
+    ANDROID_ABIS = "armeabi-v7a"
+  } else {
+    ANDROID_ABIS = "arm64-v8a"
+  }
+}
+
+ios {
+  DEFINES     -= DESKTOP_APP
+  INCLUDEPATH = $$(ECL_IOS)/include
+  ECL_VERSION = $$lower($$system($ECL_IOS/../ecl-ios-host/bin/ecl -v))
+  ECL_VERSION = $$replace(ECL_VERSION, " ", "-")
+  LIBS        = -L$$(ECL_IOS)/lib -lecl
+  LIBS        += -leclatomic -leclffi -leclgc -leclgmp
+  LIBS        += -L$$(ECL_IOS)/lib/$$ECL_VERSION
+  LIBS        += -lasdf -lecl-help -ldeflate -lecl-cdb -lecl-curl -lql-minitar -lsockets
+  LIBS        += -L../../../platforms/ios/lib
+}
+
+32bit {
+  android {
+    equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml32_armeabi-v7a
+    }
+    lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml32
+    }
+  }
+  !android {
+    LIBS += -llqml32
+  }
+  LIBS += -llisp32
+} else {
+  android {
+    equals(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml_arm64-v8a
+    }
+    lessThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 6) {
+      LIBS += -llqml
+    }
+  }
+  !android {
+    LIBS += -llqml
+  }
+  LIBS += -llisp
+}
+
+LIBS        += -Ltmp -lapp
+INCLUDEPATH += ../../../src/cpp
+
+HEADERS += ../../src/cpp/main.h
+SOURCES += ../../src/cpp/main.cpp
+
+RESOURCES += $$files(qml/*)
+RESOURCES += $$files(i18n/*.qm)
+
+lupdate_only {
+  SOURCES += i18n/tr.h
+}
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/install-run.sh b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/install-run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a524da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/install-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# install/update (keeps app data)
+adb install -r android-build/*.apk
+
+# try both
+adb shell am start -n org.qtproject.example.app/org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity # Qt5
+adb shell am start -n org.qtproject.example.app/org.qtproject.qt.android.bindings.QtActivity  # Qt6
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/log.sh b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/log.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c532be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-android/log.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# filter for logcat to show only messages from:
+# * (qlog ...)       in Lisp
+# * console.log(...) in QML
+
+adb logcat -c
+adb logcat -s "[LQML]"
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-ios/xcode.sh b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-ios/xcode.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2606894
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build-ios/xcode.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+../../../platforms/ios/cross-compile.sh ../make.lisp
+
+open app.xcodeproj
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/build/.gitignore b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6b7ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*
+!.gitignore
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/i18n/readme.md b/examples/.android-ssl-test/i18n/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acbd5fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/i18n/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+
+Translations
+------------
+
+Wrap all strings which need to be translated in either `(tr "")` (Lisp files)
+or `qsTr("")` (QML files).
+
+* compile app (either desktop or mobile, you may need `touch ../app.asd` to
+  force recompilation of all files); this will generate a dummy file `tr.h`,
+  containing all Lisp strings to translate
+
+* run Qt command `lupdate` (here: Spanish, French) for creating the translation
+  source files from both Lisp and QML strings:
+```
+  lupdate ../app.pro -ts es.ts fr.ts
+```
+* translate all `*.ts` files using **Qt Linguist**
+
+* run Qt command `lrelease` to create compiled translation files:
+```
+  lrelease es.ts fr.ts
+```
+* run respective `qmake` again (destop/mobile) in order to include all `*.qm`
+  files (compiled translations)
+
+* next time you compile the app, the translation files will be included as
+  resources in the executable
+
+Now when you launch the app, the translation file matching your system locale
+setting of your platform (see `QLocale`) will be loaded, see `QTranslator` in
+[main.cpp](../../../src/cpp/main.cpp).
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/main.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/main.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f78bd5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/main.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+(in-package :app)
+
+#+android
+(when (probe-file "libssl.so")
+  (ffi:load-foreign-library "libcrypto.so")
+  (ffi:load-foreign-library "libssl.so"))
+
+(defun ini ()
+  (q> |text| ui:*label*
+      (first (last (multiple-value-list (drakma:http-request "https://duckduckgo.com"))))))
+
+(qlater 'ini)
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/package.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/package.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6689a82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/package.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(defpackage :app
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export))
+
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/ui-vars.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/ui-vars.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a0d52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/lisp/ui-vars.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(defpackage ui
+  (:use :cl :qml)
+  (:export
+   #:*label*))
+
+(in-package :ui)
+
+(defparameter *label* "label")
+
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fabe425
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/make.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+;;; check target
+
+(defvar *32bit* (<= most-positive-fixnum (expt 2 32)))
+
+(let ((arg (first (ext:command-args))))
+  (mapc (lambda (name feature)
+          (when (search name arg)
+            (pushnew feature *features*)))
+        (list "/ecl-android" "/ecl-ios")
+        (list :android :ios)))
+
+#+(or android ios)
+(pushnew :mobile *features*)
+
+(when (probe-file "/etc/sailfish-release")
+  (pushnew :sfos *features*))
+
+;;; copy Swank and ECL contrib files (mobile only)
+
+(defun cc (&rest args)
+  (apply 'concatenate 'string args))
+
+#+mobile
+(defvar *assets* #+android "../platforms/android/assets/lib/"
+                 #+ios     "../platforms/ios/assets/Library/")
+
+#+mobile
+(defun shell (command)
+  (ext:run-program "sh" (list "-c" command)))
+
+;;; compile ASDF system
+
+(require :asdf)
+(require :cmp)
+
+(push (merge-pathnames "../")
+      asdf:*central-registry*)
+
+(setf *default-pathname-defaults*
+      (truename (merge-pathnames "../../../"))) ; LQML root
+
+(defvar *current*
+        (let ((name (namestring *load-truename*)))
+          (subseq name
+                  (length (namestring *default-pathname-defaults*))
+                  (1+ (position #\/ name :from-end t)))))
+
+(dolist (file (list "package" "x" "ecl-ext" "ini" "qml")) ; load LQML symbols
+  (load (merge-pathnames file "src/lisp/")))
+
+(progn
+  (defvar cl-user::*tr-path* (truename (cc *current* "i18n/")))
+  (load "src/lisp/tr"))
+
+#-mobile
+(progn
+  (require :ecl-curl)
+  (asdf:make-build "app"
+                   :monolithic t
+                   :type :static-library
+                   :move-here (cc *current* "build/tmp/")
+                   :init-name "ini_app"))
+
+#+mobile
+(progn
+  (pushnew :interpreter *features*)
+  (defvar *asdf-system*  "app")
+  (defvar *ql-libs*      (cc *current* "ql-libs.lisp"))
+  (defvar *init-name*    "ini_app")
+  (defvar *library-path* (format nil "~Abuild-~A/tmp/"
+                                 *current*
+                                 #+android "android"
+                                 #+ios     "ios"))
+  (defvar *require*      (list :ecl-curl))
+  (load "platforms/shared/make"))
+
+;;; rename lib
+
+(let* ((from #-mobile (cc *current* (format nil "build/tmp/app--all-systems.~A"
+                                            #+msvc "lib"
+                                            #-msvc "a"))
+             #+mobile (cc *library-path* "app--all-systems.a"))
+       (to   #-msvc "libapp.a"
+             #+msvc "app.lib")
+       (to*  #-mobile (cc *current* "build/tmp/" to)
+             #+mobile (cc *library-path* to)))
+  (when (probe-file to*)
+    (delete-file to*))
+  (rename-file from to))
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/mkdirs.sh b/examples/.android-ssl-test/mkdirs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ad7c56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/mkdirs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mkdir build
+mkdir build-android
+mkdir build-ios
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1905d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/platforms/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<manifest package="org.qtproject.example.app" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="1.0" android:versionCode="1" android:installLocation="auto">
+    <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default permissions based on the dependencies of the application.
+         Remove the comment if you do not require these default permissions. -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
+    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
+
+    <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default features based on the dependencies of the application.
+         Remove the comment if you do not require these default features. -->
+    
+
+    <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true" android:smallScreens="true"/>
+    <application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtApplication" android:label="app" android:extractNativeLibs="true">
+        <activity android:configChanges="orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|layoutDirection|locale|fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|mcc|mnc|density" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity" android:label="app" android:screenOrientation="unspecified" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:exported="true">
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+
+            <!-- Application arguments -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.arguments" android:value="arg1 arg2 arg3"/ -->
+            <!-- Application arguments -->
+
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.lib_name" android:value="app"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.qt_sources_resource_id" android:resource="@array/qt_sources"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.repository" android:value="default"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.qt_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/qt_libs"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundled_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/bundled_libs"/>
+            <!-- Deploy Qt libs as part of package -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.bundle_local_qt_libs" android:value="1"/>
+
+            <!-- Run with local libs -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.use_local_qt_libs" android:value="1"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.libs_prefix" android:value="/data/local/tmp/qt/"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.load_local_libs_resource_id" android:resource="@array/load_local_libs"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.load_local_jars" android:value="jar/QtAndroid.jar:jar/QtAndroidExtras.jar:jar/QtAndroidBearer.jar"/>
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.static_init_classes" android:value=""/>
+            <!-- Used to specify custom system library path to run with local system libs -->
+            <!-- <meta-data android:name="android.app.system_libs_prefix" android:value="/system/lib/"/> -->
+            <!--  Messages maps -->
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/ministro_not_found_msg" android:name="android.app.ministro_not_found_msg"/>
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/ministro_needed_msg" android:name="android.app.ministro_needed_msg"/>
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/fatal_error_msg" android:name="android.app.fatal_error_msg"/>
+            <meta-data android:value="@string/unsupported_android_version" android:name="android.app.unsupported_android_version"/>
+            <!--  Messages maps -->
+
+            <!-- Splash screen -->
+            <!-- Orientation-specific (portrait/landscape) data is checked first. If not available for current orientation,
+                 then android.app.splash_screen_drawable. For best results, use together with splash_screen_sticky and
+                 use hideSplashScreen() with a fade-out animation from Qt Android Extras to hide the splash screen when you
+                 are done populating your window with content. -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_drawable_portrait" android:resource="@drawable/logo_portrait" / -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_drawable_landscape" android:resource="@drawable/logo_landscape" / -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_drawable" android:resource="@drawable/logo"/ -->
+            <!-- meta-data android:name="android.app.splash_screen_sticky" android:value="true"/ -->
+            <!-- Splash screen -->
+
+            <!-- Background running -->
+            <!-- Warning: changing this value to true may cause unexpected crashes if the
+                          application still try to draw after
+                          "applicationStateChanged(Qt::ApplicationSuspended)"
+                          signal is sent! -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.background_running" android:value="false"/>
+            <!-- Background running -->
+
+            <!-- auto screen scale factor -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.auto_screen_scale_factor" android:value="false"/>
+            <!-- auto screen scale factor -->
+
+            <!-- extract android style -->
+            <!-- available android:values :
+                * default - In most cases this will be the same as "full", but it can also be something else if needed, e.g., for compatibility reasons
+                * full - useful QWidget & Quick Controls 1 apps
+                * minimal - useful for Quick Controls 2 apps, it is much faster than "full"
+                * none - useful for apps that don't use any of the above Qt modules
+                -->
+            <meta-data android:name="android.app.extract_android_style" android:value="default"/>
+            <!-- extract android style -->
+    </activity>
+
+    <!-- For adding service(s) please check: https://wiki.qt.io/AndroidServices -->
+
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/ql-libs.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/ql-libs.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f08796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/ql-libs.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+;;; define here eventual Quicklisp dependencies
+
+(ql:quickload :drakma)
+
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/qml/main.qml b/examples/.android-ssl-test/qml/main.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0389dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/qml/main.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import QtQuick 2.15
+import QtQuick.Controls 2.15
+
+Item {
+  width: 300
+  height: 500
+
+  Label {
+    objectName: "label"
+    text: "downloading..."
+    anchors.centerIn: parent
+    font.pixelSize: 24
+    font.bold: true
+  }
+}
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md b/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3522bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+This is here for testing SSL on android.
+
+After doing `make apk`, please ensure files
+```
+libssl.so
+libcrypto.so
+```
+are present in directory
+```
+build-android/android-build/libs/arm64-v8a/
+```
+
+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
+"OK".
diff --git a/examples/.android-ssl-test/run.lisp b/examples/.android-ssl-test/run.lisp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..917ac1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/.android-ssl-test/run.lisp
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+(in-package :qml-user)
+
+(require :asdf)
+
+(asdf:load-system :drakma)
+
+(push (merge-pathnames "./")
+      asdf:*central-registry*)
+
+(push :depends-loaded *features*)
+
+(asdf:operate 'asdf:load-source-op :app)
+
+(qset *quick-view*
+      |x| 0
+      |y| 0)
+
+(defun option (name)
+  (find name (ext:command-args) :test 'search))
+
+;;; trivial auto reload of all QML files after saving any change
+
+(when (option "-auto")
+  (load "lisp/qml-reload/auto-reload"))
+
+;;; for Slime after copying 'lqml-start-swank.lisp' from LQML sources
+;;; to your Slime directory, which is assumed to be '~/slime/'
+
+(when (option "-slime")
+  (load "~/slime/lqml-start-swank")) ; for 'slime-connect' from Emacs
+