diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+Green='\e[32m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+cd android-libkiwixbuild/
+
+printf "${Green}Check Current Java version${NC}\n"
+./gradlew checkCurrentJavaVersion
+printf  "\n${Green}Done! ${NC}\n"
+
+printf "${Green}Downloading libzim ${NC}\n"
+./gradlew downloadLibzimSoAndHeaderFiles unzipLibzim
+printf  "\n${Green}Done! ${NC}\n"
+
+hash -r
+
+printf "${Green}Coping libzim header and so files ${NC}\n"
+./gradlew checkCurrentLibzimDate copyLibzimHeaderFiles copyLibzimAndroidArm copyLibzimAndroidArm64 copyLibzimAndroidx86 copyLibzimAndroidx86_64 copyLibzimLinux_x86_64 renameLibzimSoFile
+printf  "\n${Green}Down! ${NC}\n"
+
+printf "${Green}Downloading libkiwix ${NC}\n"
+./gradlew downloadLibkiwixSoAndHeaderFiles unzipLibkiwix
+printf  "\n${Green}Done! ${NC}\n"
+
+hash -r
+
+printf "${Green}Coping libkiwix header and so files ${NC}\n"
+./gradlew checkCurrentLibkiwixDate copyLibkiwixHeaderFiles copyLibkiwixAndroidArm copyLibkiwixAndroidArm64 copyLibkiwixAndroidx86 copyLibkiwixAndroidx86_64 copyLibkiwixLinux_x86_64 renameLibkiwixSoFile
+printf  "\n${Green}Done! ${NC}\n"
+
+printf "${Green}Generating header files from java wrapper files ${NC}\n"
+./gradlew generateHeaderFilesFromJavaWrapper
+printf  "\n${Green}Done! ${NC}\n"
+
+hash -r
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diff --git a/lib/src/main/build.gradle b/lib/src/main/build.gradle
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+++ b/lib/src/main/build.gradle
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+import java.util.stream.Collectors
+
+plugins {
+    id 'com.android.library'
+    id 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.android'
+    id "de.undercouch.download"
+}
+
+Properties properties = new Properties()
+if (rootProject.file("local.properties").exists()) {
+    properties.load(rootProject.file("local.properties").newDataInputStream())
+}
+
+ext["keyId"] = properties.getProperty("signing.keyId", System.getenv('SIGNING_KEY_ID'))
+ext["password"] = properties.getProperty("signing.password", System.getenv('SIGNING_PASSWORD'))
+ext["key"] = properties.getProperty("signing.key", System.getenv('SIGNING_KEY'))
+ext["ossrhUsername"] = properties.getProperty("ossrhUsername", System.getenv('OSSRH_USERNAME'))
+ext["ossrhPassword"] = properties.getProperty("ossrhPassword", System.getenv('OSSRH_PASSWORD'))
+ext["sonatypeStagingProfileId"] = properties.getProperty("sonatypeStagingProfileId", System.getenv('SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID'))
+
+ext {
+    set("GROUP_ID", "org.kiwix.kiwixlib")
+    set("ARTIFACT_ID", "kiwixlib")
+    set("VERSION", "11.0.0")
+}
+
+apply from: 'publish.gradle'
+android {
+    compileSdk 32
+
+    defaultConfig {
+
+        minSdk 21
+        targetSdk 32
+        versionCode 1
+        versionName "1.0"
+
+        testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
+        externalNativeBuild {
+            cmake {
+                cppFlags ''
+                arguments "-DANDROID_STL=c++_shared"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    buildTypes {
+        release {
+            minifyEnabled false
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+        }
+    }
+    compileOptions {
+        sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = '1.8'
+    }
+    externalNativeBuild {
+        cmake {
+            path file('src/main/cpp/CMakeLists.txt')
+            version '3.18.1'
+        }
+    }
+    buildFeatures {
+        viewBinding true
+    }
+    ndkVersion '21.4.7075529'
+
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation 'com.getkeepsafe.relinker:relinker:1.4.5'
+    implementation 'androidx.core:core-ktx:1.7.0'
+}
+
+ext.libkiwix_base_url = 'https://download.kiwix.org/nightly'
+ext.libzim_base_url = 'https://download.openzim.org/nightly'
+// change this date to get latest libzim .so and header files
+ext.nightly_date_for_libkiwix = project.properties["nightly_date_for_libkiwix"] ?: ""
+ext.nightly_date_for_libzim = project.properties["nightly_date_for_libzim"] ?: ""
+
+ext.libkiwix_version = project.properties["libkiwix_version"] ?: ""
+ext.libzim_version = project.properties["libzim_version"] ?: ""
+
+task downloadLibzimSoAndHeaderFiles(type: Download) {
+    src([
+            libzim_base_url + '/libzim_android-arm.tar.gz',
+            libzim_base_url + '/libzim_android-arm64.tar.gz',
+            libzim_base_url + '/libzim_android-x86.tar.gz',
+            libzim_base_url + '/libzim_android-x86_64.tar.gz',
+            libzim_base_url + '/libzim_linux-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ])
+    dest buildDir
+    overwrite true
+}
+
+task checkCurrentLibzimDate() {
+    project.ext.set("nightly_date_for_libzim", getDateFromPath(buildDir.path, "libzim_android-arm64-"))
+}
+
+task unzipLibzim(type: Copy) {
+    // unzip android arm
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-arm.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android arm64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-arm64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android x86
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-x86.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android x86_64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-x86_64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip linux x86_64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libzim_linux-x86_64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+}
+
+task copyLibzimHeaderFiles(type: Copy) {
+    // copying header file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-arm-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + '/include/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/cpp/include/libzim/"
+}
+
+task copyLibzimAndroidArm(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_arm so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-arm-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + '/lib/arm-linux-androideabi/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libzim/"
+}
+
+task copyLibzimAndroidArm64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_arm64 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-arm64-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + '/lib/aarch64-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libzim/"
+}
+
+task copyLibzimAndroidx86(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_x86 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-x86-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + '/lib/i686-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libzim/"
+}
+
+task copyLibzimAndroidx86_64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_x86_64 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_android-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + '/lib/x86_64-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libzim/"
+}
+
+task copyLibzimLinux_x86_64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying linux_x86_64 so file
+    project.ext.set("libzim_version", getFileFromFolder(buildDir.path + "/libzim_linux-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"))
+    from buildDir.path + "/libzim_linux-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libzim + "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" + libzim_version
+    into buildDir.path
+}
+
+task renameLibzimSoFile(type: Copy) {
+    if (libzim_version != null) {
+        from(buildDir.path)
+        include libzim_version
+        destinationDir file(buildDir.path)
+        rename libzim_version, "libzim.so"
+    }
+}
+
+task downloadLibkiwixSoAndHeaderFiles(type: Download) {
+    src([
+            libkiwix_base_url + '/libkiwix_android-arm.tar.gz',
+            libkiwix_base_url + '/libkiwix_android-arm64.tar.gz',
+            libkiwix_base_url + '/libkiwix_android-x86.tar.gz',
+            libkiwix_base_url + '/libkiwix_android-x86_64.tar.gz',
+            libkiwix_base_url + '/libkiwix_linux-x86_64.tar.gz'
+    ])
+    dest buildDir
+    overwrite true
+}
+
+task checkCurrentLibkiwixDate() {
+    project.ext.set("nightly_date_for_libkiwix", getDateFromPath(buildDir.path, "libkiwix_android-arm64-"))
+}
+
+static String getDateFromPath(String path, String matchesString) {
+    File folder = new File(path)
+    if (folder.exists()) {
+        return folder.listFiles()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(f -> f.name.startsWith(matchesString))
+                .map(s -> s.name.replace(matchesString, ""))
+                .collect(Collectors.toList())[0]
+    }
+}
+
+task unzipLibkiwix(type: Copy) {
+    // unzip android arm
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-arm.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android arm64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-arm64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android x86
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-x86.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip android x86_64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-x86_64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+    // unzip linux x86_64
+    from tarTree(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_linux-x86_64.tar.gz")
+    into buildDir
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixHeaderFiles(type: Copy) {
+    // copying header file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-arm-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + '/include/kiwix/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/cpp/include/libkiwix/"
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixAndroidArm(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_arm so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-arm-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + '/lib/arm-linux-androideabi/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/armeabi-v7a/libkiwix/"
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixAndroidArm64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_arm64 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-arm64-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + '/lib/aarch64-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/arm64-v8a/libkiwix/"
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixAndroidx86(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_x86 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-x86-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + '/lib/i686-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/x86/libkiwix/"
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixAndroidx86_64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying android_x86_64 so file
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_android-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + '/lib/x86_64-linux-android/'
+    into projectDir.path + "/src/main/jniLibs/x86_64/libkiwix/"
+}
+
+task copyLibkiwixLinux_x86_64(type: Copy) {
+    // copying linux_x86_64 so file
+    project.ext.set("libkiwix_version", getFileFromFolder(buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_linux-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/"))
+    from buildDir.path + "/libkiwix_linux-x86_64-" + nightly_date_for_libkiwix + "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/" + libkiwix_version
+    into buildDir.path
+}
+
+static String getFileFromFolder(String path) {
+    File folderFile = new File(path)
+    if (folderFile.exists()) {
+        return folderFile.listFiles()
+                .stream()
+                .filter(f -> f.length() > 0)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList())[0].name
+    }
+}
+
+task renameLibkiwixSoFile(type: Copy) {
+    if (libkiwix_version != null) {
+        from(buildDir.path)
+        include libkiwix_version
+        destinationDir file(buildDir.path)
+        rename libkiwix_version, "libkiwix.so"
+    }
+}
+
+task copyBuildKiwixSoFile(type: Copy) {
+    // copying linux_x86_64 so file
+    from projectDir.path + "/src/androidTests/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/libbuildkiwix.so"
+    into buildDir.path
+}
+
+task createCodeCoverageReport(type: Exec) {
+    workingDir "${projectDir}/src/androidTests/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/"
+    commandLine 'sh', '-c', "bash 'compile_and_run_test.sh' ${buildDir}/libs/*app*.jar $buildDir"
+}
+
+task checkCurrentJavaVersion() {
+    if (JavaVersion.current() != JavaVersion.VERSION_11) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("This build must be run with java 11. your current java version is ${JavaVersion.current()}")
+    }
+}
+
+
+task generateHeaderFilesFromJavaWrapper(type: Exec) {
+    workingDir "${projectDir}/src/main/java/org/kiwix/"
+    commandLine 'bash', '-c', "javac -h ${projectDir}/src/main/cpp/include/javah_generated/ -d ${projectDir}/src/androidTests/java/org/kiwix/kiwixlib/ kiwixlib/Book.java kiwixlib/DirectAccessInfo.java kiwixlib/Filter.java kiwixlib/JNIICU.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixBool.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixException.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixInt.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixReader.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixSearcher.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixServer.java kiwixlib/JNIKiwixString.java kiwixlib/Library.java kiwixlib/Manager.java"
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/main/proguard-rules.pro b/lib/src/main/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..481bb43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/src/main/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# You can control the set of applied configuration files using the
+# proguardFiles setting in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Uncomment this to preserve the line number information for
+# debugging stack traces.
+#-keepattributes SourceFile,LineNumberTable
+
+# If you keep the line number information, uncomment this to
+# hide the original source file name.
+#-renamesourcefileattribute SourceFile
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diff --git a/lib/src/main/publish.gradle b/lib/src/main/publish.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8e4fb9
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+++ b/lib/src/main/publish.gradle
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+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'signing'
+
+task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+    archiveClassifier.set('sources')
+    if (project.plugins.findPlugin("com.android.library")) {
+        // For Android libraries
+        from android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+        from android.sourceSets.main.kotlin.srcDirs
+    } else {
+        // For pure Kotlin libraries, in case you have them
+        from sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
+        from sourceSets.main.kotlin.srcDirs
+    }
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    archives androidSourcesJar
+}
+
+def siteUrl = 'https://www.kiwix.org/en/'
+def gitUrl = 'https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix.git'
+
+group = GROUP_ID
+version = VERSION
+
+afterEvaluate {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            release(MavenPublication) {
+
+                groupId GROUP_ID
+                artifactId ARTIFACT_ID
+                version VERSION
+
+                from components.release
+
+                artifact androidSourcesJar
+                pom {
+                    name = ARTIFACT_ID
+                    description = 'LibKiwix Android library'
+                    url = siteUrl
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name = 'GPLv3'
+                            url = 'https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html'
+                        }
+                    }
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id = 'kiwix'
+                            name = 'kiwix'
+                            email = 'contact@kiwix.org'
+                        }
+                    }
+                    scm {
+                        connection = gitUrl
+                        developerConnection = gitUrl
+                        url = siteUrl
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        repositories {
+            maven {
+                url = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
+                credentials {
+                    username = ossrhUsername
+                    password = ossrhPassword
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+signing {
+    useInMemoryPgpKeys(
+            keyId,
+            key,
+            password,
+    )
+    sign publishing.publications
+}
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