diff --git a/build-android-with-native.py b/build-android-with-native.py
index f857bdb54..bd7b9a49e 100755
--- a/build-android-with-native.py
+++ b/build-android-with-native.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import shutil
 from subprocess import call, check_output
 
 # switchs for debugging purposes ; please ignore.
-CREATE_TOOLCHAIN = True
-COMPILE_LIBLZMA = True
+CREATE_TOOLCHAIN = False
+COMPILE_LIBLZMA = False
 COMPILE_LIBZIM = True
 COMPILE_LIBKIWIX = True
-STRIP_LIBKIWIX = True
+STRIP_LIBKIWIX = False
 COMPILE_APK = True
 
 # store the OS's environment PATH as we'll mess with it
diff --git a/kiwix.c b/kiwix.c
index c24ba2376..6cb1a63b3 100644
--- a/kiwix.c
+++ b/kiwix.c
@@ -236,3 +236,24 @@ JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_kiwix_kiwixmobile_JNIKiwibx_getDescription
 
   return retVal;
 }
+
+JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_org_kiwix_kiwixmobile_JNIKiwibx_getRandomPage
+(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj, jobject urlObj) {
+  jboolean retVal = JNI_FALSE;
+  std::string cUrl;
+
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&readerLock);
+  try {
+    if (reader != NULL) {
+      std::string cUrl = reader->getRandomPageUrl();
+      setStringObjValue(cUrl, urlObj, env);
+      retVal = JNI_TRUE;
+    }
+  } catch (exception &e) {
+    std::cerr << e.what() << std::endl;
+  }
+  pthread_mutex_unlock(&readerLock);
+
+  return retVal;
+}
+
diff --git a/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so b/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so
index 6b467ef2b..49fa1e5b3 100755
Binary files a/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so and b/libs/armeabi/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/libs/mips/libkiwix.so b/libs/mips/libkiwix.so
index 58ec9caa5..06400c276 100755
Binary files a/libs/mips/libkiwix.so and b/libs/mips/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/libs/x86/libkiwix.so b/libs/x86/libkiwix.so
index 5d39d11ee..2076e6cd8 100755
Binary files a/libs/x86/libkiwix.so and b/libs/x86/libkiwix.so differ
diff --git a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
index 1f18cc28b..034a7f05b 100644
--- a/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
+++ b/src/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/JNIKiwix.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ public class JNIKiwix {
     public native boolean getPageUrlFromTitle(String title, JNIKiwixString url);
     public native boolean getTitle(JNIKiwixString title);
     public native boolean getDescription(JNIKiwixString title);
+    public native boolean getRandomPage(JNIKiwixString url);
 
     static {
         System.loadLibrary("kiwix");