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html2md v0.2.15 transitively depends on jni v0.19.0, which lacks Android platform support in its build script. This causes compilation failures on Termux with EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME not found errors.

Changes

  • Dependency: Replaced html2md with htmd v0.5.0 (pure Rust, no JNI)
  • API update: Changed html2md::parse_html() to htmd::convert() with error handling in src/tools/fetch.rs
// Before
fn html_to_markdown(html: &str) -> String {
    html2md::parse_html(html)
}

// After
fn html_to_markdown(html: &str) -> String {
    htmd::convert(html).unwrap_or_else(|_| html.to_string())
}

This eliminates the JNI dependency chain entirely while maintaining identical HTML-to-Markdown conversion functionality.

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  • docs.rs
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<issue_title>Build Failure on Android/Termux - JNI crate missing Android platform support</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Build Failure on Android/Termux - JNI crate missing Android platform support

Environment

  • OS: Android (Termux)
  • Target: aarch64-linux-android (inferred from path /data/data/com.termux/)
  • Daedra version: v0.1.3
  • Rust version: (please add your version)

Description

cargo install daedra fails on Android/Termux due to the jni dependency (v0.19.0) not supporting the Android platform in its build script.

Error Output

error[E0425]: cannot find value `EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME` in this scope
   --> /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/jni-0.19.0/build.rs:102:25
    |
102 |         if file_name == EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME {
    |                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not found in this scope

note: found an item that was configured out
   --> /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/jni-0.19.0/build.rs:22:7
    |
 21 | #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
    |       --------------------- the item is gated behind the `windows` feature
 22 | const EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME: &str = "jvm.dll";
    |       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

note: found an item that was configured out
   --> /data/data/com.termux/files/home/.cargo/registry/src/index.crates.io-1949cf8c6b5b557f/jni-0.19.0/build.rs:29:7
    |
 23 |   #[cfg(any(
    |  __________-
 24 | |     target_os = "freebsd",
 25 | |     target_os = "linux",
 26 | |     target_os = "netbsd",
 27 | |     target_os = "openbsd"
 28 | | ))]
    | |_- the item is gated here
 29 |   const EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME: &str = "libjvm.so";
    |         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Root Cause

The jni crate v0.19.0 build script only defines EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME for:

  • Windows (target_os = "windows")
  • Linux/BSD (target_os = "linux", freebsd, netbsd, openbsd)
  • macOS (target_os = "macos")

It does not include target_os = "android", causing the build to fail.

Proposed Solutions

Option 1: Update JNI dependency (Recommended)
Update jni to a newer version that supports Android. The latest jni crate (v0.21+) likely includes Android support:

[dependencies]
jni = "0.21"  # or latest version

Option 2: Add Android cfg to build script
If updating the dependency isn't possible, the jni crate build script needs:

#[cfg(target_os = "android")]
const EXPECTED_JVM_FILENAME: &str = "libjvm.so";

Option 3: Make JNI optional for platforms that don't need it
If JNI functionality isn't required for the core web scraping features:

[dependencies]
jni = { version = "0.19", optional = true }

[features]
jni-support = ["jni"]

Request for AI Coding Agent

@copilot Could you investigate which approach would work best and submit a PR that:

  1. Updates the jni dependency to the latest version that supports Android
  2. Or makes the JNI dependency optional if it's not core to the scraping functionality
  3. Tests that the build succeeds on Android/Termux
  4. Maintains backward compatibility with existing platforms

Additional Context

I'm QA testing daedra on Termux (Android) and encountered this blocker. Would appreciate Android/Termux support since it's a useful platform for running lightweight Rust tools.


Workaround for now: Users can build daedra on non-Android platforms, or wait for this fix.</issue_description>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix build failure on Android/Termux due to JNI crate issue Replace html2md with htmd to fix Android/Termux builds Jan 21, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from bkataru January 21, 2026 08:35
@bkataru bkataru added the bug Something isn't working label Jan 21, 2026
@bkataru bkataru marked this pull request as ready for review January 21, 2026 08:44
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Pull request overview

This pull request replaces the html2md dependency with htmd to resolve Android/Termux build failures caused by the jni crate's lack of Android platform support in its build script.

Changes:

  • Replaced html2md v0.2.15 with htmd v0.5.0 (pure Rust implementation)
  • Updated HTML-to-Markdown conversion API with appropriate error handling
  • Removed transitive JNI dependencies that blocked Android builds

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File Description
src/tools/fetch.rs Updated HTML-to-Markdown conversion function to use htmd::convert() with fallback error handling
Cargo.toml Replaced html2md dependency with htmd v0.5.0
Cargo.lock Removed JNI-related dependencies (jni, jni-sys, cesu8, combine) and added htmd with its pure-Rust dependencies; includes various transitive dependency updates

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@bkataru bkataru merged commit 39b9817 into main Jan 21, 2026
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