This repo contains pre-compiled pcapd binaries, which can be integrated into other projects to implement the ability to capture as root in Android.

pcapd is part of PCAPdroid. You are allowed to bundle the pcapd binaries of this repo into your proprietary app as long as you provide proper attribution to the PCAPdroid project.

You can get a changelog from the pcapd history.

Integrate pcapd

Check out the pcapd readme for general usage and integration information.

In order to add the pcapd binaries to the app, you need to specify its dist path into the srcDirs in the build.gradle file:

sourceSets {
    main {
        jniLibs.srcDirs = ["libs", "libs/pcapd/dist"]
    }
}

This repo can be linked as a submodule with:

git submodule add -f https://github.com/emanuele-f/pcapd-bin app/libs/pcapd

In order to have access to the pcapd_hdr_t structure, ensure to add pcapd/dist/include to your include path.