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Optional: Copy minivpn from lib/ to assets (if you want your own compiled version)
+FAQ
+
+Q: what is minivpn?
+
+A: minivpn is only a executable thats links against libopenvpn which is the normal openvpn build as
+ library. It is done this way so the Android Play/Store apk will treat the library as normal library
+ and update it on updates of the application. Also the application does not need to take care of
+ keeping minivpn up to date because it contains no code. For almost all intents and purposes
+ minivpn + libopenvpn.so is the same as the normal openvpn binary.
+
Starting a VPN by name from an external app: