diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
index 1cc2613e5..05e88bcad 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.cpp
@@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ namespace kiwix {
   {
     template_ct2 = getResourceAsString("results.ct2");
     loadICUExternalTables();
-    
   }
-
+  
+  /* Destructor */
+  Searcher::~Searcher() {}
+  
   /* Search strings in the database */
   void Searcher::search(std::string &search, unsigned int resultStart,
 			unsigned int resultEnd, const bool verbose) {
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ namespace kiwix {
     this->contentHumanReadableId = contentHumanReadableId;
   }
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
+  
   string Searcher::getHtml() {
 
     SimpleVM oSimpleVM;
@@ -203,9 +207,6 @@ namespace kiwix {
 
   }
 
-  /* Destructor */
-  Searcher::~Searcher() {
-
-  }
+#endif
 
 }
diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
index f85fcd13b..f8a2551e2 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/searcher.h
@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@
 #include <stringTools.h>
 #include "unicode/putil.h"
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
 #include <ctpp2/CDT.hpp>
 #include <ctpp2/CTPP2FileLogger.hpp>
 #include <ctpp2/CTPP2SimpleVM.hpp>
-
 #include "kiwix/ctpp2/CTPP2VMStringLoader.hpp"
 
-using namespace std;
 using namespace CTPP;
+#endif
+
+using namespace std;
 
 struct Result
 {
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ namespace kiwix {
 
   public:
     Searcher();
+    ~Searcher();
 
     void search(std::string &search, unsigned int resultStart,
 		unsigned int resultEnd, const bool verbose=false);
@@ -65,11 +68,13 @@ namespace kiwix {
     unsigned int getEstimatedResultCount();
     bool setProtocolPrefix(const std::string prefix);
     bool setSearchProtocolPrefix(const std::string prefix);
-    string getHtml();
     void reset();
     void setContentHumanReadableId(const string &contentHumanReadableId);
-    ~Searcher();
 
+#ifndef __ANDROID__
+    string getHtml();
+#endif
+    
   protected:
     std::string beautifyInteger(const unsigned int number);
     virtual void closeIndex() = 0;
diff --git a/src/common/kiwix/xapianSearcher.h b/src/common/kiwix/xapianSearcher.h
index 3fb24b29e..2f21ed052 100644
--- a/src/common/kiwix/xapianSearcher.h
+++ b/src/common/kiwix/xapianSearcher.h
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace kiwix {
 
-  class NoXapianIndexInZim: public exception
-  {
-   virtual const char* what() const throw()
-    {
+  class NoXapianIndexInZim: public exception {
+    virtual const char* what() const throw() {
       return "There is no fulltext index in the zim file";
     }
   };
@@ -39,7 +37,6 @@ namespace kiwix {
     
   public:
     XapianSearcher(const string &xapianDirectoryPath);
-
     void searchInIndex(string &search, const unsigned int resultStart, const unsigned int resultEnd, 
 		       const bool verbose=false);