cargo-mobile VS cargo-lipo

Compare cargo-mobile vs cargo-lipo and see what are their differences.

cargo-mobile

Rust on mobile made easy! (by BrainiumLLC)
Rust Android iOS Mobile Xcode android-studio
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cargo-lipo

Cargo subcommand to automatically create universal libraries for iOS. (by TimNN)
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1,153 512
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0.0 4.4
4 months ago 3 months ago
Rust Rust
Apache License 2.0 Apache License 2.0
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cargo-mobile

Posts with mentions or reviews of cargo-mobile. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-21.

cargo-lipo

Posts with mentions or reviews of cargo-lipo. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-30.
  • Build on mac M1
    4 projects | /r/rust | 30 Oct 2021
    Yes. You can target aarch64 and x86_64. Universals binaries can be created manually or via cargo-lipo.
  • Building Rust libraries for iOS in 2021
    3 projects | /r/rust | 29 Oct 2021
    When I created the library a few years ago, the go-to way for this was cargo-lipo. That worked fine when building for aarch64-apple-ios and x86_64-apple-ios, but when building both for ARM64 iOS and M1 the linker fails:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cargo-mobile and cargo-lipo you can also consider the following projects:

rust-android-gradle

ObjCrust - Using Rust to create an iOS static library

macroquad - Cross-platform game engine in Rust.

glean - Modern cross-platform telemetry

ndk - Rust bindings to the Android NDK

Cargo - The Rust package manager

dioxus - Fullstack GUI library for web, desktop, mobile, and more.

creator - A state management library that enables concise, fluid, readable and testable business logic code.

xbase - Develop Apple software products within your favorite editor.

cross - “Zero setup” cross compilation and “cross testing” of Rust crates

genapkbuild - Tool to generate Android build system files (Android.mk, Android.bp) from APK automatically.

homebrew-musl-cross - Homebrew Formula for static-friendly musl-based GCC macOS-to-Linux cross-compilers

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