Bare Metal Rust in Android

• gio

  62 1,403 9.2 Go

  Mirror of the Gio main repository (https://git.sr.ht/~eliasnaur/gio)

  

I didn't bash Java/Kotlin. In fact, I have written few android apps in Kotlin, Java and I also have fiddled with Jetpack compose, JNI and NDK (I have also played with mpv's Opengl/Vulkan's rendering on Android if that matters to you). I don't want to share the projects of mine because i don't want to reveal my identity.

> https://gioui.org/

I know that tailscale's android application is written in it but i don't think gioui is great for android apps.

> Tell me you've never done any Android development, without telling me...All this Java/Kotlin bashing is getting really old, especially for a forum like this one.

Ok, this one hurts. Why are you attacking me instead of defending your stance. All are allowed to have opinions and I am allowed to have one(It's sad to explain this to someone on forum like this one). I dream of Linux-desktop kinda situation where you can program in any language you want, where you are not hindered by any platform/framework, where you have complete freedom and where you don't want to be bothered/(vendor locked-in) by Bigcorps(looking at you Google services framework).

> write GUIs in a non-GC language like Rust which _has_ to run on what's essentially a Java VM (ART).

Haha, non-GC languages power the GUIs on Android fyi. Jetpack compose is powered by Skia. Chromium is powered by Skia. Skia is C++.

Please do your own research before commenting low-effort replies.

• tauri

  469 77,154 9.8 Rust

  Build smaller, faster, and more secure desktop applications with a web frontend.

  

Isn't this what Tauri wants to achieve? At least it's on the roadmap I mean.

https://tauri.app/

Does anyone have any experience creating production apps with Tauri? Seems like a sane alternative to Electron, especially if they can target all major platforms and keep the promise of smaller footprints.

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• ndk

  5 1,044 8.0 Rust

  Rust bindings to the Android NDK (by rust-mobile)

  

You can already. The ndk allows any language to be compiled to android. For rust see

https://github.com/rust-mobile/ndk

Which has the tools to do this.

• capacitor

  154 11,126 9.4 JavaScript

  Build cross-platform Native Progressive Web Apps for iOS, Android, and the Web ⚡️

  

The traditional alternative to Electon on mobile platforms is Capacitor (which uses the system webview):

https://capacitorjs.com/

(fka Apache Cordova, fka PhoneGap)

• usbarmory

  22 1,334 5.8 Ruby

  USB armory - The open source compact secure computer

  

> Since 80s everybody designs systems on top of C.

More like since the 1990's, and mostly thanks to the GNU Manifesto and FOSS uptake that took the steam out of C++ adoption being pushed by Apple, IBM and Microsoft.

There is firmware in production written in Go,

https://www.withsecure.com/en/solutions/innovative-security-...

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