Mobile Development with Rust

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#1

What are the options available for mobile development with Rust?

#2

Which mobile platform(s) do you want to target? What kind of app do you want to make?

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Android

#4

In that case you may want to look into the NDK, which is what allows non-java code to run on android. The ndk crate has rust wrappers around the functions provided by the NDK. The readme has a guide on how to use it: GitHub - rust-windowing/android-ndk-rs: Rust bindings to the Android NDK

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#5

You can also use the cargo ndk subcommand to make compiling for Android easier. This manages things like cross-compiling your library to the right target using the right toolchain and setting up environment variables so crates like cc and cmake know how to cross-compile native dependencies.

The difference between cargo ndk and android-ndk-rs is that the former is designed for building libraries that will be consumed from Android apps (e.g. via JNI), while the latter is more targeted towards building the Android app itself.

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