Nostr Web Client

It's unlike most android apps because it's written in Rust (instead of Java/Kotlin) and we use an unconventional UI library (egui) with immediate mode rendering!

immediate mode can actually be lighter for lower performance devices because it avoids keeping and mutating a big retained widget tree in memory. instead, it just redraws what’s needed every frame, straight from program state

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Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting 4mo ago 💬 1

How do you guys build the APK, or design the screens? Do you use Android Studio at all?

Is Rust used for cross platform support in iOS too?

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KernelKind 4mo ago 💬 1

We use the android native development kit (NDK), which is Google's toolkit for compiling code from any LLVM backed language into android compatible code. Then gradle packages the library into an APK by reading the manifest which declares where the library entrypoint is.

The vast majority of our designs have come from nostr:npub1uapy44zhu5f0markfftt7m2z3gr2zwssq6h3lw8qlce0d5pjvhrs3q9pmv designed in figma!

We've never had to use android studio.

We can technically support iOS, though it will remain to be seen whether we will actually do that or not

Joseph Hurtado - Founder Granata Consulting 4mo ago 💬 1

Thanks for that good explanation for Android.

I am guessing then that the iOS version of Damus is programmed using Swift and the standard apple toolchain.

KernelKind 4mo ago

yes, for the existing version of damus iOS