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		marcprux on Aug 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: Skip – Build native iOS and Android apps ... Glad you asked! We have an FFI framework (https://skip.tools/docs/modules/skip-ffi/) that enables you to use the same native code on both iOS and Android. I wrote a blog post about it at: https://skip.tools/blog/sharing-c-between-swift-and-kotlin/ . It is what powers some of our own frameworks like SkipSQL (https://skip.tools/docs/modules/skip-sql/). On the Swift/iOS side, it simply uses Swift's excellent C integration; on the Java/Android side, it uses the venerable JNA library to handle loading and calling into embedded native libraries.

pzo on Aug 29, 2024 [–]

Will this work seemlesly with C only or C++ as well? I know swift this days have good c++ interop but not sure about jni/jna

marcprux on Aug 29, 2024 | [–]

You are correct that JNA's C++ integration – while possible – is not exactly seamless. It is an area that we are actively researching better solutions for.

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