Is it possible to implement a cross-platform GUI u...
# kotlin-nativem
Mateusz Konieczny
01/13/2020, 9:39 AMIs it possible to implement a cross-platform GUI using Kotlin/Native? In my case I want to draw some rectangles, nothing more. (at least on Linux on Android, maybe also Windows and iOS)
https://cantina.co/kotlin-native-naughty-or-nice/ has "no true cross-platform Kotlin GUI. Without those capabilities, I had to make some compromises. I decided to replace all the UI code with a character-based user interface instead."
But maybe it is outdated nowadays?
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Big Chungus
01/13/2020, 10:20 AMUse cinterop with gtk+
Big Chungus
01/13/2020, 10:20 AMIt's a bit painful, but is cross platform for all desktop targets
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Mateusz Konieczny
01/13/2020, 10:37 AMWhat about Android? I have Linux + Android as mandatory targets, with web, windows, iOS as nice to have.
Also, can you recommend any starting guide for cinterop (assuming that there is an Android support)?
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Big Chungus
01/13/2020, 10:37 AMCInterop is not that hard, i'll get you some links to check out
Big Chungus
01/13/2020, 10:39 AMAs for cross-platform ui between linux+android it's not something I'm aware of. You can use kotlin/JS with electron/webView? Or just use MVP or MVVM architecture and implement view layer on native platform libraries
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Mateusz Konieczny
01/13/2020, 10:44 AMI am starting project so I am able to jump around and select technology that I like. I like idea of Kotlin Native, but there is also libgdx that apparently can be also done using Kotlin offering Linux + Android.
Mateusz Konieczny
01/13/2020, 10:46 AMAnd there is Haxe that is multiplatform covering iOS, Android, Linux and more. Though my initial attempt there was failure, I was trying Kha framework. I failed to find an useful documentation for people starting with it, even samples were not running properly.
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Kavan
01/13/2020, 11:25 AMGtk3 is made for all desktops. But Gtk3 performance on macOS is still not good as linux. I don't know about gtk performance on windows.
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