Crossing Horizons with SCADE: Mastering iOS and Android
summary
SCADE ports the Swift toolchain to Android so projects compile Swift 5.8 (5.9 incoming) for Android triples, including 32‑bit support, SwiftPM, SourceKit LSP and debugger; shared code builds as a dynamic library and is callable from Android Studio via JNI. A SwiftAndroid binding generates near‑identical Android APIs so Swift code can access location, NFC, media, Jetpack (work in progress) and Fusion packages like FusionLocation are published. A separate UI layer, SkadeKit, renders SVG via a thin Phoenix/Skia backend and injects native controls; used internally, community contribution is needed for broader adoption.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to cross-platform development
- 3:16Swift on Android project origins
- 7:31Porting Swift toolchain to Android
- 10:00Sharing code between platforms
- 13:14Creating platform-specific libraries
- 16:48Introducing SCADE Kit UI framework
- 20:52Four integration levels explained
- 23:01Future plans and community goals
- 25:49Q&A session
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