Damus

A multiplatform nostr client. Works on android and desktop

Alpha! WIP!

Android

Look it actually runs on android!

Developer Setup

Desktop (Linux/MacOS, Windows?)

First, install nix if you don't have it.

The shell.nix provides a reproducible build environment for android and rust. I recommend using direnv to load this environment when you cd into the directory.

If you don't have direnv, enter the dev shell via:

$ nix-shell

Once you have your dev shell setup, you can build with this command:

$ cargo run --release 

Android

The dev shell should also have all of the android-sdk dependencies needed for development, but you still need the aarch64-linux-android rustup target installed:

$ rustup target add aarch64-linux-android

To run on a real device, just type:

$ cargo apk run --release

Android Emulator

• Install Android Studio
• Open 'Device Manager' in Android Studio
• Add a new device with API level 34 and ABI arm64-v8a (even though the app uses 30, the 30 emulator can't find the vulkan adapter, but 34 works fine)
• Start up the emulator

while the emulator is running, run:

cargo apk run --release

The app should appear on the emulator