Building Mobile SDKs for iOS and Android
summary
Shows how to turn Go service definitions into real iOS/Android SDKs by compiling proto-defined APIs into native libraries with one command, producing an Android AAR and (also possible) an iOS framework. Uses gRPC + protobuf for services, runs a streaming Meow endpoint that the SDK exposes via a readStream callback implemented in a background goroutine, and relies on GoMobile bind to generate Java/Obj‑C wrappers. Generated code is machine-oriented so the talk demonstrates a simple client factory pattern, a working demo server in Go, and one demo crash.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:29Background
- 2:57Horrors of Generating Cross-Platform Code
- 6:45Why We Should Always Write Dry Code
- 15:44Lesson Learned
- 16:55Native Android Library
- 18:26Callback
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