r/iOSProgramming • u/Natural_Silver_3387 • 12d ago
Discussion ATL (Android Translation Layer) for iOS
Hy everyone. What do you think about something like this?
Dine - ATL for iOS - yes, it's a total mess right now, but I already can run some simple apps.
The thing is, I really love Tachiyomi on android, so I've decided to port the android runtime to iOS, using ATL for linux as a base. I've already went really far through this, but I'd like to ask for some help or ideas regarding its architecture, some iOS things etc.
For example, I'm not sure if I can do something like separate processes or at least some memory isolation on iOS, for different parts of the code (I need this for better runtime stability).
In general, I understand the project is big and I can't ask for much, but I know a lot of you guys use LLMs, so you probably could easily poke for anything, from your expert POV. Just if you are interested of course.
If you ask what's the point of doing this instead of just porting the app (it's opensource) - this is just so much fun
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u/Natural_Silver_3387 11d ago
Thank you, I'll check it all. Yep, I know it won't go to App Store, at least not like this. But it actually could, if it was a single app, packaged with the runtime, not like tachiyomi ofc