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mono / Embeddinator-4000

Tools to turn .NET libraries into native libraries that can be consumed on Android, iOS, Mac, Linux and other platforms.
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Standalone libraries #10

Open MihaMarkic opened 7 years ago

MihaMarkic commented 7 years ago

Does end user libraries require .net installed or are they standalone (single file, no references)? I'd certainly prefer an option to have the later but I think currently they are the former (required .net to be installed).

tritao commented 7 years ago

The generated libraries need a CLR runtime, either linked statically or dynamically in the final application. Right now we only support Mono, but maybe .NET Core support can be be added after we have the missing features on the roadmap implemented.

MihaMarkic commented 7 years ago

So no really standalone libraries, right.

tritao commented 7 years ago

They can be "standalone" in the sense that you can get a DLL with Mono statically linked. So you'd just distribute two files, the .dll/.so and .h include file for end users.

The statically linked approach is not implemented but should be easy, we'll add these features depending on the feedback we get from users, so let us know if you need something like this.

MihaMarkic commented 7 years ago

I'd be certainly interested in this scenario. Right now I have a scenario where a friend uses python and would call into an external library where some calculation are done. So, I'd send him a couple of files instead of instructions on how to install mono, etc. Then there are console applications and other candidates that would benefit.

realvictorprm commented 7 years ago

IDK, if I find time and digged enough into this I could take care of this. But don't expect too much, simply notice that I'm looking into it ;)