Recently I've been exploring tauri for mobile development. I wrote a blog post about what I learned
https://minosiants.com/blog/two-project
#What I learned by doing Tauri + Svelte mobile app
dawn sail
crisp haven
@dawn sail Thank you, it's always interesting to see the integration of native Android/iOS/macOS code into Rust.
Can you tell me how feasible it is to implement VPN functionality in Tauri?
I only found this: https://github.com/JonForShort/android-local-vpn
There is a nuance in iOS: the local server to which traffic from TUN must be sent must be run inside Networking Extension. I would like the local server code with all its logic to be written in Rust, and it needs to be run in Swift somehow.
If you want to implement a VPN plugin, it will definitely be an interesting task.
dawn sail
@crisp haven thanks for the comments. I was thinking about vpn plugin. I found this one https://github.com/cloudflare/boringtun
crisp haven
<@1085655384565493932> thanks for the comments. I was thinking about vpn plugin....
Unfortunately, WireGuard is blocked in countries with strict censorship, and I wasn't referring to a classic VPN.
Here are some examples of applications that create a VPN profile that redirects traffic to a local proxy server.
https://apps.apple.com/ru/app/shadowrocket/id932747118?platform=iphone
https://www.potatso.com
https://proxytap.app
dawn sail
there is workaround for wireguard
https://docs.amnezia.org/documentation/amnezia-wg/
and it works for different platforms if you just need a workable solution of personal vpn
crisp haven
and it works for different platforms if you just need a workable solution of per...
The discussion was about the possibility of implementing VPN management on Android/iOS using Rust.
I did not ask for recommendations on which VPN to use 😅
crisp haven
there is workaround for wireguard
https://docs.amnezia.org/documentation/amnezi...
AmneziaWG has also recently been blocked in Russia. But that's not what this is about.
crisp haven
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I looked at your code and didn't quite understand how you call native Android/iOS code in Rust? I don't see the use of swift-rs for iOS and any crate for Android.
I found it, I didn't know about this feature in plugins, interesting)
https://tauri.app/develop/plugins/develop-mobile/
dawn sail
@crisp haven yes Tauri has based plugin implementation for both ios and android. Plugins code inherits from those implementations and tauri wireds it up in https://github.com/minosiants/two/blob/master/src-tauri/plugins/contacts/src/mobile.rs
crisp haven
<@1085655384565493932> yes Tauri has based plugin implementation for both ios an...
It would be cool if plugins could call native MacOS code, essentially the same as Swift.
dawn sail
crisp haven
<@1085655384565493932> it calls the native code
https://github.com/minosiants/t...
I meant native MacOS code.
crisp haven
Although it is probably possible. hmm
dawn sail
@crisp haven I dont know much about mac development . isnt it ios for moble and macos for laptops ?
crisp haven
<@1085655384565493932> I dont know much about mac development . isnt it ios for ...
isnt it ios for moble and macos for laptops ?
yes
dawn sail
@crisp haven for desktop there is similar file
https://github.com/minosiants/two/blob/master/src-tauri/plugins/contacts/src/desktop.rs to integrate desktop apps
crisp haven
I looked at this implementation, and it seems that it's not so simple; you need a good knowledge of network technologies.
https://github.com/JonForShort/android-local-vpn
