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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 3, 2020

Request for help from Android fans interested in my work: Orbit uses LevelDB for an object store and React Native for its UI. I’ve written (and open-sourced) native RN<>LevelDB bindings for iOS/Mac. Would anyone be up for contributing Android bindings?

github.com

GitHub - andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown: Native bindings to LevelDB for React Native, exposed...

Native bindings to LevelDB for React Native, exposed as leveldown-compatible interface - GitHub - andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown: Native bindings to LevelDB for React Native, exposed as level...

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Giacomo Randazzo

@giacomo_ran

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Aug 4, 2020

Hey, I can do it! I have experience with Android apps (also JNI). I have limited experience with react native and 0 experience with LevelDB, but I can learn.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 4, 2020

I’d be grateful! I don’t think experience with either is important (I had little when I wrote the iOS bindings). More about comfort with Gradle etc. The goal’s to implement the NativeModules.Leveldown interface as used here: https://github.com/andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown/blob/master/index.ts… (10 methods)

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 4, 2020

This document describes how to implement a native interface: https://reactnative.dev/docs/native-modules-android.html… The iOS interface, for reference, is here: https://github.com/andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown/blob/master/ios/RNLeveldown.mm… A test suite is included in /testapp. It should be runnable with “yarn install; npx react-native run-android"

reactnative.dev

Android Native Modules · React Native

Welcome to Native Modules for Android. Please start by reading the Native Modules Intro for an intro to what native modules are.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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It looks like there are already some JNI bindings for LevelDB, so it should be a matter of implementing the React Native part of the bridge.

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GitHub - litl/android-leveldb: JNI bindings for leveldb

JNI bindings for leveldb. Contribute to litl/android-leveldb development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Andy Matuschak

@andy_matuschak

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Aug 4, 2020

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(happy to continue the conversation on this GitHub issue if you prefer that to Twitter: https://github.com/andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown/issues/1…)

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Add Android bindings · Issue #1 · andymatuschak/react-native-leveldown

Right now, this project only has iOS/Mac bindings. I'd like to add Android bindings, too, but I don't have much experience with the Android build system, so I suspect it'll ...

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Giacomo Randazzo

@giacomo_ran

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Aug 4, 2020

Alright, tomorrow I'll get to work. Talk to you on Github!

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