Native iOS app and node.js

Question

Is it possible to create my own ios application with node.js, and does anyone have any examples?

Answer 1

I’m constantly looking for this, and although many of these answers are completely correct, citing the fact that V8 is not compatible with iOS, it seems that launching a node-based environment in iOS is not so difficult.

The first option I discovered was called "Neunode" (not updated for a year). Here are some links links if you want more:

• https://github.com/snakajima/neunode
• http://www.neunode.com
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzFH80-HYTo (httpserver example)

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Nodelike / Node.app Project

Nodelike is the core structure of the Node.app project, whose goal is to implement a roughly Node.JS-compatible interface using JavaScriptCore.framework on iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks.

Example: interpreter

An example project that implements the Node.JS interpreter as an iOS application using the Nodelike structure.

Edit:

It is still "impractical for serious projects," but the update is for verification: https://github.com/node-app/Nodelike

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Overall, the Node.app project looks promising, be sure to check out the website

Answer 2

Yes! You can run Node applications on iOS devices. Node.JS fork JXcore has introduced the SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine in addition to Google V8. Source code repository available from Github

Answer 3

No. But you can write your own applications in Javascript (this is the same language as Node - this is server-side javascript) using the Unity tool.

Also welcome to SO!

Answer 4

No, you cannot create your own iOS application using Node.js. If you do not find a way to install Node.js, which will be very common and will require rooting your phone.

May I ask what are you trying to achieve? I could point you in the right direction. If you're just not interested in whether Node will work on iOS.

Answer 5

There is a relatively new project trying to archive this: http://nodeapp.org/

It is under active development and already supports most basic files and access to the file system.

Answer 6

I must mention that you can compile node.js into arm-emu-arm mode and it runs on iOS without any problems. It can be “hypothetically” accepted in the Apple app store, but there are several hundred reasons why not a single person (not to mention the app store) will accept the node app.

Answer 7

As Nurai Altin noted, you can do this with JXcore and for Cordoba . Here's an article on this topic: Develop an iOS app with Node.js and Cordova .

This is a step-by-step process (compiling JXcore from sources, installing Apache Cordova, creating an application, etc.)

Answer 8

You cannot run the proper Node.js environment inside your own iOS application due to sandbox restrictions.

Having said that, there are several projects that allow you to embed / run Node.js applications in a native application (iOS / Android).

Perhaps this is the most popular project: http://jxcore.io/

This is an example of an iOS project that uses JXcore: https://github.com/jxcore/jxcore-ios-sample