ipfs on ios

ipfs-on-ios = An attempt to port the ipfs system to iOS.

###Goal:

Get ipfs running on a mobile device, in this case: iOS (iPhone/iPad/etc.)

###Notes:

• See Internet Permanent Filesystem: ipfs.io
• Depends on the toolchain from the goios project
• Use homebrew to install go on your OSX development machine ($ brew install go)
• Currently depends on go 1.4.2 for cross-compiling the goios tools
• Will download and configure the goios ios64-new branch toolchain
• Includes a configured XCode project which builds Go code and which works with Objective-C and vice versa, to serve as a harness for an ipfs port.
• See also: Using Go in Mobile Apps
• When enabled (see gosources/main.go), the basic ipfs server code is used to pull in the Go dependencies, and expose missing syscall/functionality.

###Usage:

To get started, clone this repository, check the Makefile to verify GOROOT_BOOTSTRAP, type ‘make’ and sit back while the toolchain and then ipfsios projects are built.

###Current Status:

As of 23Apr2015, does currently compile the full ipfs dependencies! Whats needed at the moment is a working ipfs server/client implementation, in gosources/main.go

This project contains 3 components - the Makefile, the ipfsios project (for XCode), and - after the first ‘make’ - a local copy of the goios toolchain, configured for use on iOS.

As currently configured (see gosources/main.go), the XCode project will build the onboard gosources/main.go module successfully, and link it with a “Stock standard” XCode ViewController project to illustrate interaction between Go and C/Objective-C compiled code. This is working fine to demonstrate Go/Objective-C/XCode plumbing is in place and working. However, once more usage is made of the ipfs, these links can be removed …

All pull-requests welcome.

Contact: [email protected]