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Swift Releases Preview Android SDK for Building Native Apps

A nightly build introduces swift-java bindings for calling Android APIs from Swift.

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Overview

  • Swift.org published the first preview Swift SDK for Android, providing official tooling to build native apps in Swift.
  • Downloads are available via the Swift for Windows installer or separately for Linux and macOS, with a Getting Started guide and example projects.
  • The swift-java project auto-generates bindings so Swift code can interoperate with Java and Kotlin and access Android platform APIs.
  • The Swift Package Index notes that over 25% of packages already compile for Android, creating a base for shared code across platforms.
  • This is an early preview focused on experimentation, with known gaps in debugging and UI tooling and no SwiftUI support, while the Android Workgroup drafts a vision and tracks progress on a public project board.