How to run Nodejs runtime on android or ios mobile devices

Question

I am trying to develop one chrome-cast app for iOS/android using Ionic Framework and for that I need few NodeJS packages in my app. It is working from my desktop but I'm not sure how it will run on mobile devices where there is no Node run time available. So the first question is how to install or provide NodeJS run-time on iOS/Android devices and later if it is possible to package with iOS/Android app package.

Answer 1

You can use Node.js for Mobile Apps.

At its core, the project provides a native library for embedding Node.js into native Android and iOS applications; but it also comes with plugins for React Native and Cordova.

Pre-built binaries for the library are available for Android armeabi-v7a, x86, arm64-v8a, x86_64, and for iOS 64-bit.

More information, including some documentation, is available on the project website.

(Full disclosure: I work for the company that develops Node.js for Mobile Apps.)