animeshxd / tdffi-dev

dart class generator for tdlib (td_api.tl)

git clone --recurse-submodules [e-mail]:animeshxd/tdffi-dev.git
cd tdffi-dev/

build tdlib https://github.com/tdlib/td#building

mkdir td/build
cd td/build
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
cmake --build . --target tdjson
cd ..

# setup for ffigen
cd .. # tdffi-dev/ (working directory)

mkdir -p headers/td/telegram/
cp td/build/td/telegram/tdjson_export.h headers/td/telegram/tdjson_export.h
cp td/td/telegram/td_json_client.h headers/td_json_client.h

dart pub global activate ffigen
# for termux: dart pub global activate ffigen -sgit https://github.com/animeshxd/ffigen

# you can remove with:
#   dart pub global deactivate ffigen

# tdffi-dev/ (working directory)

# generate 
#   dart ffi code from (td_json_client.h) 
#   dart classes from (td_api.tl)

python generator/generate_dart.py
cd tdffi

# generate files it in your own dart/flutter package
#
# dart/flutter create <your/package/location>
# DART_PACKAGE_DIR=<your/package/location> python generator/generate_dart.py
# cd <your/package/location>
# dart pub add ffi

dart pub get

# (Optional)
# generate dart ffi code (td_json_client.h)

# change output location in ffigen.yaml
# output: 'your/package/location/lib/.../td_json_client.dart'
# The output: location should be relative to ffigen.yaml or is absolute

# dart pub global run ffigen --config ../ffigen.yaml 
# or, dart pub global run ffigen --config <path/to/ffigen.yaml> 

output locations:

• tdffi/lib/td.dart
• tdffi/lib/src/generated/
• json/

example:

• /tdffi/example/example.dart
• /tdffi/lib/src/client/client.dart