Election-Tech-Initiative / Election-Tech-Initiative/electionguard-cpp
✨ Add Xamarin support (iOS) to C# Wrapper
- Dominant language
- C++
- Stars
- 26
- Forks
- 25
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
### Is there an existing issue for this?
- [X] I have searched the existing issues
### Suggestion
Description
Xamarin support was temporarily removed but should still be supported under the .NET Standard implementations.
This may require some specialized building of the package for these particular runtimes and more complicated setup so that a developer can easily utilize the library.
The suggestion is to implement Conditions to implement some of the previous code originally in the previously made iOS and Android projects. This may require using [Build Extras](https://github.com/novotnyllc/MSBuildSdkExtras).
-[iOS specifics](https://github.com/microsoft/electionguard-cpp/blob/0bad662f3c6c32f4f7c257b2826d448930736594/bindings/netstandard/ElectionGuard/ElectionGuard.iOS/ElectionGuard.iOS.csproj#L52)
See
Add iOS binaries into runtimes and project
Update documentation after iOS support
Build test project to demonstrate usage but do not commit within PR.
Helpful Links
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/create-packages/multiple-target-frameworks-project-file
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/create-packages/creating-a-package-msbuild
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/frameworks
https://github.com/edsnider/latestversionplugin/blob/master/src/Xam.Plugin.LatestVersion.csproj
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/create-packages/supporting-multiple-target-frameworks
### Possible Implementation
_No response_
### Anything else?
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by comparing the current .NET Standard wrapper projects with the historical ElectionGuard.iOS.csproj linked in the issue, then review the MSBuildSdkExtras and multi-target NuGet guidance. Verify the iOS runtime binaries and project setup, update the documentation, and use a separate test project to demonstrate Xamarin usage without committing it.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, ios
- Domain
- build-system, documentation, mobile-dev, testing-qa
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100