Question: Wails on Android via F-Droid as a PWA?

[camstuart]

Hello,

I'm wondering if it would be possible to build a wails app that essentially a PWA so I can run it on Android F-Droid (thanks to termux)

Or are there easier ways to run a Wails app on android?

I'm wanting to build something for myself, so I'm not concerned about distribution.

Thanks!

[COD3HUNT3R]

Do you want to develop on Android or deploy on Android?

[leaanthony]

Update: Wails v3 does have experimental mobile support — Android and iOS are both in active development on the v3-alpha branch. Note this is highly experimental and subject to breaking changes at any time, but it does exist.

Android

There is a working Android example in the repository and architecture documentation. The build uses -buildmode=c-shared (via gomobile patterns) with JNI bridging between Java/Kotlin and Go. Your Go application compiles as a shared library loaded by an Android Activity hosting a WebView.

See the android example and ANDROID_ARCHITECTURE.md for technical details.

iOS

iOS support is also in development using WKWebView with Objective-C/CGO bridging.

See IOS_ARCHITECTURE.md for the current state.

On the original question (F-Droid / PWA)

F-Droid distribution and PWA deployment are separate concerns from Wails itself. A Wails Android app would be a native Android APK, not a PWA. F-Droid distribution would require publishing a standard Android APK — this is theoretically possible once the Android support matures, but not something Wails handles directly.

Bottom line: If you want to experiment with Wails on Android today, check out the v3-alpha branch and the android example. Expect rough edges and breaking changes — it'''s not production-ready. Watch the v3 changelog for progress.