How To Set-Up Julia on Android Termux?

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it may be possible and relatively easy with the upcoming Android Virtualization Framework , though that is just conjecture on my part

Well whaddya know, it looks like this is indeed going to be the case! Android Authority reports recent work in AOSP of a “Terminal” app that installs and manages a Debian VM using the above mentioned Android Virtualization Framework (AVF).

This is an intriguing possibility, for e.g. Julia Julia with the REPL, or well anything else, but not to make native Android apps.

I think the new juliac might help make that more practical.

Python 3.13 officially supports Android (again), so we’re competing with it, or maybe a better path to use together. E.g. Python’s kivy.org (or something like BeeWare even better?) enables “cross-platform GUI apps”:

Kivy runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS and Windows.

Julia already supports ARM64 (on macOS tier 1, not tier 1 on Linux, why not?), See also:

Julia development on Qualcomm Snapdragon for Windows

When someone motivated and interested on this platform will have completed the port. At the moment there’s no one in sight with these requirements, until then the expected timeline is never.

What minimal dependencies does Julia require? E.g. Julia currently relies on glibc (or musl), C library, not Android’s bionc. What else might be problematic? I think if Python used and calling Julia with juliac compiled libraries, then some proof-of-concept native Julia app could be made, easier.