# OCaml sources compilation for iOS/Android

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-sources-compilation-for-ios-android/2167>\
**Category:** Learning\
**Tags:** ios, android, arm, compilation, compiler\
**Created:** [June 18, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-sources-compilation-for-ios-android/2167 "2018-06-18T17:20:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![egoholic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/egoholic/32/574_2.png) [@egoholic](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/egoholic)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-sources-compilation-for-ios-android/2167/1 "2018-06-18T17:20:04Z")

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I heard that it’s possible to compile OCaml code for iOS and Android platforms. In that article I’ve read about Eliom applications, but I decided not to invest my time in Eliom (it looks complex, I don’t like custom file extensions, like \*.eliom, which alludes to some compilation hacks that may be hard to deal with), so my questions are:

**1. Is it possible to compile for iOS/Android sources in plain old OCaml?**  
**2. If so, how I can do this?**

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**Author:** ![dariusf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@dariusf](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/dariusf)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 6:24am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-sources-compilation-for-ios-android/2167/2 "2018-07-30T06:24:08Z")

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It’s been a while, but you might want to check out the [Reprocessing](https://github.com/Schmavery/reprocessing) project and these [blog](https://jaredforsyth.com/posts/making-a-cross-platform-mobile-game-in-reason-ocaml/) [posts](https://jaredforsyth.com/posts/reason-mobile-cross-compilation-deep-dive/). You don’t have to use Reason; bsb-native picks up OCaml source files as well.

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**Author:** ![Kakadu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/kakadu/32/1204_2.png) [@Kakadu](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/Kakadu)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-sources-compilation-for-ios-android/2167/3 "2018-07-31T09:15:57Z")

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I [managed](https://github.com/Kakadu/ocaml-qt-android-demo) to compile Qt/OCaml Android helloworld some time ago. If you want to stick with Qt I can help you repeat my experience.