acaprino Tauri 2 Development
Index for Tauri 2 patterns -- core, desktop, mobile. Each section points to a focused reference; the references hold gotchas and link out to canonical docs at v2.tauri.app.
Quick command reference
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| New project | npm create tauri-app@latest |
| Add plugin | npm run tauri add <plugin-name> |
| Dev (desktop) | cargo tauri dev |
| Build (desktop) | cargo tauri build |
| Info / sanity check | cargo tauri info |
| Init Android / iOS | npm run tauri android init / ios init |
| Dev mobile | npm run tauri android dev / ios dev |
| Build APK / AAB | npm run tauri android build --apk / --aab |
| Build IPA | npm run tauri ios build |
Reading order by topic
Core
setup.md-- prerequisites (Rust, Node, Vite gotchas)rust-patterns.md-- commands, state, channels, events, error handlingfrontend-patterns.md-- invoke, channels, listeners, capabilitiesplugins-core.md-- universal plugins (fs, http, store, sql, deep-link, ...)
Desktop
window-management.md-- multi-window, frameless, tray, menus, global shortcutsshell-plugin.md-- spawn child processes, sidecar binaries, scoped commandsbuild-deploy-desktop.md-- bundling, code signing, notarization, auto-updaterplatform-webviews.md-- WebView2 / WKWebView / WebKitGTK differences and floorsauthentication.md-- OAuth/PKCE via system browserci-cd.md-- provider-agnostic pipeline patterns
Mobile
setup-mobile.md-- Android SDK + iOS Xcode tooling, pinned versions (AGP 8.11.0 / Gradle 8.14.3 / Kotlin 1.9.25), Gradle 9.0 readinessplugins-mobile.md-- biometric, barcode, haptics, NFC, geolocation, Android safe-area workaroundauthentication-mobile.md-- deep-link OAuth, Apple Sign-In, Firebase callbackiap.md-- in-app purchases (Google Play + App Store)testing.md-- emulator, ADB, logcat, WebView debugging (happy path)debugging-mobile.md-- iOS Web Inspector, Rust backtrace extraction, store crash logs, troubleshooting decision treesmobile-stale-builds.md-- the Cargorerun-if-changedgap that ships stale frontends in APKs;build.rswalk pattern + Gradle safety netbuild-deploy-mobile.md-- signing, store builds, NDK / 16KB / RustWebViewClient gotchasci-cd-mobile.md-- mobile signing in CI, store uploaddistribution-android.md-- Play Console submission, keystore, Play App Signing, common rejectionsdistribution-ios.md-- App Store Connect, certificates and provisioning, Info.plist usage descriptions, TestFlight, App Privacy
Specialized
high-frequency-ui.md-- streaming/trading UI composition (atomic state, virtualization, rust-lld)ipc-streaming.md-- Channel-vs-emit benchmarks, rkyv zero-copy, backpressure
Project skeleton
my-app/
+-- src/ # Frontend (React/Vue/Svelte/...)
+-- src-tauri/
| +-- Cargo.toml
| +-- tauri.conf.json # Main config
| +-- src/
| | +-- main.rs # Desktop entry (don't modify)
| | +-- lib.rs # All your code + mobile entry
| +-- capabilities/
| | +-- default.json # Permissions
| +-- gen/
| +-- android/ # Generated Android project
| +-- apple/ # Generated Xcode project
Minimum viable config
// tauri.conf.json
{
"$schema": "https://schema.tauri.app/config/2",
"productName": "MyApp",
"identifier": "com.company.myapp",
"build": {
"devUrl": "http://localhost:5173",
"frontendDist": "../dist"
}
}
// capabilities/default.json
{ "identifier": "default", "windows": ["main"], "permissions": ["core:default"] }
// src-tauri/src/lib.rs
#[cfg_attr(mobile, tauri::mobile_entry_point)]
pub fn run() {
tauri::Builder::default()
.plugin(tauri_plugin_opener::init())
.invoke_handler(tauri::generate_handler![])
.run(tauri::generate_context!())
.expect("error");
}
Official docs
- Tauri 2: https://v2.tauri.app
- Plugin index: https://v2.tauri.app/plugin/
- GitHub: https://github.com/tauri-apps/tauri
- Awesome Tauri (community): https://github.com/tauri-apps/awesome-tauri