I can run on my Nothing phone (Android) after I fixed some issues.
I created a pull requests and an issue you can take a look I think that can help.
Other things I need to fix for Android is java version (I use Open JDK 17), and Gradle tool (version 8.8).
@GenericJam I have created pull request & open an issue please take a look.
Could you share more details about this? I’d like to take a look. Running LLMs/SLMs on the client side is my first choice for assistance, voice commands, and local suggestions.
After some wrangling with AI(amp + claude), I got mob working on my iOS phone(Apple 14).
I’ll see if I can contribute upstream if that’s desired.
Is a phone much the same as running on desktop/server in that if you’ve got access to the machine there is little stopping you from messing with the Erlang runtime?
In terms of security? In a manner of speaking but it is wrapped in the app which I believe is somewhat boxed in with user permissions. I’m not sure what it would take to hack the BEAM on device. A similar amount of effort to hack any app running on the phone I’d think.
As far as I know, apps running on mobile devices like Android and iOS are sandboxed, unlike desktop apps.
Yes. The app can only work within its own container but another app can’t reach into your container either. At least not without effort.
To answer another question you may be implying - if you are connected to the Erlang runtime via Erlang distribution, then the other system already owns you - no security whatsoever. So you should exercise judgement in who you let connect node to node. Only a trusted source like your own machine. In mob you can shut down epmd so you could just run with it shut the whole time and if you want to hot upgrade, negotiate that via http (cookie exchange) and then open epmd for the duration of the code upload. Then close it again.
