Rust for iOS developers

Talk at iOSDevUK and Swift Connection 2026.

• iOSDevUK slides
• iOSDevUK slides with presenter notes
• Swift Connection slides

References and further reading

• Nutrient
  • Nutrient iOS SDK documentation (PDF viewer and editor)
• NSLondon
• Swift
• Rust
• Swift Craft 2025: On Progressive Disclosure in Swift by Doug Gregor
• Swift Package Index
  • What is a package registry?
• crates.io: Rust Package Registry
• Swift InlineArray

Swift ownership and noncopyable types:

• Swift Evolution: borrowing and consuming parameter ownership modifiers
• Swift forums: A roadmap for improving Swift performance predictability: ARC improvements and ownership control
• Swift language reference: Declarations > Parameter Modifiers
• Hacking with Swift: Noncopyable structs and enums
• Hacking with Swift: Upgrades for noncopyable types

Getting started with Rust:

• Learn Rust
• Rust book
• Install Rust