LVGL - Open-source Embedded GUI Library in Rust

![Original LVGL demo image](lv_demo.png)

LVGL provides everything you need to create a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on embedded systems with easy-to-use graphical elements, beautiful visual effects and low memory footprint.

LVGL is compatible with #![no_std] environments by default.

Rust to WASM demo · Official LVGL Website · C library repository · Official live demos

--- ![Rust bindings usage demo code.](demo.png) ## System Build Dependencies In order to build the `lvgl` project you will need the following system dependencies to be installed: ``` $ sudo apt install build-essential llvm clang ``` If you want to build the examples, then you will need to install SDL2 as well. ``` $ sudo apt install libsdl2-dev ``` ## Usage Edit your `Cargo.toml` file dependencies with: ``` $ cargo add lvgl ``` The build requires the environment variable bellow to be set: - `DEP_LV_CONFIG_PATH`: Path to the directory containing the `lv_conf.h` header file used for configuration of LVGL library. We recommend the `lv_conf.h` file to be in your project's root directory. If so, the command to build your project would be: ```shell script $ DEP_LV_CONFIG_PATH=`pwd` cargo build ``` ### Building for embedded environments We make use of `bindgen` for generating the bindings to LittlevGL at build time. There is a problem in cargo when building for `no_std`, so we need to use a workaround to build "lvgl-rs". The mainstrem issue in cargo is being tracked at [rust-lang/cargo#7915](https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7915). ```shell $ DEP_LV_CONFIG_PATH=`pwd` cargo build -Zfeatures=build_dep ``` ### LVGL Global Allocator A [global allocator](https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/alloc/trait.GlobalAlloc.html) for Rust leveraging the [LVGL memory allocator](https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/blob/master/src/misc/lv_mem.h) is provided, but not enabled by default. Can be enabled by the feature `lvgl_alloc`. This will make all dynamic memory to be allocated by LVGL internal memory manager. ## Running the demo **Hint for macOS users**: Before you run the demos you need to make sure you have [libsdl](https://www.libsdl.org) installed on your machine. To install it, use HomeBrew: ```shell $ brew install sdl2 ``` [This project contains examples that can run in a desktop simulator.](./examples) First, make sure to pull `lvgl-rs` submodules: ```shell $ git submodule init $ git submodule update ``` Then run the `demo` example: ```shell $ DEP_LV_CONFIG_PATH=`pwd`/examples/include cargo run --example demo ``` ## Feature Support The bindings are still in development. There are many features of LVGL that needs to be exposed by `lvgl-rs`. In this section you can check what is implemented at the moment. ### Features List of LVGL features that impacts the library usage in general. - [x] Displays: We use [`embedded_graphics`](https://docs.rs/embedded-graphics/0.6.2/embedded_graphics/) library to draw to the display. You can use `lvgl-rs` with any of the [`embedded_graphics` supported displays](https://docs.rs/embedded-graphics/0.6.2/embedded_graphics/#supported-displays). - [x] Events: You can listen and trigger events in widget objects. - [x] Styles: You can set styles in any exposed object. We are still missing the possibility of defining global base styles. - [ ] Input Devices - [ ] Fonts - [ ] Images - [ ] File system - [ ] Animations - [ ] Tasks ### Widgets Widgets currently implemented might have some missing features. If the widget you want to use is not exposed or is missing a feature you want to make use, please send a Pull Request or open an issue.