Building

Find here instructions for building the Wallet Core library locally.

Platforms

The following target platforms are supported:

  • iOS (Swift language is used)

  • Android

  • Wasm (Emscripten)

The following development platforms are supported:

  • macOS: is the primary development platform, as it supports compiling for both target platforms.

  • Linux: is supported as a development platform if you only need to build C++ and Wasm targets.

Build Methods

Wallet Core can be build inside a Docker image, or natively.

  • Inside Docker image: This way is easier to get the prerequisites, as they are all inside a Docker image. However, all building has to be done inside the Docker image.

  • Natively, in your dev OS (macOS, Linux).

Prerequisites

Use one top-level script to install all required dependencies and prepare WalletCore for building:

./bootstrap.sh all

Please note that the script configures the environment for all target platforms: Native, Android, iOS (on MacOS), and WASM. If you intend to use WalletCore on specific platforms only, you can specify those platforms in the arguments:

./bootstrap.sh android ios

Otherwise, consider installing the required prerequisites manually below.

Prerequisites on macOS

  • CMake brew install cmake

  • Boost brew install boost

  • Xcode

  • Xcode command line tools: xcode-select --install

  • Ruby brew install ruby

  • Other tools: brew install git ninja autoconf automake libtool xcodegen clang-format ccache cocoapods

  • Android Studio

  • Android NDK

  • Rust: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

  • emscripten (for WASM)

Prerequisites on Linux

Ubuntu as a example:

  • Various essential packages sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autoconf pkg-config ninja-build ccache

  • Clang sudo apt-get install clang-14 llvm-14 libc++-dev libc++abi-dev

  • Ruby sudo apt-get install ruby-full

  • Boost sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev

  • CMake sudo apt-get install cmake or (from https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases)

  • Android Studio

  • Rust: curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

  • emscripten (for WASM)

Managed Prerequisites

Additionally, the following prerequisites are also needed, but they are managed by Wallet Core. The script tools/install-dependencies downloads and compiles them (see below).

  • Google test (gtest)

  • libcheck

  • nolhmann json

  • Protobuf

Full Build

WalletCore is ready to be built after installing all prerequisites. Building for each platform is different.

Native building and testing

To build and run tests on the native platform (Linux, MacOS), run the following command:

./tools/build-and-test

Or, broken up in smaller steps:

  1. This script generates source files, coin- and protobuf files. Needs to be re-run whenever registry.json, or protobuf files, or ./include interface, or Rust codebase are changed.

./tools/generate-files

  1. Standard CMake and make commands for building the library. The cmake command needs to be re-run whenever a new C++ source file is added.

cmake -H. -Bbuild -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug

  1. Build TrezorCrypto and WalletCore C++ tests.

make -Cbuild -j12 tests TrezorCryptoTests

  1. Run TrezorCrypto and WalletCore C++ tests.

./build/tests/tests tests --gtest_filter=*

If you'd rather use and IDE for building and debugging you can specify the -G option to cmake. For instance to use Xcode call cmake -Bxcode -GXcode -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug and use the generated project in the xcode folder.

Wasm building

Configure WASM environment with either running a bootstrap:

./bootstrap.sh wasm

Or installing Emscripten SDK (emsdk) manually:

`tools/install-wasm-dependencies`

Activate emsdk:

`source emsdk/emsdk_env.sh`

After WASM environment is configured, build WalletCore for WASM:

tools/wasm-build

Run Wasm tests:

cd wasm
npm install && npm run copy:wasm && npm run build
npm run test

Testing Rust library

Rust library can be tested separately from the C++ part.

cd rust
cargo test

Checking Rust lints

We use rustfmt, clippy to check if the Rust code is formatted and does not contain common warnings/errors.

Run Rust lints:

./tools/rust-lints

Building inside Docker image

Here are the instructions to build Wallet Core with the provided Dockerfile.

Prerequisite is a working Docker installation.

The command for building the Docker image:

docker build docker/wallet-core --tag wallet-core-dev

Then launch the container:

docker run -i -t wallet-core-dev /bin/bash

Inside the container the build commands can be executed (as described above; note that install-dependencies is not necessary):

cd wallet-core
./tools/build-and-test

Executing inside Docker image

The Docker image also contains a pre-built, runnable version of the library, so it is possible to run it, 'toy around' with it without any building. Note: this may not be the most recent version!

Unit tests and wallet console utility can be executed straight from this Docker image:

docker run -i -t trustwallet/wallet-core
cd wallet-core
./build/tests/tests tests
./build/walletconsole/walletconsole
exit

Linux

Building on Linux is possible, it requires some extra work. If you have access to macOS we highly recommend developing on that platform. Using the Docker image is also recommended. Otherwise, the prerequisites have to be installed manually. We recommend using Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, same as Wallet Core CI.

Unit tests with Coverage

For executing tests locally with coverage measurement, some extra cmake settings are needed; see section on coverage instructions.

All CMake options

We enable these options on CI: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DTW_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DTW_CODE_COVERAGE=ON -DTW_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=ON -DTW_CLANG_ASAN=ON

Name
Description
How to enable it
Notes

TW_IDE_CLION

Specify that your IDE is CLion, way to enable coverage is different on CLion

-DTW_IDE_CLION=ON

Do not enable multiple IDE options at the same time Off by default

TW_IDE_VSCODE

Specify that your IDE is vscode, way to use PVS-studio is different on VSCode

-DTW_IDE_VSCODE=ON

Do not enable multiple IDE options at the same time Off by default

TW_UNITY_BUILD

Specify that you want to use UNITY BUILD in the project, use it in order to build faster.

-DTW_UNITY_BUILD=ON

To be used for CI environment. Off by default

TW_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY

Specify that you want to build with clang-tidy static analyzer.

-DTW_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY=ON

Do not use it at the same time as TW_ENABLE_PVS_STUDIO Clang-tidy must be installed Off by default

TW_ENABLE_PVS_STUDIO

Specify that you want to build with pvs-studio static analyzer

-DTW_ENABLE_PVS_STUDIO=ON

Do not use it at the same time as TW_ENABLE_CLANG_TIDY PVS-Studio must be installed and configured. Can be combined with TW_IDE_VSCODE Off by default

TW_CLANG_ASAN

Specify that you want to build with ASAN dynamic analyzer.

-DTW_CLANG_ASAN=ON

use it in Debug for optimal result. Do not mix with other runtime analyzer. Off by default

TW_COMPILE_WASM

Specify that you are targeting WASM.

-DTW_COMPILE_WASM=ON

Off by default

TW_CODE_COVERAGE

Specify that you want to build with coverage support

-DTW_CODE_COVERAGE=ON

Can be combined with TW_IDE_CLION Off by default

TW_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS

Specify that you want to treat all the warnings as error

-DTW_WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS=ON

Adviced to be used locally, during development. Off by default

TW_ENABLE_CCACHE

Specify that you want to use CCACHE

-DTW_ENABLE_CCACHE=ON

On by default

TW_UNIT_TESTS

Specify that you want to enable unit tests in the project

-DTW_UNIT_TESTS=ON

On by default on native platforms

TW_BUILD_EXAMPLES

Specify that you want to enable examples in the project

-DTW_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON

On by default on native platforms

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