# Use internet computer as a backend storage for ios mobile app development

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/use-internet-computer-as-a-backend-storage-for-ios-mobile-app-development/22384>\
**Category:** Programs & Applications\
**Created:** [August 26, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/use-internet-computer-as-a-backend-storage-for-ios-mobile-app-development/22384 "2023-08-26T03:35:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![dragonrenaissance](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/dragonrenaissance/32/11683_2.png) [@dragonrenaissance](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/dragonrenaissance)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/use-internet-computer-as-a-backend-storage-for-ios-mobile-app-development/22384/1 "2023-08-26T03:35:25Z")

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I want to use internet computer as a backend storage for ios mobile app development. Is there a rust API to use from ios app?

My research suggests that use agent to talk to internet computer. Does any developer have this experience and could share a similar project I could learn?

Thank you very much 🙂

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**Author:** ![cryptoschindler](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/cryptoschindler/32/26_2.png) [@cryptoschindler](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/cryptoschindler)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/use-internet-computer-as-a-backend-storage-for-ios-mobile-app-development/22384/2 "2023-09-26T17:12:32Z")

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I’m not sure if you can use a rust Agent in a Swift project, but here is a [list of Agents](https://github.com/dfinity/awesome-internet-computer#client-libraries-agents) available for different host languages. Towards the end of the year we will also have a basic Swift Agent available for iOS developers 🙂

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**Author:** ![joshika2002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@joshika2002](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/joshika2002)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/use-internet-computer-as-a-backend-storage-for-ios-mobile-app-development/22384/4 "2026-07-31T20:25:12Z")

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Great question , for iOS specifically, check out the ic-agent Rust crate (via agent-rs) combined with UniFFI to generate Swift bindings from your Rust code. If you’d rather skip Rust FFI entirely, there’s also IcpKit, a native Swift library for interacting with the IC on iOS/macOS. Both are listed in the awesome-internet-computer repo if you want to dig further.