topic Re: High level declarative UI framework in i.MX RT Crossover MCUs

High level declarative UI framework

MatthewRuzzi — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:19:17 GMT

Are there any high level declarative UI frameworks for i.MX RT Crossover MCUs? I would like to be able to write code in a high level language like Swift or JavaScript and create the UI using something similar to SwiftUI or React.

Re: High level declarative UI framework

Gavin_Jia — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 03:06:51 GMT

Hi @MatthewRuzzi ,

Thanks for your interest in NXP MIMXRT series!

NXP officially provides the GuiGuider tool to help customers rapidly develop UI software, with LVGL as its underlying framework. Additionally, the SDK includes sample projects for emWin and VGLite. While high-level language implementations are not currently officially supported, I recommend exploring the following approaches:

1. https://doc.qt.io/QtForMCUs/qtul-zephyr-mimx1060-evk.html

https://www.embeddedartists.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/QtMCUs_ProgramDevelopment.pdf

2 https://www.nxp.com/design/design-center/training/TIP-CREATE-USER-INTERFACE-QT

3. https://docs.microej.com/en/latest/GettingStarted/gettingStartedIMXRT1170.html

4. https://github.com/lvgl/lv_micropython

5. https://www.swift.org/blog/embedded-swift-examples/

I hope these resources will inspire your development.

Best regards,
Gavin

Re: High level declarative UI framework

MatthewRuzzi — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 04:25:51 GMT

Are there any projects that are currently working on this? I would really like to be able to use a language like Swift or JavaScript. Is there anything that I can do to make it more likely for this to be possible in the future? Are there places that I should submit or vote on feature requests, or other places that I should post this?