The next three shots are assorted Python tkinter GUIs running
on Android, in the _Pydroid 3_ app:
__Frigcal__,
__Mergeall__,
and a _Programming Python_ book
_example_.
It's amazing to see desktop GUIs spring to life on a phone like
this, though they generally require a few code tweaks to get there,
don't support multiple windows very well, and must be run on a
freemium app that flashes obnoxious fullscreen ads unless you pay a
_fee_.
It's worth the modest fee, but the policy comes off as quite rude,
especially given that the app is largely a package of open-source code.
See this site's Tkinter-on-Android
_guide_
for more info.
In principle, tkinter could also be bundled into standalone apps,
but it's a very deep slog, and requires substantial Java—a punt for now.
_
_2023 updates_:
In 2023, Pydroid 3 temporarily lost utility when it adopted
Android 11+ scoped
_storage_.
Its tkinter still worked, but the code it ran could access only
Pydroid 3-specific folders, which made content sharing tedious.
This was eventually repaired but is something of a lesson about
pandering to vendor whims. Read more at this site's
_coverage_;
an Android casualty to be sure, but Play-store revenue seems a likely cohort.
Also in 2023, _PC-Phone USB Sync_ made the above concerns moot
by using Python, Kivy, and Buildozer to build a standalone app that avoids
Pydroid 3 dependence in full and runs on both Android and PCs from a common
code base. Stay tuned for the Android-thread wrap-up in
_2023_.
