Today in #BeeWare

@freakboy3742 tries to name a thing. Gets sad because name is taken on #PyPI.

Upon closer inspection: _Russell_ owns the package on PyPI.

"But Doctor! I _am_ the Cheeseshop!"

I'm beginning to love 🐝 @beeware for #Python for Android development.

2 reasons.

The build process to get an Android app running from scratch is working even if you (like me) know nothing about Java and Android. There's a tutorial telling you all steps.

Interacting with Java (to access hardware features outside of the scope of #Beeware) was a pain to get working (for me), but that now it does, I'm confident that I won't be show stopped later.

See example: https://github.com/mborus/can-beeware-for-android-bridge-to-java

Took Beeware for a spin yesterday. It's just the Toga web view tutorial from the documentation page, but serving my FreedomBox web interface.

Screenshot: https://njoseph.me/bepasty/F6DGm3vq

There's not much to see in terms of code. I am just amazed that it works on GTK and Android. I had to put a lot of work into resizing PNGs because the platforms expect different resolutions.
https://salsa.debian.org/njoseph/freedombox-beeware

I don't know yet if the native Android app's features can be fully replicated.

#FreedomBox #Beeware