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Feb 21, 2020 - 13:46
KipCarter
I've found a great little piece of code to scan bar codes from an iOS device. If you would like to see the full code sample got to this lin...
Feb 19, 2020 - 23:59
richiwalt
I have a Pythonista script that processes some end-of-the-month budget stuff with spreadsheets. The script needs several input balance_bro...
Feb 19, 2020 - 23:56
FlyingDiver
Experienced Python developer here, but new to Pythonista and toolkits on iOS. I'm looking for (or to write) a script that will backup the P...
Feb 19, 2020 - 17:58
tjs
What could be the reason for the app closing whenever you are adding any item to a new pyui file?
Feb 19, 2020 - 00:22
Tey
How can I keep the status bar (giving time, date, .... battery level) from appearing at the top of my scene? ``` import scene import ui cla...
Feb 17, 2020 - 18:14
Drizzel
Hi, so I have this function: ``` def clean(data): while data.startswith(' '): data = data[1:] while data.endswith(' '): data = da...
Feb 17, 2020 - 16:40
boegh
Encouraged by the good and solid responses for my previous question I will dare another one here :) Is there a way to maximize the console ...
Feb 17, 2020 - 14:20
isabellamelo
Hi I start to learn python recently and the course use the command line with a interpreter. There’s this function on pythonista?
Feb 17, 2020 - 14:20
ihf
If I select Run Pythonista Script from the Share sheet while using Gmail app and with text selected, the sheet appears and then immediately ...
Feb 17, 2020 - 02:34
deng
Hi, I am looking for CWT lib. ( Continuous Wavelet Transform). When we use normal Python, we can use Scipy lib. In those, there is a CWT fun...
Feb 14, 2020 - 17:25
boegh
I just started on Pythonista a few days ago (and so far I love it), in order to learn a bit more of Python (I have no professional programmi...
Feb 13, 2020 - 18:56
KipCarter
I am attempting to install my first module with Pythonista and running into an error that I'm guessing is the result of my improper use of p...
Feb 12, 2020 - 10:19
Minatory
Can we get ability to run in more windows on iPadOS please?
Feb 11, 2020 - 15:24
Dog2puppy
I'm displaying a view by navigating to it with a NavigationController. This view will be dynamic and will display a players stats using data...
Feb 11, 2020 - 06:23
dinjohn152
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Feb 10, 2020 - 06:32
deng
I cann’t install openpyxl in Pythonista on iPad Pro using pip. Please help me!
Feb 09, 2020 - 23:38
BapeHiks
I don't speak English very well, I think there are many like me. How could I help with translation? I don't need the source code or anything...
Feb 09, 2020 - 18:49
puckypuck
Hello, When i trying import data i get this error. import regex as re E ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'regex’ And another error ...
Feb 09, 2020 - 08:52
cvp
Just put by @omz in Twitter, see [github](https://gist.github.com/omz/4da31445f14b7d5ae86904a855463359)
Feb 09, 2020 - 05:40
ellie_ff1493
so i wanted to port the scene modal over to pc (if i am aloud), and i found out that _scene2 is builtin to the interpreter so think i found ...
Feb 08, 2020 - 23:27
ihf
Is there a driver that will permit sqlalchemy to communicate with MS SQL Server? pyodbc requires c libraries so it cannot be installed. MySQ...
Feb 08, 2020 - 17:22
upwart
I just noticed that under Pythonista, it is not required to say import os, import sys or import shutil. That seems fine ... until you run th...
Feb 07, 2020 - 17:54
jmmelko
Hi, has anyone written a « find in files » script for Pythonista? Basically a script that would search .py or text files within a folder an...
Feb 07, 2020 - 11:23
kghector
Hi mega noob here to python. Can anyone help me please. I am running a specific script that uses z3 solver. (Searches seeds for a Pokémon g...
Feb 06, 2020 - 14:48
lyubomyr83
Hello pythonista community. Can someone adwise me formula for recognize quantity of unique combinations when you count to some max digit wi...
Feb 06, 2020 - 08:46
tactfulgamer
I haven’t been here in a long while, just checking and finding out Pythonista3 is pretty much done. **Question 1:** The new app Pyto - Can ...
Feb 04, 2020 - 16:42
pelowtown24
Im trying to create buttons so this action can be pass after. I’m new at this sorry to a pain. Here is my scrip without the buttons: ``` im...
Feb 04, 2020 - 04:49
Friendodoo
I’m trying to make a labelnode with scene but it raises a value error constantly, anyone else has this problem?
Feb 04, 2020 - 03:46
mcriley821
So I’m working on a ui with the ui module and the objc_util module. I needed to use the objc_util to do some user QOL improvements with the ...
Feb 04, 2020 - 00:14
shinya.ta
I used to use the beta version. I can't use it after the expiration date. What should I do?
Feb 03, 2020 - 06:40
Kofi
Hello everyone! I’ve been on this forum before on another account and have used pythonista for about a year now, but I wouldn’t consider mys...
Feb 02, 2020 - 11:34
puckypuck
Hello all, recently i have installed pythonista (3.6), and immediately stash. now wants to execute pip install binance but nothing is added...
Jan 29, 2020 - 11:06
dbmci
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Jan 29, 2020 - 01:25
iAmMortos
I found myself regularly wanting to copy modules I had already written into new projects. Things like Dice classes, confirmation views, or e...
Jan 29, 2020 - 00:03
iAmMortos
This is a pattern I've been using to instantiate custom Views that have accompanying `pyui` files with dynamic data. Just looking for some f...
Jan 27, 2020 - 23:38
AZOM
Is it possible to enter a number, and that a UI loads with the amount of circle that you entered equally spaced vertically? And if yes, how?
Jan 26, 2020 - 22:03
BGKirkham
I have a ListDataSource as the data_source and delegate for a TableView. What is the relationship between the TableView.selected_row and th...
Jan 26, 2020 - 20:50
broepke
Greetings. I'm using Pythonista 3 with Working Copy and therefor syncing GitHub Repos with iCloud. I have a Flask based project and I want...
Jan 23, 2020 - 19:00
iAmMortos
I have a `ui.ImageView` with `content_mode = ui.CONTENT_SCALE_ASPECT_FILL`. The [documentation](http://omz-software.com/pythonista/docs/ios/...
Jan 23, 2020 - 10:10
Matteo
Hello, do you know a way (I searched in the forum but not found answer) to find text (also with regex) in console output field, select it, c...
Jan 22, 2020 - 17:28
wannabegeek
**Brief background**: I take lots of pictures on my phone. Whenever one comes out well, I go into my phone's camera roll, select that pictur...
Jan 21, 2020 - 15:21
ProgrammingGo
Hi, I wanted to ask if they are any examples of how to make up an animation moving based on incoming orientation data that is sent via Blue...
Jan 21, 2020 - 06:52
cjohnson32
Hi all, I’m extremely new to python and coding in general. I am trying to create a fairly simple app to clock in and out for work purposes....
Jan 19, 2020 - 18:56
Loimeee
So I just wanted to open a picture, manipulate it and then do some other things. But how do I actually open a picture with PIL, because I wa...
Jan 17, 2020 - 23:58
schiffm
Hi, I try to read data from an Arduino with BLE (DFR Bluno beetle device from) but unfortunately I don't understand the documentation of th...
Jan 17, 2020 - 10:37
afh1012
Hi all, anybody know how to turn on airplane mode in pythonista?
Jan 17, 2020 - 08:15
afh1012
Hi all, how to open native apps like calculator in pythonista 3 ? Is there a url scheme for calculator app?
Jan 17, 2020 - 07:37
samfrank
I have an app that I created a few years back to teach in my classroom. The app is using dual display with an HDMI cable. To get dual displ...
Jan 16, 2020 - 19:11
cvp
AR Quick Look to display USDZ files of virtual objects in 3D or AR. Download an example usdz file from [f.i. here](https://developer.apple.c...
Jan 15, 2020 - 13:08
DavidOwen
Full python 2.7 and 3.5 support. A nice GUI editor. All system features that Apple allows to be accessed, can be accessed. And you can even ...