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Nov 09, 2019 - 02:06
Pythoncodist
What follows is an example, in code, of polymorphism:
```python
from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
class UIControl(ABC):
@abstractmethod
...
Nov 08, 2019 - 12:11
MurimGomes
I have pretty much only a basic idea how to code on pythonista, the modules help a lot, but I can’t seem to find a way to code a game with 4...
Nov 08, 2019 - 12:10
JubimGomes
Full python 2.7 and 3.6 support. A nice GUI editor. All system features that Apple allows to be accessed, can be accessed. And you can even ...
Nov 08, 2019 - 11:52
rootwilliamson
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I often use popover presentation for popup menu. I have always computed the view frame to contain my TextView. But now, with the 330018 beta...
Nov 07, 2019 - 18:16
cladocora
Why the text color remain black?
```python
import turtle
def t():
t = turtle.Turtle()
t.fillcolor('green')
t.begin_fill()
t.color('gre...
Nov 07, 2019 - 11:04
ChrisGVE
Just bought Pythonista and it’s really great, a PyCharm for iOS 😉 and with iCloud support I can hope to work seamlessly between my Mac and i...
Nov 07, 2019 - 09:23
OliverGomes
Using UI and Pythonista and coming from Ruby on Rails, I’m having a hard time structuring a simple project because of the lack of convention...
Nov 07, 2019 - 09:22
DavidFernas
As title, I'd like to trigger a script which I've opened from Working Copy. What's the smoothest way to achieve this?
I'm aware that it's p...
Nov 06, 2019 - 20:01
shinyformica
Before I delve into all the necessary objective-c to build a UICollectionView and delegate that I can use inside a pythonista UI, has anyone...
Nov 06, 2019 - 11:53
mikael
While this is not Pythonista specific, I use it with Pythonista, and would be happy to get some feedback on it. Please find the file on [Git...
Nov 06, 2019 - 09:06
KTAM
Is there a way to install the module miniupnpc? I am using iphone
Nov 05, 2019 - 22:05
Calvin
During Innovation day at work, I was free to play around with some Python recently.
Made an app so that I could log when I arrived and whe...
Nov 05, 2019 - 21:48
devinboulin
How would I create a script to select “devices” from the amazon Alexa app using Pythonista. I’m an electronic tech that’s used to using rsl...
Nov 05, 2019 - 17:44
dacabemo
Hi everyone!
Before I purchase pythonista for IOS I would like to know if is it possible to get values by snmp, as snmpget.
I need to contr...
Nov 05, 2019 - 13:37
pulbrich
I have added a 3D cube puzzle to the demo scripts of the sceneKit wrapper.
Apart from the entertainment value of the puzzle, the scrips dem...
Nov 05, 2019 - 08:51
thomas53
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Nov 05, 2019 - 04:34
MazukFarnas
I'm trying to learn to use the integrated UI designer in pythonista, and am stuck at the beginning. I'm trying to just read some textfields,...
Nov 05, 2019 - 04:28
NuzakFarnas
I want to use Pythonista to automate reblogging from one of my tumblr blogs to another (they're my kids' sites that I set up for my parents....
Nov 05, 2019 - 01:40
sodoku
How do I add SpriteNodes and label nodes to the different coloured views
```
import ui
class TabbedView(ui.View):
def __init__(self,tab...
Nov 04, 2019 - 15:53
mithrendal
the example from the official documentation http://omz-software.com/pythonista/docs/ios/contacts.html
does not work anymore in this build. I...
Same kind of problem as full_screen...
The window of Pythonista is not entirely hidden by the sheet presentation of the view
The gray part i...
Nov 04, 2019 - 09:07
tactfulgamer
Hello,
I am trying to understand what I am doing wrong?
I am following a step by step youtube video. I don’t understand why it’s not runn...
Issue open [https://github.com/omz/Pythonista-Issues/issues/620](https://github.com/omz/Pythonista-Issues/issues/620)
 which "Restores ability to open external folders on iOS 13."
I haven't downloade...
@mikael I use your WKWebView module (thanks for this marvelous piece of code, as usual) to display an ePub book. In an ePub, each chapter is...
Nov 02, 2019 - 08:28
upwart
As much as I like Pythonista, we have to face the fact that there's no more development. Fortunately there's a very active, open source, Pyt...
Nov 01, 2019 - 12:01
harryleo10002
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Nov 01, 2019 - 07:40
rykeur
Just bought Pythonista 3. And somewhat new to the language. (Taking a class right now)
From what I know, you are supposed to place your own...
Nov 01, 2019 - 02:22
sodoku
hello peoples today I wanted to turn this into a Connect 4 style of game first I would load a connect4startmenu.pyui that has one TextField ...
Oct 31, 2019 - 22:32
shinyformica
It's not hard to modify the appearance of table cells in a ui.TableView, by changing how the tableview_cell_for_row() method in the delegate...
Oct 31, 2019 - 19:28
AceNinjaFire
Is it just me or does the math.sqrt(x) function not work??? I keep trying both in sqrt(x) and math.sqrt(x) and neither work in my program. I...
Oct 31, 2019 - 13:07
Zimbo
Dear all,
I have an issue with a plot colouring in Pythonista's console screen. For instance, in case of a 3D plot I can change the backgro...
Oct 31, 2019 - 09:14
usgf08
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Oct 31, 2019 - 03:39
sodoku
I don’t know if this is possible to do??? but can I add emojis to the label nodes position by typing the current text that is in the label i...
Oct 31, 2019 - 01:31
tactfulgamer
I almost deleted the script by swiping to the left on it, from the left side panel. Is the a way to close out the open script?
I don’t see...
Oct 30, 2019 - 17:31
craigmrock
Trying to store my calculations in one function and call it in my input function to output a total. If level 1 is selected, I want it to fin...
Oct 30, 2019 - 13:50
rootwilliamson
Recently I bought a new Samsung smart tv for my home which has best features and colors. I want to stream English series but they block my i...
Oct 30, 2019 - 11:03
sodoku
Hello Pythonista I have a pyui called pawz, with just a text field and a button, that I wanted to use as a pause menu and update the label n...
Oct 29, 2019 - 21:50
tactfulgamer
I am trying to learn coding. I am a true beginner. I searched youtube and found one from giovanni creating a game. This game guide is cool ...
Oct 29, 2019 - 11:21
sodoku
How do I add another 3 by 3 box’s so I have 2 3by3 separate boxes on one screen
,Without making the m and n 3 by 6
```python
import scene, u...
Oct 29, 2019 - 11:12
tactfulgamer
**Speaking for iPad Device:**
In the tutorial linked below on at the 2:50 mark, there is a + button inside a square on the top left. I don’t...
Oct 29, 2019 - 10:26
tactfulgamer
Hi All,
New to Pythonista, just discovered it after giving up on Codea (a game engine on iOS)
It lacked facility for me to learn. I am st...
Oct 28, 2019 - 20:08
shinyformica
Silly little question: I love that pythonista ships with a couple big sets of nice open-source icon libraries, but there's one icon that sho...
Oct 28, 2019 - 07:34
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Oct 28, 2019 - 00:17
formula155
Hi,
New user here. When I start typing in the console input box a bunch of action buttons pop up and obscure the console input so I can’t s...
Oct 27, 2019 - 11:10
niksonbinsk
Is it possible to integrate git in pythonista?
Not StaSH
Oct 26, 2019 - 19:04
dwilson99
I'm trying to execute a Python script that is one of my "Favorites". The script needs to read an external file. The file is listed as an "Ex...
Oct 25, 2019 - 01:41
ClackHack
While I have been doing python for over a year, I thought I would share one of my first projects, see if you can beat my record of 12 days. ...
Oct 24, 2019 - 22:37
trinsic
I'm working on a Workflow that renames a opened file based on selected text from the content area. But It looks like I can only create a new...