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Sep 01, 2019 - 14:04
idchlife
Can't select folder in Files app in iPadOS. Google says nothing about it, nobody had problem with selecting folders in Files app, so I suspe...
Sep 01, 2019 - 00:45
locm
Here is my script:
```python
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as soup
from urllib.request import urlopen as uReq
page_url = ('http://fcs002.xre...
Aug 31, 2019 - 18:09
artembosten
Hello,
I'm trying to create a scroll view in Editorial custom ui editor, but don't see an option for a scroll view. In the docs it says the...
Aug 31, 2019 - 14:32
massoud
I installed "cryptography" module by StaSh/pip. When I use "import cryptography" in console, the module is known (installed in site-packa...
Aug 30, 2019 - 21:11
artembosten
I created a workflow for editorial to compose emails but running into some issues. I'm using the built-in module Compose Email and passing ...
Aug 29, 2019 - 23:36
sendog3c
Hello community:
Here I am again looking for help about a textfields delegators. I have used the example of delegator found here but does n...
I've recently bought myself a lovely Zoe R110 ZE40 electric car, and stumbled across this on the web.
https://adrian.schoenig.me/blog/2019/...
Aug 28, 2019 - 19:21
ChrisHare
I am new to Pythonista - like 30 minutes new.
I am writing code which interacts with the boto3 module for AWS. Additionally, I reuse a lot...
Aug 28, 2019 - 09:06
AnLee102
Cognitive disorder is a type of health disorder that affects cognitive abilities including learning ability, concentration, memory and probl...
Aug 28, 2019 - 03:51
rgorinstein
Hello,
I’d like to be able to alter the datepicker so the minute increments are only shown as 5- or 15-minute increments rather than 1-minu...
Aug 27, 2019 - 14:04
SmartGoat
Hey everyone, i’m wondering if you have some piece of code that can make a zip out of a folder and all of its child folders etc... cause i’m...
Aug 24, 2019 - 23:00
virexcr
Hi I’m trying to use matplotlib.pyplot to plot results from engineering calculations the documentation says that every call to pyplot should...
Aug 23, 2019 - 20:13
shinyformica
Is there any way to make a custom home screen shortcut icon for a script?
The normal pathway to make a shortcut only lets you choose install...
Aug 23, 2019 - 10:39
vanvuthanh
Children with speech delays mean the child's language use is slow and inferior to the normal language developmental milestones of young chil...
Aug 23, 2019 - 07:33
kami
Hi,
i would like to create a small RC Car controller app with Python. I have got a webcam on my RC Car and it stream the video over WIFI as...
Aug 22, 2019 - 18:38
mikael

Got excited about using SpriteKit, and ...
Aug 22, 2019 - 12:13
Ichicoro
Has anyone gotten popovers to work on iphone? I'd like to present a view as popover but I don't really understand the objc code behind it
Aug 22, 2019 - 04:49
ccb_2k18
Hi all. I tried to demo a loading bar using a ShapeNode class. I used self.w as a variable for the width but it won’t update its width when ...
Aug 21, 2019 - 21:30
ccb_2k18
Hello all, I am fairly new to Python, as well as Pythonista. I wanted to know if there is a way to change a LabelNode text overtime using th...
Aug 21, 2019 - 10:56
mikael
The following crashes on the last line and in objc_util.py on line 897. Any ideas how to get this working?
```
from objc_util import *
load...
Aug 21, 2019 - 01:17
eddo888
if you run the following as a custom shortcut
```
import sys, editor, console
console.clear()
print('\nwhy does the custom shortcut appen...
Aug 20, 2019 - 22:05
dolanskurd
Hello guys, Is there any updated news on publishing updated Pythonista. I think the beta version also will expire in next two days😩.
Aug 20, 2019 - 15:29
suzylw
Isn't it possible to place a radiobutton in .pyui?
Please let me know if you know how to place radiobutton.
Aug 20, 2019 - 06:47
Abashed
I have an issue with pythonista, where whenever I try to make an empty script or new folder, the app stops on the same selection screen, and...
Aug 19, 2019 - 17:20
SmartGoat
Hey everyone,
I was wondering if the new « multiple instances of a same app » functionality of iPad OS is working correctly with Pythonista....
Aug 19, 2019 - 07:03
madhuDm
Cloud services can used for all types of Business. Instead of Buying high Cost Servers, they can buy low cost servers and they can get Benef...
Aug 14, 2019 - 01:09
Valiarnt
Hey, I just recently got pythonista, and love the convenience of it. I’m not a super experienced coder, and I think I’m looking for an alter...
Aug 12, 2019 - 08:49
alexsun8373
Hi All,
I'm developing a dictionary app for my English test.I want to access the definition of the English word. so
I just add the foll...
Aug 12, 2019 - 00:33
ELECTRO8888
Hello everybody! I was wondering if it is possible to make a code generator that generates the code with an app where you drag and drop line...
Aug 11, 2019 - 12:38
Apfelessig
Is there a turtle package/module in Pythonista 3?
Aug 09, 2019 - 18:39
shinyformica
Looking in the console module, I see the console.hide_output() function, but no console.show_output()...is it possible to slide the console ...
Aug 08, 2019 - 23:01
mikael
@shinyformica, thanks (again) for all the ObjC heavy lifting you did back in [this thread](https://forum.omz-software.com/topic/5492/using-o...
Aug 08, 2019 - 21:58
shinyformica
I'm going to guess the answer to this is "no"...but is it possible to change a View's presentation style after the view has been presented?
...
Aug 07, 2019 - 17:17
halvork
Let’s face it. It seems Pythonista has become abandonware. I wish it wasn’t so, but I’m realistic. OMZ is nowhere to be found and version 3....
Aug 07, 2019 - 08:24
kami
Hi,
how can i show a webcam stream live on the UI? I have got an ESP32-microcontroller with a RTSP-Stream Server and a Webserver?
Which i...
Aug 06, 2019 - 22:50
Kluesi
Hi
I just bought Pythonista 3 for syncing Pythonista files between iPhone 6S and iPhone 4S. I am connected to iCloud on both devices to the...
Aug 05, 2019 - 14:49
aulia
Hi..
i want to know, if there is code navigation in Pythonista for iOS? the feature like may be in Visual Studio code, we can press f12
ch...
Aug 05, 2019 - 13:23
JSOgaard
Is there a way of making a script run in Python 2 with an argument in the Run Options?
If not, is there another way of making a specific scr...
Aug 05, 2019 - 10:21
pavlinb
After playing around with Vision and coreML I rich "new file/project couldn't be created" situation.
I even can't edit/save existing script...
Aug 05, 2019 - 09:12
shinyformica
Does anyone have code which successfully sets the scroll position of a TableView? I'm trying to scroll the table to a specific item, and I h...
Aug 05, 2019 - 02:42
[deleted]
Since Pythonista is dying, time to find another python IDE on iOS. So we can share the alternate apps and at least we can use them as backup...
Aug 03, 2019 - 16:19
jmv38
Hello folks,
I am not happy with the various solutions to manage my photos on the ipad. I would like to have a panel with
- a container wit...
Aug 03, 2019 - 12:50
ganjj9
I’m graduating high school next year and my mom works at LSU. I don’t live in Louisiana and I live in another state with my dad. My mom want...
Aug 03, 2019 - 09:25
allanw
I'm trying to use photos.pick_image to get an image from the camera roll. However, this is giving me a list index out of range error.
I tri...
Aug 02, 2019 - 21:36
pavlinb
Hello,
I need help to implement text detection with Vision + coreML in Pythonista.
Does someone have an example?
Regards.
Aug 02, 2019 - 14:03
Kluesi
Hi
I want to present a view with a tiny little ui design. I use a dialogs.list_dialog to choose between options at the beginning. Everythin...
Aug 02, 2019 - 11:52
virexcr
Hi I’m trying to install ```
CoolProp``` into Pythonista and I’m having a lot of trouble. I’m using ```
StaSh``` to download and install the...
I did a pip install piecash (it's a python interface to GnuCash) . I had to add a couple of dependencies using pip that showed up when I did...
Jul 31, 2019 - 22:25
mikael
Is it just me, or is the Python syntax for defining properties of classes a bit cumbersome? Like this:
class Example:
@prope...
Jul 31, 2019 - 07:32
Alan
Total Newbie here. Wondering if there is any way of editing script in the console after an error has been indicated. I am wanting to display...