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Aug 01, 2018 - 05:33
recon22
Has anyone published an app with python 3?
I'm looking to get my script working as a stand alone app, are there any workarounds?
Jul 30, 2018 - 03:20
TRGCapn
I am making a bot for discord and it requires Asyncio, but I am running into an error when I try to define my functions. This has never happ...
I would like to create a script that can work with files loaded in Pythonista's "external files" section. I believe the information needed f...
Jul 27, 2018 - 18:09
robertiii
Any idea on how to go to workflow and return a variable using the Xcode template? I am at a total loss.
Jul 27, 2018 - 17:30
Strassboom
I am trying to figure out how to set the local time zone in pythonista. Whether it is just for the duration of a program’s runtime or if it’...
Jul 26, 2018 - 23:52
rex_noctis
So I am building a text to speech program. It currently says text in the default Daniel Encanced voice. I want the program to say stuff in t...
Jul 26, 2018 - 20:10
Holm
How do i change the values of a variable in pythonista using a slider
Jul 26, 2018 - 12:31
camillelola
Hi folks,
I am working as an Oracle developer, I have faced a crazy issue while Oracle running over SSD.
I have two OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS ...
I have a script which runs without error when I am using Wifi but will not run when on cellular. I am thinking that it may be a problem with...
Jul 24, 2018 - 04:02
SimonDreyer
Hi, I am trying to install opcua in pythonista using python2.7 as default. It installs ok but when I run it I get the "failed to import IntE...
Jul 23, 2018 - 10:42
powersim
Hello,
I’m using in my normal python envoirment pyephem, to calculate positions of planets and sattelites.
This is a great missing in this ...
Jul 22, 2018 - 12:17
rex_noctis
I am making a game. In the ```
def update(self):``` bit I have the code
```
player_hitbox = Rect(self.player.position-12, self.player.positi...
Jul 21, 2018 - 22:45
rex_noctis
I don’t really know how to explain this but I’ll try.
I’m making a game using ```
scene```. I am using four buttons to control the movement ...
Jul 21, 2018 - 20:56
robopu
the title says it all.
i basically have a bunch of text files with a given extension in editorial (and or via dropbox). i would love to be...
I had a script who copies a file from a folder of my iCloud Drive.
```
fil = '/private/var/mobile/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers...
If you are using MapView, like in demo of @JonB, you can display thumbs of your photos at their locations, with their original proportions o...
Jul 19, 2018 - 01:55
richard chambers
Will scipy be available soon?
Jul 18, 2018 - 21:22
Hammaniet
I wanted to buy Pythonista 3 on the Apple US App Store, but Apple won’t let me.
Because I’m a final year, Mechanical Engineering Student, i...
I am trying to programmatically enable/disable low power mode using objc_util. I found an example on Stack Exchange (https://apple.stackexch...
Jul 17, 2018 - 16:30
UKSparkyUK
Love both md and taskpaper functionality and appreciate that their features may be combined at sometime. But until then I manually flip with...
I would like to be able to use the sharing sheet to send a video from the camera roll to Pythonista and use a script to scp the file to a se...
Jul 16, 2018 - 19:39
iAmMortos
I was in the process of making a custom button `ui.View` with event hooks for button press as well as button release. I wanted to make a but...
Jul 16, 2018 - 06:29
sulcud
This days I was working in a python personal trainer inspired in the post of other user @mikael - [his awesome personal trainer app](https:/...
Jul 16, 2018 - 06:14
sulcud
This days I was working in a python personal trainer inspired in the post of other user @mikael - [his awesome personal trainer app](https:/...
Jul 15, 2018 - 19:15
mimikun
For locally saved scripts, you can use 3D Touch Shortcut.
However, 3D Touch Shortcut can not be used for scripts saved in iCloud Drive.
I ...
Jul 14, 2018 - 05:58
paul_cho
Hi! I have started just yesterday. I really enjoying python these days.
Anyway I have some problem I using Pythonista 3.
Import sys
print...
I have a script which appends to a file and I would like to use this script from multiple Pythonista enabled devices. The problem is that I ...
Jul 13, 2018 - 15:09
marclafountain
Is there any way to make **photos.capture_image()** trigger the front camera rather than the back camera that it seems to default to?
Guido van Rossum has given up the title of "Benevolent Dictator For Life" for Python
https://www.zdnet.com/article/python-language-founder-...
Is monitoring a wifi possible in pythonista, like the wifi sniffing tools, can I do that in Pythonista ?
**Edit**
If you need more info abo...
Jul 12, 2018 - 19:44
marclafountain
Hi, all. I am very new to Pythonista and somewhat new to Python. So, apologies if this is a basic question. But, Googling and searching this...
Jul 12, 2018 - 13:11
runjaj
Sometime ago I created a workflow to create a quick and easy presentation using markdown and [Remark](http://remarkjs.com). Just create the ...
Jul 11, 2018 - 21:20
oraant
I have a view like this
```
class PathView (ui.View):
def __init__(self, *arg, **kw):
print(arg, kw) # notice here!
self.flex = 'WH...
Jul 11, 2018 - 19:02
henryaukc
Hi All,
I know now how to get the image of an emoji through this line:
ui.Image.named('emj:Multiplication_X').with_rendering_mode(ui.RENDE...
Jul 10, 2018 - 16:19
donnieh
I am deep into a pythonista project saved in the iCloud folder. The code was a few hundred lines long so I went to the gear icon to reduce t...
Jul 10, 2018 - 13:53
robnee
Is there a way to set the stderr color used for trace backs via the theming engine? The default red color does not work well on dark backgr...
Jul 09, 2018 - 21:50
bryan.cheng04
How do you divide in Pythonista?```
print ("hi")
option = raw_input("Enter a input for meter: ")
feet = option / 0.3048
print (feet)
```
Jul 09, 2018 - 15:41
watosar
```
from objc_util import *
def foo_bar(_self,_cmd):
baz = c_int()
return baz
foo=create_objc_class('foo',methods=[foo_bar])
foo = foo....
Jul 08, 2018 - 15:42
upwart
When I need to search for a string, starting with a single quote, I can’t do that easiliy because the symbol above/behind the k key is not a...
Jul 07, 2018 - 08:34
upwart
When will we get Python 3.7 ?
And pandas?
Jul 06, 2018 - 18:18
mikael
My daughter needs to do some circuit training this summer, to keep up the muscle tone while the regular practices are on hold.
Pythonista p...
Jul 06, 2018 - 15:16
Harrison
Hi, I have been using Pythonista for a while now and have made some decent 2D games and have a pretty good understanding. However lately I h...
Jul 06, 2018 - 12:29
yoyo
Hello, all pythonista in the world.
I'm making a sample program which tests touch_began() and touch_end() methods by using custom view objec...
Jul 06, 2018 - 04:19
ahp378
Why is the documentation for the scene module so bad??? For example:
1. The Scene.size attribute makes no mention of being able to call on...
Jul 04, 2018 - 07:00
Analyser
https://github.com/MobileAnalytics/iPython-Framework
Yet another free Python framework to write iOS app, which migrated from PyObjC(https:/...
Jul 04, 2018 - 05:09
chuckles
linguistictagger.tag_string with SCHEME_LEXICAL_CLASS no longer returns parts of speech. Instead of noun, verb, etc being returned it return...
Jul 03, 2018 - 04:11
yoyo
I would like you to check my sample code for touch_began() method.
Thanks to your support, I understood how to set touch_began() to a pyui ...
Jul 02, 2018 - 12:20
atcovation
Atcovation is a user-friendly school mobile app allows teachers to mark attendance online, share homework and instant notices via App. Schoo...
Jul 01, 2018 - 16:26
GaryDotPie
I am planning to purchase pythonista 3.
I have an iphone 6, iphone 5 and an ipad mini ( running latest ios 11, ios 10.3.3, and 9.3.5 respe...
Jul 01, 2018 - 16:08
ellie_ff1493
I'm looking for the code for the scene module, anyone knows how I can find the code for built-in modules?