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Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

By : B. M. Harwani
Book Image

Qt5 Python GUI Programming Cookbook

By: B. M. Harwani

Overview of this book

PyQt is one of the best cross-platform interface toolkits currently available; it's stable, mature, and completely native. If you want control over all aspects of UI elements, PyQt is what you need. This book will guide you through every concept necessary to create fully functional GUI applications using PyQt, with only a few lines of code. As you expand your GUI using more widgets, you will cover networks, databases, and graphical libraries that greatly enhance its functionality. Next, the book guides you in using Qt Designer to design user interfaces and implementing and testing dialogs, events, the clipboard, and drag and drop functionality to customize your GUI. You will learn a variety of topics, such as look and feel customization, GUI animation, graphics rendering, implementing Google Maps, and more. Lastly, the book takes you through how Qt5 can help you to create cross-platform apps that are compatible with Android and iOS. You will be able to develop functional and appealing software using PyQt through interesting and fun recipes that will expand your knowledge of GUIs
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Packt Upsell
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 13. Running Python Scripts on Android and iOS

In this chapter, you will learn to run Python scripts on Android devices as well as on iOS. You will learn about the following topics:

  • Copying scripts from PC to Android devices
  • Prompting for a username and displaying a welcome message
  • Understanding different buttons in a Dialog box
  • Performing single selection from a list
  • Performing multiple selections from a list
  • Displaying a Date Picker dialog
  • Capturing images using a camera
  • Making an Android device speak a text input
  • Creating a cross-platform Python script using Kivy
  • Packaging a Python script into the Android APK using Buildozer
  • Packaging Python script for iOS

In order to run Python scripts on Android devices, we will be making use of QPython3.