How to build a cross platform GUI app with Python
summary
Shows how to bootstrap a native Python GUI with Toga and package it for desktop, mobile, web and console using Briefcase. Demonstrates creating a text input, button and async event handler that awaits a dialogue, adds tabbed navigation, a map view and GPS location with permission prompts, and the Android OSMroid dependency. Walks through briefcase dev/create/build/run/package commands, explains embedding a support Python runtime, notes GPS is not implemented on Windows and web/console backends need more work.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to BeeWare
- 1:30Toga toolkit overview
- 2:35Briefcase packaging tool
- 3:20Building a basic app
- 10:57Desktop deployment
- 13:02Mobile and web deployment
- 15:31Advanced distribution features
- 16:56Adding advanced features
- 21:54Future goals and community
- 24:32Closing remarks
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