Is there a way to run Python on Android? [closed]

Question

We are working on an S60 version and this platform has a nice Python API..

However, there is nothing official about Python on Android, but since Jython exists, is there a way to let the snake and the robot work together??

Answer 1

There's also python-on-a-chip possibly running mosync: google group

Answer 2

One more option seems to be pyqtdeploy which citing the docs is:

a tool that, in conjunction with other tools provided with Qt, enables the deployment of PyQt4 and PyQt5 applications written with Python v2.7 or Python v3.3 or later. It supports deployment to desktop platforms (Linux, Windows and OS X) and to mobile platforms (iOS and Android).

According to Deploying PyQt5 application to Android via pyqtdeploy and Qt5 it is actively developed, although it is difficult to find examples of working Android apps or tutorial on how to cross-compile all the required libraries to Android. It is an interesting project to keep in mind though!

Answer 3

Chaquopy

Chaquopy is a plugin for Android Studio's Gradle-based build system. It focuses on close integration with the standard Android development tools.

• It provides complete APIs to call Java from Python or Python from Java, allowing the developer to use whichever language is best for each component of their app.

• It can automatically download PyPI packages and build them into an app, including selected native packages such as NumPy.

• It enables full access to all Android APIs from Python, including the native user interface toolkit (example pure-Python activity).

This is a commercial product, but it's free for open-source use and will always remain that way.

(I am the creator of this product.)

Answer 4

"The Pygame Subset for Android is a port of a subset of Pygame functionality to the Android platform. The goal of the project is to allow the creation of Android-specific games, and to ease the porting of games from PC-like platforms to Android."

The examples include a complete game packaged in an APK, which is pretty interesting.

Answer 5

There is also the new Android Scripting Environment (ASE/SL4A) project. It looks awesome, and it has some integration with native Android components.

Note: no longer under "active development", but some forks may be.

Answer 6

You can run your Python code using sl4a. sl4a supports Python, Perl, JRuby, Lua, BeanShell, JavaScript, Tcl, and shell script.

You can learn sl4a Python Examples.