#499: BeeWare and the State of Python on Mobile

Talk Python To Me

Michael Kennedy

Technology

4.8 • 635 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This episode is all about Beeware, the project that working towards true native apps built on Python, especially for iOS and Android. Russell's been at this for more than a decade, and the progress is now hitting critical mass. We'll talk about the Toga GUI toolkit, building and shipping your apps with Briefcase, the newly official support for iOS and Android in CPython, and so much more. I can't wait to explore how BeeWare opens up the entire mobile ecosystem for Python developers, let's jump right in.

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0:00.0	This episode is all about beware, the project that is working towards true native apps built
0:05.5	on Python, especially for iOS and Android. Russell's been at this for more than a decade,
0:10.7	and the progress is now hitting critical mass. We'll cover the Toga GUI toolkit, building
0:16.5	and shipping your apps with briefcase, and the newly official support for iOS and Android
0:21.9	NC Python and much more.
0:24.7	I can't wait to explore how Beware opens up the entire mobile ecosystem for Python developers,
0:29.5	so let's jump right in.
0:30.9	This is Sock PythonMe, episode 499, recorded February 18th, 2025.
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