termux-gui-python-bindings VS termux-gui-package

Python

I just released a new version of the Python bindings for Termux:GUI which will solve the startup performance problems someone encountered in a recent post here. These are the same issues as for the slow start of Termux:API commands, and as such vary from device to device, but even if you don't fall under that issue, startup should be faster.

termux-gui-package has some more apps, and the Python tutorial has more examples with explanations. Or did you mean some other kind of examples?

I was wanting this back. https://github.com/tareksander/termux-gui-python-bindings

I made a Termux plugin to make GUIs using the Android GUI system, to get the look and feel of a native Android app. There is a Python library for it. Sadly the f-droid builds are broken right now, so you need to install Termux from GitHub to use it.

I have a tutorial for the python library if you want to check it out.

I had time to work on my Termux:GUI plugin again and tried making something bigger. With that I realized object-oriented programming is better suited for GUI and added an oop subpackage to the python bindings, along with some more features I found missing. At the end of the video is a teaser for the bash bindings I'm working on next. If someone wants the code for the reddit client I can clean it up a bit and release it.

I also made python bindings for the plugin with a tutorial and documentation.

If you do want to use it directly: If you are not an android developer, you should read the short introduction to the android GUI system. Currently there is a python library with documentation and a tutorial.

Feedback has been good. If you want to help, you could make bindings for your favourite programming language. I tried to document the protocol as best as I could, but if something isn't clear, you can look at the python bindings. You only need a few things for the protocol: - open a unix server socket in the abstract linux namespace and accept connections. - read a 4 byte big-endian integer. - handle JSON.

Termux:GUI is a fantastic extension. I suggest everyone to install it (together with its set of sample apps) and try to make some simple scripts that involve native android GUI elements.

termux-gui-package has some more apps, and the Python tutorial has more examples with explanations. Or did you mean some other kind of examples?

I'm the developer of Termux:GUI. I felt that VNC and the other solutions don't integrate well into the Android ecosystem and made the plugin to leverage the Android GUI system. But because the Android GUI system is so different, normal linux GUI applications don't work with it, though I may make a wayland server using it at some point. For now you need programs build specifically for it with libraries available in Python, soon Bash, and Rust (community-provided). termux-gui-package is a small collections of such programs I made.

If you don't want to use it directly, here are some programs.

Yes, but it's not commented: https://github.com/tareksander/termux-gui-package/blob/main/scripts/termux-gui-proot-distro.in

Here are some programs you can use without having to code them yourself.

To the source code of the script from the video.