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Python

Posted by Benyamin Kohanchi
Benyamin Kohanchi
Courses Plus Student 2,342 Points

What is the best way to approach making apps on iOS/Android using Python?

Although Python has its strong points, like machine learning and facial recognition, how can I develop apps with Python?

Thanks in advance! ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜)

2 Answers

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

Don't have experience with this but googling "python mobile apps" I see there's something called Kivy:

Kivy an open-source Python library for developing cross-platform GUI applications. It allows you to write pure-Python > graphical applications that run on the main desktop platforms (Windows, Linux, and macOS) and on iOS & Android.

Let me know if this helps!

Benyamin Kohanchi
Benyamin Kohanchi
Courses Plus Student 2,342 Points

Cool, ill check it out, thanks Adam!

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

np! You can mark this question as solved by selecting a "best answer". :smile:

Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points
Josh Keenan
Josh Keenan
20,315 Points

Personally, I would say learn an actual app development framework, I used Kivy a long time ago and I am sure it has come a long way, but you won't be able to get the performance anything like writing a native app. You shouldn't be afraid of learning new languages, in fact you get to a point where you can pick them up in literally no time at all. You need to understand logic, if you can think algorithmically there is no need to be monolingual, Python is incredible and I am a huge fan, but I would recommend either Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android, or if you want to do both, react native.

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

Benyamin Kohanchi This advice sounds good, too!

Benyamin Kohanchi
Benyamin Kohanchi
Courses Plus Student 2,342 Points

Thanks Josh!