Termux GUI: Write a graphical Termux program in Python

Termux uses the “Termux:GUI” plugin to call Android components and display a graphical interface.

Note: this article discusses the Python data binding provided by Termux GUI. If you want to run an X11 graphical interface, see Termux X11

You can write GUIs with Python or C data bindings. The author provides many methods, allowing you to build interfaces with short snippets of code.

1. Install Termux:GUI

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1. Download and install Termux:GUI from F-Droid.

2. Open Termux and install python-binding

pip install termuxgui

2. Example program

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1. Install the termux-gui-package package in Termux

pkg install termux-gui-package

2. Enter the downloaded scripts directory. The files inside can be executed directly; for example, the following program opens a file browser:

termux-gui-files

3. Or you can write a python program yourself:

import termuxgui as tg
import sys
import time
with tg.Connection() as c:
    name = sys.argv
    a = tg.Activity(c,dialog=True)
    layout = tg.LinearLayout(a)
    if len(name) == 1:
        tv = tg.TextView(a, "Hello Anonymous")
    else:
        tv = tg.TextView(a, "Hello "+name[1])
    time.sleep(5)

4. Run python hello.py Ivon; the result is shown below:

   

3. References

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• Python Bindings Tutorial
• Documentation on Github