Build native Android and iOS apps in Python.

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PythonNative is a cross-platform toolkit for building native Android and iOS apps in Python. It provides a declarative, React-like component model with hooks and automatic reconciliation, powered by Chaquopy on Android and rubicon-objc on iOS. Write function components with use_state, use_effect, and friends, just like React, and let PythonNative handle creating and updating native views.

• Declarative UI: Describe what your UI should look like with element functions (Text, Button, Column, Row, etc.). PythonNative creates and updates native views automatically.
• Hooks and function components: Manage state with use_state, side effects with use_effect, and navigation with use_navigation, all through one consistent pattern.
• style prop: Pass all visual and layout properties through a single style dict, composable via StyleSheet.
• Virtual view tree + reconciler: Element trees are diffed and patched with minimal native mutations, similar to React's reconciliation.
• Direct native bindings: Python calls platform APIs directly through Chaquopy and rubicon-objc, with no JavaScript bridge.
• CLI scaffolding: pn init creates a ready-to-run project; pn run android and pn run ios build and launch your app.
• Navigation: Push and pop screens with argument passing via the use_navigation() hook.
• Bundled templates: Android Gradle and iOS Xcode templates are included, so scaffolding requires no network access.

pip install pythonnative

import pythonnative as pn


@pn.component
def MainPage():
    count, set_count = pn.use_state(0)
    return pn.Column(
        pn.Text(f"Count: {count}", style={"font_size": 24}),
        pn.Button(
            "Tap me",
            on_click=lambda: set_count(count + 1),
        ),
        style={"spacing": 12, "padding": 16},
    )

Visit docs.pythonnative.com for the full documentation, including getting started guides, platform-specific instructions for Android and iOS, API reference, and working examples.

Contributions are welcome. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for setup instructions, coding standards, and guidelines for submitting pull requests.

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