Integrating a python scipt

[Ethan Rendlen]

Hello all,

I am trying to integrate a python script into an Android App. I have found there are many ways to go about this. I started with, and am still trying to go with google's Flutter app dev kit. I am using Android Studio v 3.3. I have found a python plugin that will allow me to launch an interactive command line console, and if I put the py script in that folder it will find it and run it. Working with that plugin (called Chaqopy) presents its own challenges and also is in straight Java. I have a good GUI going in flutter and I am thinking of just converting the python script to Java or C++ code to re-use it directly in Android Studio.
The python script uses libraries such as socket. Would I have to convert the library as well?

Does anyone have any idea off the top of their head which would be the best way for me to go? If I can launch it in the Java/Plugin project, maybe I should just start there, does that sound easiest?

Thanks

 

[Deleted User]

Re-write it in Java if you want to integrate this with an app.

 

[Ethan Rendlen]

Re-write it in Java if you want to integrate this with an app.

Do I need to convert the libraries it uses to Java then too? Or can I find a comparable library? This is getting above my head but I am learning on it so I am happy to be challenged.

 

[Deleted User]

What does this Python script do exactly? You're talking about two essentially incompatible technologies, and trying to shoehorn this into an Android app doesn't sound like the right approach. I mean why make yourself jump through hoops to get this working, when there's an equivalent Android/Java way of doing this, which will most likely be a much cleaner solution.

 

[Ethan Rendlen]

What does this Python script do exactly? You're talking about two essentially incompatible technologies, and trying to shoehorn this into an Android app doesn't sound like the right approach. I mean why make yourself jump through hoops to get this working, when there's an equivalent Android/Java way of doing this, which will most likely be a much cleaner solution.

It is a script that does basic read/write from PLCs and it is meant to be used on a PC. The entire point is to put it into a phone and then to do some things after that like array filtering and a nice UI with some other features I have in mind. This will be a sweet app to use in Controls Engineering, for the specific purpose I have in mind.

I would like a cleaner way to do it yes. How would you rewrite something if it uses libraries from its source language? Thanks for responding btw.

 

[Deleted User]

You do it using the equivalent libraries provided by the Android SDK. What's your interface to the PLC? I presume it's some kind of USB serial cable? It's possible to do serial comms in an Android app.

 

[Ethan Rendlen]

You do it using the equivalent libraries provided by the Android SDK. What's your interface to the PLC? I presume it's some kind of USB serial cable? It's possible to do serial comms in an Android app.

Its wifi. I will look into the equivalent libs thank you.