Python on Android?

[Johannes Findeisen]

On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 20:57:02 +1100
Chris Angelico wrote:

> Does anyone have experience with running Python scripts on Android
> phones? I have a brother (honestly! I'm not actually using a phone
> myself!) who's trying to run one of my scripts in QPython, which
> claims to be version 3.2.2. I think that really truly is a Python 3.2
> implementation - probing for newer features suggests that it actually
> doesn't even support the u"..." syntax that came (back) in with Python
> 3.3. So... does anyone know of a Python interpreter that's compatible
> with 3.4 or better and runs on Android?
> 

There is an App for Android called "Pydroid 3". You can find it in
the Google Play Store [0]. It provides a Python interpreter in version
3.6.2 in its current release.

The Python binary is installed under

/data/user/0/ru.iiec.pydroid3/files/arm-linux-androideabi/bin/python

but I can not access it in a normal terminal without being user "root"
but it is usable from within the terminal included in the Pydroid App.

I do only execute some basic Python stuff for fun and learning when
traveling but that should work as you can open and save your code from
the integrated editor.

Johannes

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.iiec.pydroid3