desktop and mobile packaging

[rraammiinn]

I don't think pynecone be able to translate any python code to js so it probably handles all events on backend and returns the results so it's costly for a web application but not for a desktop or mobile app so I think pynecone is more suitable for desktop and mobile apps where both server and client are on same machine and latency is quite low so why not use pynecone for these applications instead of web ?

[fasetto]

I was thinking the same thing. It would be great if we could create desktop apps with reflex-dev.

[Alek99]

Desktop apps will be easier to potentially implement in the future, with the use of something like electron.

[abcnow]

any plan on this in the near future?

[camstuart]

I think capacitor is the path to least resistance, see: https://github.com/orgs/reflex-dev/discussions/3152

[Jackiexiao]

wrap reflex to desktop app, two possible way

1. use pywebview: https://pywebview.flowrl.com/
2. use electron: https://github.com/gnoviawan/fast-api-electron-js

[lmbeauplet]

@Alek99 Hope your good ! Do we have news about desktop packaging following roadmap ? There are many solutions, but no example or proof of usage. I try to do this with tauri (rust) (instead of electron) and use the build command from tauri client. Solution can work, but I failed to achieve the goal and don't know if i take the better solution.

I try Pyinstallr solution also but there are blocking issue that block the launching process after build. And so, with these things, we can't build a standalone executable with Pyinstaller, because, entrypoint that try to init and run search rx.config.py and search package named folder etc.

[itsmeadarsh2008]

I had done it.
https://discord.com/channels/1029853095527727165/1063735841333198938/1329062355966890025

[louismarieb]

Hi @itsmeadarsh2008 ! Thanks but I can't see the discussion on discord, can you share me you're solution by another way or here ?

[itsmeadarsh2008]

The message has a drive link which leads to a video where the demonstration of the idea is. This is a thread not a discussion.

[louismarieb]

On click, this link is redirected automatically to the base channel, and so I can't see video. Is there is another way to share me this ? I'm very interested and curious to see your solution (my discord is louma4817)

[itsmeadarsh2008]

Message Says:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g27IKgnPmuKt3FCWZIjFPJUyJETaSYvu/view?usp=sharing
Reflex is now a complete app framework. Integration of pywebview and measuring internet speeds locally. The file was too big so I had to upload it from a Google drive. Frameless Desktop App with Reflex.

pywebview has support for Android app export using buildozer but we can't run fast API on Android however, we can run a static backend less site. I can't say about the iOS

[Alek99]

This is not currently on the roadmap right now we are focusing a lot on performance and modularity