Access to Apple standard language dictionaries?

[cvp]

Is it possible in Pythonista to get a word definition from the Apple standard language dictionaries?

[lukaskollmer]

If the default iOS dictionary lookup UI is acceptable for you, this script is probably what you're looking for.

[cvp]

Thanks a lot, it's very good for what I want.

[cvp]

On all my scripts, I start by "hiding" the Pythonista window with a full_screen ui.view.
But with this code, the standard UI dictionary is not visible.
How can I solve that?

[cvp]

What to add in your sample to set the ViewController as a sub view of an ui.view?

[lukaskollmer]

@cvp In theory you can, but it doesn't look nice at all and there are some big problems with navigation.

view = ui.load_view()

lookup_view = referenceViewController.view()
ObjCInstance(view).addSubview_(lookup_view)

view.present()

I wouldn't use that approach

[MartinPacker]

I think Workflow has a "define this" stage. Not sure how they do it. But maybe you could invoke it.

[lukaskollmer]

@MartinPacker They just show the UIReferenceLibraryViewController in a popover.

[cvp]

First, I know for Workflow, but I try to replace all my workflows by Pythonista scripts.

There is my shortest script using what you advice me.
If I comment all statements using "back" (my ui.view), all is ok.
If I uncomment them, except the "subview", the background is shown but not the dictionary window.
If I also uncomment the "subview" statement, Pythonista crashes and I fall on the home screen of the idevice...
Thus, obviously, my "ObjCInstance(back).addSubview_(referenceViewController)" is not correct.
I really need help and I'm sorry to ask you to spend your time for helping a starter like me.

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Coding: utf-8
from objc_util import ObjCClass, UIApplication, CGSize, on_main_thread,ObjCInstance
import sys
import ui

UIReferenceLibraryViewController = ObjCClass('UIReferenceLibraryViewController')


back= ui.View()
back.background_color='gray'
back.name = 'Dictionary'    
back.present('full_screen',hide_title_bar=False)

input = 'word'
referenceViewController = UIReferenceLibraryViewController.alloc().initWithTerm_(input)
        
ObjCInstance(back).addSubview_(referenceViewController)
        
rootVC = UIApplication.sharedApplication().keyWindow().rootViewController()
tabVC = rootVC.detailViewController()

referenceViewController.setTitle_('Definition: {0}{1}{0}'.format('\'', input))
referenceViewController.setPreferredContentSize_(CGSize(540, 540))
referenceViewController.setModalPresentationStyle_(2)       
#tabVC.addTabWithViewController_(referenceViewController)
tabVC.presentViewController_animated_completion_(referenceViewController, True, None)

[JonB]

You were very close! addSubview takes a view, not a viewcontroller, which can be obtained thusly:

ObjCInstance(back).addSubview_(referenceViewController.view())

[cvp]

One more time, thanks a lot to be so kind with me...
But I have the same problem of script causing Pythonista to crash without any message...

[cvp]

If I comment the "tabVC.addTabWithViewController_(referenceViewController)" statement, all is ok
Thanks and have a good end of week-end

[cvp]

My error! In your original script, this line was commented and during my tests, I've removed the comment, sorry.