Open .gif or image in Safari?

donnieh

The goal is just to load a local .gif into Safari, nothing fancy. I have seen other apps do it using Openin (I think). I am trying to add the feature to my Pythonista script. I am not picky on how it is done. The shared application idea seems interesting...

If it is not likely to do this, I will just have to use a ui.webview() within the script.

cvp

It's more than interesting, it exactly does what you asked 😀

cvp

@dgelessus You're right but if I ask Pythonista to convert it into Python3, it uses http.server and the script has an execution error...

cvp

@donnieh I already have used the Workflow app to OpenIn a file directly in ONE app, without presenting a choice, and I had asked @omz why Pythonista can't do that...

donnieh

I am staying in Python 2. I have come so far in my learning and Python 3 seems to throw a wrench in it. :)

cvp

My error, conversion 2 to 3 is ok but I had left the #!python2 line, shame on me 😢

JonB

@donnieh another option might be encoding as a data: url.

donnieh

@JonB Is there a code example doing something similar?

JonB

stupid question... but what are you trying to achieve? Why not use the internal browser for this?

donnieh

@JonB I have an app almost ready to go on the AppStore. It is full of animated electronic circuit diagrams. If I added a feature for the gif diagram to be opened up in Safari, without much work I could have the save to camera roll, pinch to zoom, Workflows, and other share/extension functionality etc that safari has.

I do understand Pythonista can do all this, but I was going to do the Safari way for now to save time. Otherwise, I will suck it up and do all the in app code.

I will try the Objectice-C method. I very well could try the built in web browser, I can't argue that.

P.S. I also just realized imageview now animates gifs as where I don't think it worked a few years ago ( I think...).

dgelessus

If you want the user to be able to view, save and share the file, you could also use console.quicklook, console.open_in, or dialogs.share_image. Especially console.quicklook is very similar to what you would also achieve with Safari, with the advantage that you don't have to leave the app.

cvp

And you have also webview

import ui
import os
class MyView(ui.View):
	def __init__(self,w,h):
		self.width = w
		self.height = h

		wv = ui.WebView(frame=(0,0,w,h))
		doc_path = os.path.expanduser('~/Documents')
		file_path = os.path.join(doc_path,'IMG_5126.JPG') # your file name of course
		wv.load_url('file://'+file_path)
		self.add_subview(wv)

#w, h = ui.get_screen_size()
w, h = (540,620)
back = MyView(w, h)
back.present('sheet')

donnieh

Ok! That's sound legit. Thank you!