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According to Rio setup documentation, it's possible to run local applications in separate window instead in regular browser. However, there is no explanation how to run such application! One would expect that when rio-ui[window] is installed and project is "App", then Another big question is how such local applications could be deployed. Rio project is not a regular package that could be easily built as wheel. I have no problems to create |
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Hey! We can't reproduce this. After creating an app and starting it with What changes would you like to see exactly as far as app templates go? Wouldn't those changes be specific to one particular packaging tool? |
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OpenSuSE Tumbleweed -> mkvirtualenv -p3.11 rioapp freeze file:aiofiles==23.2.1 ->rio new -> cat rio.toml
-> rio run | __ () Starting... Running in local mode. Only this device can access the app. The app is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000 🗨 Join other Developers on Discord — https://discord.gg/7ejXaPwhyH The same will happen with -> cd riotest |
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Interesting, when using Rio from git repository, the The CWD is Traceback:
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The Rio repository is cloned to |
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You need to build Rio. Have a look at the contribution guidelines if you want to go down that path: https://github.com/rio-labs/rio/blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md Can I ask why you aren't using the prebuilt version from PyPI? |
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Because the prebuilt version from PyPI (rio-ui==0.9.1) had this problem I reported (app not started in windows via |
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Regarding the empty white window: I've had a similar experience with There are two different webview backends available on linux, qt and gtk. So even if you've installed all the dependencies, it might be using the wrong backend. Try explicitly telling it which backend to use by setting |
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Thanks, I have managed to run it with GTK. Still did not figured out what makes the Qt version fail. I should have all dependencies installed, but as there is no log or other output, it's hard to tell what's going on here. But this issue clearly demonstrates the problems with Rio apps deployment. I like Rio a lot, it clearly has a great potential. Hence I'm willing to close my eyes to incredibly huge dependencies even for "Hello World" app, if the app deployment to end user would be straightforward, which is not yet. It would be really great if there will be at least some How To style documentation on this topic. Some direct support from Rio for local-app distribution packages would be also welcome. For personal use deployment, one could install Rio, all dependencies required to run local-apps, then one or more custom Rio apps, create scripts to run |
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I can see where you're coming from, and I agree that the documentation around local apps should be improved. But that said, rio's primary focus are web apps. Local apps are unfortunately quite tricky (you've already seen how bad the webview support is on linux), and we currently don't have the time/resources to dive into that topic. It's something we will tackle once rio has matured a bit as a framework. Have you considered deploying your app on a web server? I think that would be easier than setting it up on every user's PC. |
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Yes, I saw the code, and local apps are tricky. But support for both web and local apps is one from the advantages of Rio. I understand that Rio is relatively young project, so better local app support will materialize over time. I can start my development with what is available now. I hoped that I would be able to help a bit with some small things once I'll get more familiar with the framework, but your dev. system is complex and somewhat alien to me (I'm not a fan of |
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That could well be, but in this case I'd say it's for the same reason as above. Without |
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Regarding the empty white window: I've had a similar experience with
run_in_windowon linux. In my case it was because some system dependencies were missing. Please make sure to follow the pywebview installation instructions.There are two different webview backends available on linux, qt and gtk. So even if you've installed all the dependencies, it might be using the wrong backend. Try explicitly telling it which backend to use by setting
export PYWEBVIEW_GUI=qtorexport PYWEBVIEW_GUI=gtk.