[Python-Dev] Exposing the Android platform existence to Python modules

[Guido van Rossum]

But *are* we going to support Android officially? What's the point? Do you
have a plan for getting Python apps to first-class status in the App Store
(um, Google Play)?

Regardless, I recommend that you add a new method to the platform module
(careful people can test for the presence of the new method before calling
it) and leave poor sys.platform alone.


On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 10:18 PM, Shiz <hi at shiz.me> wrote:

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> Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > Well, it really does look like checking for the presence of those
> > ANDROID_* environment variables it the best way to recognize the
> > Android platform. Anyone can do that without waiting for a ruling on
> > whether Android is Linux or not (which would be necessary because the
> > docs for sys.platform are quite clear about its value on Linux
> > systems). Googling terms like "is Android Linux" suggests that there
> > is considerable controversy about the issue, so I suggest you don't
> > wait. :-)
>
> Right, which brings us back to the original point I was trying to make:
> any chance we could move logic like that into a sys.getandroidversion()
> or platform.android_version() so user code (and standard library code
> alike) doesn't have to perform those relatively nasty checks themselves?
> It seems like a fair thing to do if CPython would support Android as an
> official target.
>
> Kind regards,
> Shiz
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--Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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