I've definitely looked into it. I bought, with enthusiasm, a tablet with the first version of Android that supported Python. Installing the necessary pieces, and editing programs both seem to be super awkward, and my beloved Tkinter has not been ported. I know there are ways, but if it's not more convenient than just walking back to my desk and doing it on a PC, then it won't happen.
Also, truth be told, since I got a smartphone, the muses just haven't spoken to me with an idea of something to script, that's interesting enough to capture my attention.
Lack of a decent keyboard and editor are barriers for me. I need a larger screen simply to see what I'm doing, in my old age. And most of what I do with scripting, nowadays, has to do with things that are not on my phone anyway, such as processing big files and interacting with measurement instruments.
What's happened instead is that I got a tablet with an OS that's scriptable, and that has a detachable keyboard. Now, all I have to do is wait for those damn muses to speak up. ;-)
You should check out QPython or QPython3 from the Play Store. It includes the Python binary, an editor, and a terminal emulator. It is all bundled up. So easy to setup a child could do it.
Unfortunately installing Python manually has not gotten much easier, though it's certainly doable. You can even use Tkinter, but that is beyond the scope of this comment.
I'll definitely check it out. My dream is to be platform independent, i.e., to be able to write / edit / run the same program on any device. So far so good with Windows and Linux, including Raspberry Pi, but my phone feels left out.
The aforementioned QPython includes Kivy libraries. Kivy is cross-platform across Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Android, and IOS. Its a Python library but seems mostly oriented towards games/graphics. That's a drawback for me, but some might be interested.
As far as cross-platform across desktop and mobile, that's a difficult challenge. Java used to be the go-to if you want to be platform agnostic but that obviously won't cut it if you want to support mobile. You can check out Qt. I only use it on Linux but it apparently supports Windows, Mac OSX, Android, IOS, and Windows Phone (maybe even more).
I'll check those things out. I only need to make any of them work once, because I'll put a wrapper around my most frequently used functions. And I only used Tkinter because it was sitting there, ready to use, before I even learned how to install packages.
Also, truth be told, since I got a smartphone, the muses just haven't spoken to me with an idea of something to script, that's interesting enough to capture my attention.
Lack of a decent keyboard and editor are barriers for me. I need a larger screen simply to see what I'm doing, in my old age. And most of what I do with scripting, nowadays, has to do with things that are not on my phone anyway, such as processing big files and interacting with measurement instruments.
What's happened instead is that I got a tablet with an OS that's scriptable, and that has a detachable keyboard. Now, all I have to do is wait for those damn muses to speak up. ;-)