Hi there! I really love this project, thanks for your work!
Can you suggest, please, how can I display gifs in ImageView and handle events?
First, I tried to open gif like in python bindings example, with io.open, but ImageView displays only first (0) frame. Then I tried to open image with PIL image library and loop over frames. It worked, but I cant handle events, till frame loop is not finished, but also I would like the gif to be shown infinitely. I can do this with while loop, but, again, cant handle events.
Now, I have a code like this:

from io import BytesIO
from time import sleep
from PIL import Image

file = 'some.gif'
gif = Image.open(file)

with tg.Connection() as c:
    a = tg.Activity(c, dialog=True)
    lay = tg.LinearLayout(a)
    e = tg.ImageView(a, lay)
    button = tg.Button(a, 'Text', lay)
    for ev in c.events():
        print (ev.type, ev.value)
        for frame in range(gif.n_frames):
            gif.seek(frame)
            buf = BytesIO()
            gif.save(buf, format='PNG')
            e.setlinearlayoutparams(0)
            e.setheight(gif.height*5, px=True)
            e.setwidth(gif.width*5, px=True)
            e.setimage(buf.getvalue())
            sleep(1.5)

It's looped over all frames only one time, and till loop is not finished, events cant be handled

I'm currently working on a project where I need to input multiple lines of words in editText view, but I can't seem to find the correct args or method for these 2 functions:

1. wrap around the words(switch to another line when the input reaches the limit);

2. input multiple lines(when I hit enter, cursor moves to next line of words)

help plz

as the situation of when f-droid will be able to fix their infra and update the keys for this app is still uncertain, and you have the official keys, could you please just upload the signed apk to here?
it's MUCH nicer being able to auto-update ALL other termux addons, and termux itself, over having to MANUALLY check for app updates AND installing test-key versions which anyone could potentially misuse (tricking you into installing it)...
way nicer when you have to check ONLY this plugin's updates manually...

it's been quite a while since the fdroid issues started, and it's apparently blocked by some internal reorganization of their own stuff, which has no clear timeline (last I checked some time ago), so would be nice to do gui scripts without resorting to having to manually check for updates for every plugin (not aware of any automatic script), or letting anyone add a secret plugin (in any of the apk one might download from somewhere, including third-party fdroid repos, or self-updaters of some apps on github which prompt to install updates directly, there's a tiny chance they might for whatever reason, be evil...even tho extremely unlikely...)

I'm wondering how to toggle on the soft keyboard and receive key event from it so that I can draw texts to the SurfaceView?

I have created a SurfaceView with keyboard=true and sent RequestFocusRequest with forcesoft=true, what else should I do?

Hi,
I wake my Bluetooth keyboard after it goes offline automatically. But when it wakes up, I can't type anything in Linux on Termux:GUI app.

Currently Termux:GUI sends the same KeyEvent either on ACTION_DOWN or ACTION_UP, I'd like to be able to get more detailed KeyEvent to differentiate between them, and it would be nice to have RepeatCount and FLAG field, thank you.

I notice that there is no function to clear view's focus(please correct me if i am wrong), so I run into a problem :

1. create an Activity with interceptBackButton=true and receive it's BackButtonEvent;
2. create a single SurfaceView with keyboard=true;
3. request SufaceView's focus and the soft keyboard shows;
4. use back key or Activity's HideSoftKeyboardRequest to hide the soft keyboard;

as a result, I still receive keyevent with code 4(go back) instead of BackButtonEvent when pressing the back key. So maybe a function like clearFocus or hideSoftInputFromWindow is needed to stop view's keyevent I think.

When it open android package installer its all working good, but in the app installation, termux:gui is having conflicts with termux app and it don't installs

Hello, your project is very promising to me because I want to make a simple gui for mpv inside termux.
Currently, mpv only need the id to android.view.Surface to play its video through the option --wid=<ID>:

On  Android,  the  ID  is  interpreted as android.view.Surface.
Pass it as a value cast to intptr_t.
Use with --vo=mediacodec_embed and  --hwdec=mediacodec for  direct  rendering  using  MediaCodec,
or  with  --vo=gpu   --gpu-context=android (with or without --hwdec=mediacodec-copy).

Could you tell me how to integrate a SurfaceView?
In this way I can return the Surface id from its SurfaceHolder.Callback.

Would it be as simple as adding a TextView?

Hi, I just notice this project and I really love the idea of gui from termux programs.

A lot of work is been put into view binding work with c/c++/python, it make me think that React Native, or similar projects like svelte native, did similar stuff binding java side ui api with javascript. The binding works could be very similar to this project.

Would you consider leveraging their work and put some integration with termux-gui and reacte/svelte native, or even flutter? If this could be done, then gui development in termux could be much easier. We can even run a lot of github react native projects directly without very little modifications.

I tried running an example from the examples. The example was the files one.
I found this error in the termyx-gui logcat:

07-05 08:12:11.809 21783 22852 W System.err: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: bad base-64
07-05 08:12:11.810 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.util.Base64.decode(Base64.java:163)
07-05 08:12:11.810 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.util.Base64.decode(Base64.java:138)
07-05 08:12:11.810 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.util.Base64.decode(Base64.java:120)
07-05 08:12:11.810 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at com.termux.gui.protocol.json.v0.HandleActivityAndTask$Companion$handleActivityTaskMessage$6.invoke(HandleActivityAndTask.kt:114)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at com.termux.gui.protocol.json.v0.HandleActivityAndTask$Companion$handleActivityTaskMessage$6.invoke(HandleActivityAndTask.kt:107)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at com.termux.gui.protocol.shared.v0.V0Shared$Companion$runOnUIThreadActivityStarted$1$1.invokeSuspend(V0Shared.kt:247)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl.resumeWith(ContinuationImpl.kt:33)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at kotlinx.coroutines.DispatchedTask.run(DispatchedTask.kt:106)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8669)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
07-05 08:12:11.811 21783 22852 W System.err: 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1135)

this was the output of the script (the stacktrace):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/termux-gui/./files.in", line 41, in <module>
    layout = tg.LinearLayout(a)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/termuxgui/linearlayout.py", line 16, in __init__
    ViewGroup.__init__(self, activity, activity.c.send_read_msg({"method": "createLinearLayout", "params": args}))
                                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/termuxgui/connection.py", line 145, in send_read_msg
    return self.__read_msg()
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/termuxgui/connection.py", line 138, in __read_msg
    return tgmsg.read_msg(self._main)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/termuxgui/msg.py", line 11, in read_msg
    read = s.recv(togo)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^
ConnectionResetError: [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer

here is a pastebin of the complete logcat.

HOW HARD CAN IT STAND ALONE WITHOUT TERMUX???

[~]$ python test3.py 1.png
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/test3.py", line 11, in <module>
    with open("icon.png","rb") as f:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'icon.png'

delete line 11

[~]$ python test3.py 1.png
/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sh: 1: identify: not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/data/data/com.termux/files/home/test3.py", line 50, in <module>
    sock.bind("\0test")
OSError: [Errno 98] Address already in use

I think there is a architect problem u know
aarch64, arm-v8l ,arm-v7 or something as my Device is aarch64.

App will not install via F-Droid, and the APK file on SM-S767VL

Android 9 do not have android.webkit.PacProcessor

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70756680/java-lang-noclassdeffounderror-failed-resolution-of-landroid-webkit-pacprocess

Logs: Termux_GUI logcat.txt

The same goes for the one uploaded on f-droid

.

I want nodejs example to how set UnixSocket and pass it to Termux:GUI...

/This looks like a great framework for development of miniapps that rely on both Termux and the standard Android gui hooks. Unfortunately, it is being held back by the lack of an f-droid signed package to provide support for sharedUID.

The solution proposed in the readme is to uninstall F-droid Termux and install the Github version. However, this results in the user losing updates; most people won't go back to Github for updates and will end up with an out of date, insecure Termux on their system after a while. Its also a giant pain in the butt.

Can I request that you provide instructions for installing the APK as root and bypassing the signature check? An alternative would be to identify the files from the APK that can be placed (as root) in /data/data/ manually and their user changed.

There are apps such as LuckyPatcher which promise to do this, but they add an extra layer of complexity and potential security issues.

My phone: realme c21 (rooted). I tried to install from f-droid, but installation failed. I also tried through /system/bin/pm but still no result

Installing on a pixel 3a with termux and the termux:styling plugin results in the error "App not installed as package conflicts with an existing package

Hi, I was testing Termux-gui API and discovered setBackgroundColor was not working as intended. (For example, if I create a text view and use set background color to change it to white, it wont work.). This issue also affects test15.py

Kindly Solve this issue and give update

• when i download and installed from F-Droid website
• i tried uninstall Termux and Termux:API and install Termux:GUI, then it installed without any error .
• Solve this problem and please give a update for this issue .

It's not an issue just asking for help, because I haven't studied your project in depth yet

I wonder if it is possible to support SDL2 with c/c++, I have seen someone using termux-gui and ffplay.py to play video.

IDK what's wrong, but I'm just installed all termux app from f-droid

It works in json but fails in protobuf.

json: https://github.com/rsuu/tgup/blob/8f2fb77e994f4a75e091e62c772d25657905920f/src/main.rs#L60

protobuf:

fn new_proto() {
    // success: Display `cconnections: 1`
    let tgui = Tgui::new(tgui::connection::ProtocolType::Proto);

    let msg = {
        let activity = NewActivityRequest {
            tid: -1,
            r#type: ActivityType::Normal.into(),
            intercept_back_button: false,
        };
        let method = Method {
            method: Some(method::Method::NewActivity(activity)),
        };

        method.encode_to_vec()
    };

    // msg:
    // [
    // 130, 1, 11, 8,
    // 255, 255, 255, 255,
    // 255, 255, 255, 255,
    // 255, 1
    // ]
    //
    dbg!(&msg);
    // let len = (msg.len() as u32).to_be_bytes();
    // tgui.send_msg(&len[..]);

    // failed: nothing happened :(
    tgui.send_msg(msg.as_slice());

    // https://github.com/termux/termux-gui/blob/4cf436042f3f1cdf7ecf7f1b344ee9f70dc01733/app/src/main/java/com/termux/gui/protocol/protobuf/v0/HandleActivity.kt#L35
    // https://github.com/tareksander/termux-gui-c-bindings/blob/ee285bca72a3102fd02a187f19f854cef68bf43f/src/activity.cpp#L6
}

During installation there is some kind of error.

I installed Termux from F-droid
but F-droid build Termux it self
then i can't install Termux-GUI from F-droid and Github
can you make a release for f-droid???

i'am trying to install Termux:GUI on redmi 4x with installed termux app, but cannot to install.
the install will work if remove termux app first and then install gui termux, and ther install termux again, and the installation process work fine.
i think this a bad idea, because the termux:GUI app making me to work hard only for succes install lol.
Package Manager Log: unable to install, app with some name has already installed.
image screenshot :

↓↓↓↓

Acivity get hidden after exiting termux. How can rerun it ?

Note: my phone is rooted

I have honor 9X and I wanted to try this app but it is not installing. This is probably something to do with architecture.

(Translation: "Aplikaci nelze nainstalovat" is "Application can not be installed" )

Hi, I have some questions regarding this project.

1. Using Rust, I want to make a GUI application using either conrod or iced GUI library. Is it easily portable to termux-gui?
2. Do I have to compile it for Android ARM processor? Or what would I do to compile it?
3. Is it possible to have like some sort of a shortcut to my launcher for the GUI Linux application that will automatically launch it as soon as I press it?
4. If I have scrollable content that can be scrolled only using the mouse wheel on Linux, then if I run it on Android (through termux-gui) would I be able to scroll using the touch screen?
5. Am I expecting things to be difficult to configure, and have a lot of breakage?

In hardware buffer, alpha channel is ignored, even creating with RGBA8888 format.

Linux localhost 4.19.152-perf-22611703-abM426BXXS3AVA1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 11 14:40:34 KST 2022 aarch64 Android

I expected to work because it is the second version in F-droid, I guess I have to wait more time.

Because Termux did not provide a pre-compiled package before, and I added two fonts to the Styling plugin, so I have always used the APK editor to sign by myself. But now not only the GUI plugin cannot be installed, the latest version of the Widget, the API plug-in is also cannot be installed.

here is my info

## Termux App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.118.0`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `118`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:API App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:API`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.api`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.49`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `49`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:Styling App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:Styling`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.styling`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.29`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `29`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:Widget App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:Widget`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.widget`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.12`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `12`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Device Info

### Software

**OS_VERSION**: `4.19.113-perf-g18f438a3f5fe`  
**SDK_INT**: `30`  
**RELEASE**: `11`  
**ID**: `RKQ1.200826.002`  
**DISPLAY**: `RKQ1.200826.002 test-keys`  
**INCREMENTAL**: `V12.5.7.0.RJSCNXM`  
**SECURITY_PATCH**: `2022-01-01`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE**: `0`  
**IS_TREBLE_ENABLED**: `true`  
**TYPE**: `user`  
**TAGS**: `release-keys`  

### Hardware

**MANUFACTURER**: `Xiaomi`  
**BRAND**: `Redmi`  
**MODEL**: `M2007J17C`  
**PRODUCT**: `gauguinpro`  
**BOARD**: `gauguinpro`  
**HARDWARE**: `qcom`  
**DEVICE**: `gauguinpro`  
**SUPPORTED_ABIS**: `arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi`  
##


## Important Links

### Github

[Termux](https://github.com/termux/termux-app)  
[Termux:API](https://github.com/termux/termux-api)  
[Termux:Boot](https://github.com/termux/termux-boot)  
[Termux:Float](https://github.com/termux/termux-float)  
[Termux:Styling](https://github.com/termux/termux-styling)  
[Termux:Tasker](https://github.com/termux/termux-tasker)  
[Termux:Widget](https://github.com/termux/termux-widget)  
[termux-packages](https://github.com/termux/termux-packages)  

### Email

[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])  

### Reddit

[r/termux](https://www.reddit.com/r/termux)  

### Wiki

[Termux Wiki](https://wiki.termux.com)  
[Termux](https://github.com/termux/termux-app/wiki)  
[termu## Termux App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.118.0`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `118`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:API App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:API`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.api`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.49`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `49`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:Styling App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:Styling`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.styling`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.29`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `29`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Termux:Widget App Info

**APP_NAME**: `Termux:Widget`  
**PACKAGE_NAME**: `com.termux.widget`  
**VERSION_NAME**: `0.12`  
**VERSION_CODE**: `12`  
**TARGET_SDK**: `28`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD**: `false`  
**APK_RELEASE**: `Unknown`  
**SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_SHA256_DIGEST**: `A40DA80A59D170CAA950CF15C18C454D47A39B26989D8B640ECD745BA71BF5DC`  
##


## Device Info

### Software

**OS_VERSION**: `4.19.113-perf-g18f438a3f5fe`  
**SDK_INT**: `30`  
**RELEASE**: `11`  
**ID**: `RKQ1.200826.002`  
**DISPLAY**: `RKQ1.200826.002 test-keys`  
**INCREMENTAL**: `V12.5.7.0.RJSCNXM`  
**SECURITY_PATCH**: `2022-01-01`  
**IS_DEBUGGABLE**: `0`  
**IS_TREBLE_ENABLED**: `true`  
**TYPE**: `user`  
**TAGS**: `release-keys`  

### Hardware

**MANUFACTURER**: `Xiaomi`  
**BRAND**: `Redmi`  
**MODEL**: `M2007J17C`  
**PRODUCT**: `gauguinpro`  
**BOARD**: `gauguinpro`  
**HARDWARE**: `qcom`  
**DEVICE**: `gauguinpro`  
**SUPPORTED_ABIS**: `arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi`  
##

I am using Termux version 0.118.0
The signature does not match.
I tried every apk file from release with no luck.

Hello! How can I zoom in and zoom out image in ImageView? Can you help me, please