Move GUI toolkit from tkinter to nicegui for easier prototyping

docker-compose.yml

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ services:
       # Provide access to GPU devices
       - /dev/dri:/dev/dri
     network_mode: host
+    ports:
+      - 8923:8923
     ipc: host
     #user: "${UID}:${GID}"
     privileged: true # Allow privileged access if necessary (e.g., for GPU access)

guiTools/Dockerfile

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ RUN apt-get -y install qterminal mesa-utils \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
     gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly 
 
+#Install poetry
+RUN curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:$PATH"
+
 COPY --from=git.spirirobotics.com/spiri/gazebo-resources:main /plugins /ardupilot_gazebo/plugins
 COPY --from=git.spirirobotics.com/spiri/gazebo-resources:main /models /ardupilot_gazebo/models
 COPY --from=git.spirirobotics.com/spiri/gazebo-resources:main /worlds /ardupilot_gazebo/worlds
@@ -20,8 +24,16 @@ ENV GZ_SIM_RESOURCE_PATH=/ardupilot_gazebo/models:/ardupilot_gazebo/worlds
 COPY ./spawn_drones.sh /spawn_drones.sh
 RUN chmod +x /spawn_drones.sh
 
-COPY ./launcher.py /launcher.py
-CMD python3 /launcher.py
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY ./pyproject.toml /app/pyproject.toml
+COPY ./poetry.lock /app/poetry.lock
+
+RUN poetry install --no-root
+
+COPY ./spiri_sdk_guitools /app/spiri_sdk_guitools
+
+CMD poetry run python3 spiri_sdk_guitools/launcher.py
 
 
 

guiTools/pyproject.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "spiri-sdk-guitools"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = ""
+authors = ["Alex Davies <traverse.da@gmail.com>"]
+readme = "README.md"
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.11"
+nicegui = "^2.5.0"
+pywebview = "^5.3.2"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"

guiTools/spiri_sdk_guitools/launcher.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import tkinter as tk
+from nicegui import ui
 import subprocess
 
 # Dictionary of applications: key is the button text, value is the command to execute
@@ -11,34 +11,19 @@ applications = {
     # Add more applications here if needed
 }
 
-
 # Function to launch an application
 def launch_app(command):
     try:
         subprocess.Popen(command)
     except FileNotFoundError:
-        print(
-            f"{command[0]} not found. Make sure it's installed and accessible in the PATH."
-        )
+        print(f"{command[0]} not found. Make sure it's installed and accessible in the PATH.")
 
-
-# Create the main application window
-root = tk.Tk()
-root.title("Spiri SDK Launcher")
-
-label = tk.Label(root, text="Spiri Robotics SDK", font=("Arial", 14))
-label.pack(pady=10)
+# Create the NiceGUI interface
+ui.label("Spiri Robotics SDK").style('font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;')
 
 # Create and place buttons dynamically based on the dictionary
 for app_name, command in applications.items():
-    button = tk.Button(
-        root,
-        text=app_name,
-        command=lambda cmd=command: launch_app(cmd),
-        width=20,
-        height=2,
-    )
-    button.pack()
+    ui.button(app_name, on_click=lambda cmd=command: launch_app(cmd)).style('width: 150px; height: 50px; margin: 5px;')
 
-# Run the Tkinter main loop
-root.mainloop()
+# Start the NiceGUI application
+ui.run(title="Spiri SDK Launcher", port=8923, dark=None)