I downloaded the PythonistaProjectTemplate to compile my scripts into fully working standalone apps.
But the resulting app is huge!! Almost 90Mb.
I opened the package and I noticed that there is a lot included that is NEVER used in my app. For example, the Textures folder contains 3444 images and I don't use a single one of them.
Is it possible to streamline the compiled app? May I delete stuff.
And is there any way to NOT include all this stuff when compiling in Xcode so that I don't have to, manually, delete everything after?

I'm trying to show an alert with console.alert
But I keep getting an error saying: AssertionError: Cannot show alert from main UI thread
So, can't I show an alert anywhere I need to?
How can I show alerts?

Well, I create a view and I want to keep it visible all the time.
I will see if I can restructure my code taking you example into account.
Thank you very much :-)

Oh, the display_grid function updated some TextField items in my view, but not the ones whose field_edit function is attached to.

Well, here is a snippet of the function that calls the alert:

def field_edit(sender):
	global current_player
	global lines
	global rows
	global scores
	global totals
	global finished
	global n_players
	global scores_grid
	global combs
	global info

	size=lines*rows
	start=current_player*size
	
	display_grid()
	
	for x in range(lines):
		
		last=-1
		for y in range(rows-1,-1,-1):
			value1=scores[start+(x*rows)+y]
			if value1!=0:
				last=y
				break
		
		if last!=-1:
			for y in range(last,-1,-1):
				value1=scores[start+(x*rows)+y]
				if value1==0:
					alert('Esse valor não pode ser colocado nessa posição.')
					return

This function is assigned to a few TextField items so that, whenever I type something in there and press Enter, the function is executed.

In the main function, a new View is created and the TextField items reside in that View.
My main function ends with a my_view.wait_modal() so that the view doesn't close (if this is important).

I have no other console access.
However, the alert function is being called from inside an action assigned to a TextField.

Is there any particular place where I should place that function for it to work?
I still find it confusing why can't we simply show an alert wherever and whenever we want?

My function is like this:

@ui.in_background
def alert(message):
    alert_result=console.alert('Warning',message, button1='OK')
    return

And I call it like this:

alert('The message to show in the alert')

Well, I did that and the alert only shows when I close my View (in the top left X icon).

So, anyone know of a way?