docs: update "How it works" diagram with details of Android, iOS, and Pyodide builds (#2816)

* Update diagram with details of Android, iOS, and Pyodide builds

* Update diagram as well

* Simplify

Co-Authored-By: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>

* Improve WCAG for some text elements

* Update diagram snapshot

* Modernise image generation script and rerun

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Co-authored-by: Malcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>
Co-authored-by: Joe Rickerby <joerick@mac.com>
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Agriya Khetarpal
2026-04-10 13:09:28 -04:00
committed by GitHub
co-authored by Malcolm Smith Joe Rickerby
parent a42e5d3563
commit 1d5d9be23f
4 changed files with 141 additions and 60 deletions
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<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 3"></div>
<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 4"></div>
<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 5"></div>
<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 6"></div>
<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 7"></div>
<div class="grid-line" style="grid-row-start: 8"></div>
<!-- the docker container outline -->
<div class="grid-outline docker">
<div class="outline">
@@ -17,11 +20,17 @@
</div>
<div class="grid-outline testVenv" style="grid-row-start: 4"><div class="outline"></div></div>
<div class="grid-outline testVenv" style="grid-row-start: 5"><div class="outline"></div></div>
<div class="grid-outline testVenv" style="grid-row-start: 6"><div class="outline"></div></div>
<div class="grid-outline testVenv" style="grid-row-start: 7"><div class="outline"></div></div>
<div class="grid-outline testVenv" style="grid-row-start: 8"><div class="outline"></div></div>
<!-- THE GRID CONTENT -->
<!-- the row labels -->
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 3">Linux</div>
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 4">macOS</div>
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 5">Windows</div>
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 6">Android</div>
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 7">iOS</div>
<div class="grid-row-label" style="grid-row-start: 8">Pyodide</div>
<!-- the column labels -->
<div class="grid-column-label"
style="grid-row: 1 / span 1; grid-column: 5 / -3">
@@ -86,7 +95,7 @@
[
{
href: 'options/#before-all',
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'dot',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_BEFORE_ALL',
@@ -104,11 +113,27 @@
description: 'Install the version of Python required to build this wheel.'
},
},
{
label: 'Install Python & set up cross-compilation',
platforms: ['android', 'ios'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
description: 'Install Python for the build and target platforms, and set up a cross-compilation environment.'
},
},
{
label: 'Set up Pyodide xbuildenv',
platforms: ['pyodide'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
description: 'Install a base Python, set up a build virtualenv with pyodide-build, install the Pyodide cross-build environment and Emscripten toolchain.'
},
},
],
[
{
href: 'options/#before-build',
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'dot',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD',
@@ -121,12 +146,12 @@
{
label: 'Build wheel',
href: 'options/#build-frontend',
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_BUILD_FRONTEND',
tag: 'Customisable step',
description: 'Build the wheel according to your package configuration, using the frontend of your choice - pip or build.'
description: 'Build the wheel according to your package configuration, using the frontend of your choice pip, build, or uv.'
},
},
],
@@ -154,23 +179,31 @@
},
},
{
env: "CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND",
label: 'Repair wheel',
href: 'options/#repair-wheel-command',
label: 'repair wheel',
platforms: ['windows'],
platforms: ['android'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND',
tag: 'Customisable step',
description: 'By default, bundles libc++ into the wheel if any shared library links against it, using patchelf. Can be overridden with a custom repair command.'
},
},
{
href: 'options/#repair-wheel-command',
platforms: ['windows', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'dot',
optional: true,
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND',
tag: 'Optional step',
description: 'Execute a shell command to repair each built wheel'
description: 'Execute a shell command to repair each built wheel.'
},
},
],
[
{
href: 'options/#before-test',
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'dot',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_BEFORE_TEST',
@@ -182,10 +215,10 @@
[
{
label: 'Install wheel',
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
description: 'Install the wheel we just built into the test virtualenv.'
description: 'Install the wheel we just built into the test environment.'
},
},
],
@@ -198,7 +231,40 @@
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_TEST_COMMAND',
tag: 'Optional step',
description: 'Execute a shell command to test each built wheel'
description: 'Execute a shell command to test each built wheel.'
},
},
{
label: 'Test on emulator',
href: 'options/#test-command',
platforms: ['android'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_TEST_COMMAND',
tag: 'Optional step',
description: 'Run the test command on an Android emulator using the CPython testbed.'
},
},
{
label: 'Test on simulator',
href: 'options/#test-command',
platforms: ['ios'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_TEST_COMMAND',
tag: 'Optional step',
description: 'Run the test command on an iOS simulator using the testbed app.'
},
},
{
label: 'Test in Node.js',
href: 'options/#test-command',
platforms: ['pyodide'],
style: 'block',
tooltip: {
title: 'CIBW_TEST_COMMAND',
tag: 'Optional step',
description: 'Run the test command in a Pyodide virtualenv powered by Node.js.'
},
},
],
@@ -219,26 +285,21 @@
data() {
return {
diagram,
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows'],
platforms: ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide'],
}
},
methods: {
blockStyle(action) {
let start, end
if (action.platforms.includes('linux')) {
start = 3
} else if (action.platforms.includes('macos')) {
start = 4
} else if (action.platforms.includes('windows')) {
start = 5
}
const platformOrder = ['linux', 'macos', 'windows', 'android', 'ios', 'pyodide']
const rowOffset = 3 // first platform starts at grid row 3
if (action.platforms.includes('windows')) {
end = 6
} else if (action.platforms.includes('macos')) {
end = 5
} else if (action.platforms.includes('linux')) {
end = 4
let start = null
let end = null
for (let i = 0; i < platformOrder.length; i++) {
if (action.platforms.includes(platformOrder[i])) {
if (start === null) start = rowOffset + i
end = rowOffset + i + 1
}
}
return {
@@ -413,7 +474,7 @@
.grid-outline {
grid-row-end: span 1;
position: relative;
color: #8f8f8f;
color: #666666;
}
.grid-outline.docker {
grid-row: 3 / span 1;
@@ -478,7 +539,7 @@
font-weight: 500;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #C9C9C9;
color: #888888;
}
.tooltip-description {
margin-top: 1px;