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Kivy Cookbook

By : Hugo Solis
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Kivy Cookbook

By: Hugo Solis

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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Kivy Cookbook
Kivy Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Kivy and the Kv Language
Kivy and the Kv Language
Introduction
Installing Kivy
Building your interfaces
Declaring properties within a class
Relating Python code and the Kv language
Referencing widgets
Accessing widgets defined inside the Kv language in your Python code
Reusing styles in multiple widgets
Designing with the Kv language
Running your code
Using Kivy garden
2
Input, Motion, and Touch
Input, Motion, and Touch
Introduction
Using the mouse
Evolving to the touchscreen
Working with the accelerometer
Using the gyroscope
The differences between the touch and motion events
Recognizing touch shapes
Detecting multitapping
Grabbing touch events
Recording gestures
3
Events
Events
Introduction
Scheduling a one-time event
Scheduling a repetitive event
Triggering events
Defining widget events
Creating custom events
Attaching callbacks
Declaring a property
Compounding properties
4
Widgets
Widgets
Introduction
Using the basics: buttons, labels, and text inputs
Manipulating the widget tree
Traversing the tree
Using swappable widgets
Organizing with layouts
Using FloatLayout
Using BoxLayout
Using GridLayout
Using StackLayout
Using RelativeLayout
Using AnchorLayout
Working with ActionBar
5
Graphics – Canvas and Instructions
Graphics – Canvas and Instructions
Introduction
Separating with the screen manager
Using drawing instructions
Using context instructions
Working with manipulating instructions
Rotating, translating, and scaling the canvas
Modifying with multitouching
Storing and retrieving the coordinate space context
Introducing animations
6
Advanced Graphics – Shaders and Rendering
Advanced Graphics – Shaders and Rendering
Introduction
Using Carousel
Creating and using Atlas
Creating layouts
Editing shaders
Creating widgets
Creating your own shader
Rendering in a Framebuffer
Optimizing graphics
7
The API in Detail
The API in Detail
Introduction
Getting to know the API
Using the asynchronous data loader
Logging objects
Parsing
Applying utils
Leveraging the factory object
Working with audio
Working with video
Working with a camera
Using spelling
Adding effects
Advanced text manipulation
8
Packaging our Apps for PC
Packaging our Apps for PC
Introduction
Packaging for Windows
Including multimedia for Windows
Running apps in Windows
Packaging for Mac OS
Including multimedia for Mac OS
Running apps in Mac OS
Packaging for Linux
Including multimedia for Linux
Running apps in Linux
9
Kivy for Mobile Devices
Kivy for Mobile Devices
Introduction
Packaging for iOS
Resizing the screen into iOS
Leveraging mobile features in iOS
Preparing for the App Store
Packaging for Android
Resizing the screen into Android
Leveraging mobile features in Android
Index
Index

Chapter 2. Input, Motion, and Touch

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Using the mouse

  • Evolving to the touchscreen

  • Working with the accelerometer

  • Using the gyroscope

  • The Differences between the touch and motion events

  • Recognizing touch shapes

  • Detecting multitapping

  • Grabbing touch events

  • Recording gestures

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