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Kivy Blueprints

Kivy Blueprints

By : Vasilkov
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Kivy Blueprints

Kivy Blueprints

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By: Vasilkov
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Overview of this book

This book is intended for programmers who are comfortable with the Python language and who want to build desktop and mobile applications with rich GUI in Python with minimal hassle. Knowledge of Kivy is not strictly required—every aspect of the framework is described when it's first used.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Write once, run anywhere
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What this book covers
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Setting up the working environment
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Hello, Kivy
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Building a Clock App
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1. Building a Clock App
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The starting point
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Modern UI
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Making the clock tick
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Layout basics
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Styling buttons
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Counting time
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Stopwatch controls
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Summary
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2. Building a Paint App
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2. Building a Paint App
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Setting the stage
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Fine-tuning the looks
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Drawing touches
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Clearing the screen
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Connecting the dots
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The color palette
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Setting the line thickness
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Summary
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3. Sound Recorder for Android
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3. Sound Recorder for Android
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Writing platform-dependent code
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Metro UI
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Testing on Android
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Using the native API
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Summary
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4. Kivy Networking
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4. Kivy Networking
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Writing the chat server
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Screen manager
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Bringing the app online
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Enhancements and eye candy
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Summary
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5. Making a Remote Desktop App
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5. Making a Remote Desktop App
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The server
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JavaScript client
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Kivy Remote Desktop app
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Summary
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6. Making the 2048 Game
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6. Making the 2048 Game
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About the game
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Creating the 2048 board
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Making tiles
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Implementing the game logic
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Where to go from here
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Summary
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7. Writing a Flappy Bird Clone
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7. Writing a Flappy Bird Clone
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Project overview
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Creating an animated background
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Making pipes
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Introducing Kivy Bird
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Collision detection
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Producing sound effects
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Summary
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8. Introducing Shaders
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8. Introducing Shaders
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Unscientific introduction to OpenGL
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Using custom shaders in Kivy
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Making the Starfield app
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9. Making a Shoot-Em-Up Game
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9. Making a Shoot-Em-Up Game
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Limitations of the project
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Texture atlases at a glance
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Designing a reusable particle system
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Writing the game
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Finishing touches
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Summary
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A. The Python Ecosystem
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A. The Python Ecosystem
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Index
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Index

Making the Starfield app

Armed with our newfound knowledge of GLSL, let's build a starfield screensaver, that is, a non-interactive demonstration of stars fleeing from the center of the screen to its sides, under the influence of an imaginary centrifugal force or something.

Tip

As dynamic visual effects are hard to describe unequivocally and screenshots aren't very helpful in this regard either, run the code that accompanies the chapter to get a better idea of what's going on.

Conceptually, each star goes through the same action sequence:

  1. It spawns randomly near the center of the screen.

  2. The star moves in the opposite direction from the screen center until it's no longer visible.

  3. Then it respawns, going back to square one.

We will also make stars accelerate and grow in size as they approach the edges of the screen to simulate the faux depth.

The following screenshot attempts (or, to be more specific, fails due to the highly dynamic nature of the demo) to illustrate what the end result will look...

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