Creating Apps in Kivy by Phillips, Dusty -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Creating Apps in Kivy Preface

Who Should Read This Book Technology Used in This Book Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

1. Introducing Kivy

Dependencies: The Hard Part

Installing on Mac OS Installing on Windows

Writing Code: The Easy Part Introducing the KV Language

User Interface Design Widgets The KV Language Root Widget Creating a Custom Widget Adjusting Widget Size

Size hint advice Size advice See it in action

File It All Away

2. Events and Properties

What Is an Event? Adding Logic to a Custom Widget Responding to Events Accessing Properties of KV Language Widgets Populating the Search Result List File It All Away

3. Manipulating Widgets

A More Extensible Root Widget ListView Adapters Responding to ListView Item Events Swappable Widgets Switching Forms File It All Away

4. Iterative Development

Improving the Add Location Form Caching Widgets Storing Actual Locations and Converting Arguments Retrieving Weather Data File It All Away

5. Kivy Graphics

A Conditions Widget Dynamic Conditions Abstracting Common Widgets Basic Animation Using Icons Instead File It All Away

6. Kivy Storage

Maintaining a List of Locations Storing the Location List The User Settings Dialog File It All Away

7. Gestures

The Forecast Tab Recording Gestures Touch Events Recognizing Gestures Firing Events File It All Away

8. Advanced Widgets

Carousel The ModalView Widget Completing the Refactor Adding an Action Bar File It All Away

9. Releasing to Android and iOS

Getting Buildozer Deploying Your Application Deploying to iOS Android Bonus: Accessing the GPS Keeping It Running File It All Away

Index Colophon Copyright