Kivy Cookbook (eBook)

Solis Hugo Solis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015 | 1. Auflage
246 Seiten
Packt Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78398-739-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Enhance your skills in developing multi-touch applications with KivyAbout This BookCreate most diverse apps and learn how to distribute them with the help of the Kivy frameworkExplore Kivy API to develop user interfaces and control multi-touch eventsStep-by-step recipes that provide deeper understanding of the Kivy 1.9.0 frameworkBuild and use your own events, widgets and gestures using features and tools in KivyWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for developers who want to use features of the Kivy framework and develop multi-touch applications. Prior experience with Kivy is not required, although familiarity with Python is expected.What You Will LearnAccess widgets defined inside Kv language in your Python codeHandle Kivy events to control widgets, touches, the mouse, the keyboard, and animationsRecognize touch shapes and detecting multi-tappingCreate custom events and declare propertiesOrganizing your layouts while working with the ActionBarStore and retrieve the coordinate space contextCreate your own shader and render in a framebufferLeverage Factory objects, multi-touch in iOS and multi-touch in AndroidIn DetailKivy is an open-source Python library for rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multi-touch apps. It is a promising Python framework to develop UI and UX apps in a cross-platform environment, under the Python philosophy.Kivy Cookbook is a practical book that will guide you through the Kivy framework to develop apps and get your apps ready for distribution in App Store and Android devices.You will start off with installing Kivy and building your interfaces. You will learn how to work the accelerometer and create custom events. Then, you will understand how to use the basics, buttons, labels and text inputs and manipulate the widget tree. Next, you will be able to work with manipulating instructions, create an atlas and layouts. Moving on, you will learn packing for Windows and packing for iOS, and use TestDrive.By the end of the book, you will have learnt in detail the relevant features and tools in Kivy and how to create portable packages to distribute your apps in the most used platforms.Style and approachThis is an easy-to-follow practical guide packed with graspable recipes that cover important tasks to be performed while developing multi-touch applications with Kivy. All the code used in each recipe is explained in detail.

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About This BookCreate most diverse apps and learn how to distribute them with the help of the Kivy frameworkExplore Kivy API to develop user interfaces and control multi-touch eventsStep-by-step recipes that provide deeper understanding of the Kivy 1.9.0 frameworkBuild and use your own events, widgets and gestures using features and tools in KivyWho This Book Is ForThis book is intended for developers who want to use features of the Kivy framework and develop multitouch applications. Prior experience with Kivy is not required although familiarity with Python is expected.What You Will LearnAccess widgets defined inside the Kv language in your Python codeHandle Kivy events to control widgets, touches, the mouse, the keyboard, and animationsRecognize touch shapes and detect multitappingOrganize your layouts while working with the action barStore and retrieve the coordinate space contextCreate your own shader and render in a FramebufferLeverage factory objects, multitouch in iOS, and multitouch in AndroidIn DetailKivy is an open source Python library for the rapid development of applications that make use of innovative user interfaces, such as multitouch apps, and develops UI and UX apps in a cross-platform environment. You will start off by installing Kivy and building your interfaces. You will learn how to work the accelerometer and create custom events. Then, you will use the basics, buttons, labels, and text inputs and manipulate the widget tree. Next, you will work with manipulating instructions, create Atlas and layouts, and learn packaging for Windows and iOS. By the end of this book, you will have learned the features and tools in Kivy and will be able to create portable packages to distribute your apps on the most popular platforms.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• ISBN-10: 1-78398-739-1 / 1783987391
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78398-739-9 / 9781783987399