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Kivy Tutorial

This document provides a tutorial on using various Kivy widgets like checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, switches, popups, and screen management. It shows how to create a Kivy app with a BoxLayout containing these widgets, define their properties and interaction methods, and transition between screens using a ScreenManager. Multiple code examples are given to demonstrate integrating Kivy widgets and managing screens in an app.

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Kivy Tutorial

This document provides a tutorial on using various Kivy widgets like checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, switches, popups, and screen management. It shows how to create a Kivy app with a BoxLayout containing these widgets, define their properties and interaction methods, and transition between screens using a ScreenManager. Multiple code examples are given to demonstrate integrating Kivy widgets and managing screens in an app.

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# ---------- KIVY TUTORIAL PT 5 ----------

# ---------- kivytut.py ----------

import kivy
kivy.require("1.9.0")

from kivy.app import App


from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
from kivy.core.window import Window
from kivy.uix.popup import Popup

# Used to display popup


class CustomPopup(Popup):
pass

class SampBoxLayout(BoxLayout):

# For checkbox
checkbox_is_active = ObjectProperty(False)
def checkbox_18_clicked(self, instance, value):
if value is True:
print("Checkbox Checked")
else:
print("Checkbox Unchecked")

# For radio buttons


blue = ObjectProperty(True)
red = ObjectProperty(False)
green = ObjectProperty(False)

# For Switch
def switch_on(self, instance, value):
if value is True:
print("Switch On")
else:
print("Switch Off")

# Opens Popup when called


def open_popup(self):
the_popup = CustomPopup()
the_popup.open()

# For Spinner
def spinner_clicked(self, value):
print("Spinner Value " + value)

class SampleApp(App):
def build(self):

# Set the background color for the window


Window.clearcolor = (1, 1, 1, 1)
return SampBoxLayout()

sample_app = SampleApp()
sample_app.run()
# ---------- sample.kv ----------

#: import CheckBox kivy.uix.checkbox

<CustLabel@Label>:
color: 0, 0, 0, 1

<CustomPopup>:
size_hint: .5, .5
auto_dismiss: False
title: "The Popup"
Button:
text: "Close"
on_press: root.dismiss()

SampBoxLayout:

<SampBoxLayout>:
orientation: "vertical"
padding: 10
spacing: 10

# ---------- Holds CheckBox and RadioBox ----------


BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
height: 30

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .22
CustLabel:
text: "Are you over 18"
size_hint_x: .80
CheckBox:
on_active: root.checkbox_18_clicked(self, self.active)
size_hint_x: .20
BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .55
CustLabel:
text: "Favorite Color"
color: 0, 0, 0, 1
size_hint_x: .265
CheckBox:
group: "fav_color"
value: root.blue
size_hint_x: .05
CustLabel:
text: "Blue"
color: 0, 0, 0, 1
size_hint_x: .15
CheckBox:
group: "fav_color"
value: root.red
size_hint_x: .05
CustLabel:
text: "Red"
color: 0, 0, 0, 1
size_hint_x: .15
CheckBox:
group: "fav_color"
value: root.green
size_hint_x: .05
CustLabel:
text: "Green"
color: 0, 0, 0, 1
size_hint_x: .15

# ---------- Holds Slider & Switch ----------


BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
height: 30

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .25
CustLabel:
text: str(slider_id.value)

# Define the min, max, starting value and how


# much the value changes with each move
Slider:
id: slider_id
min: -100
max: 100
value: 0
step: 1

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .25
CustLabel:
text: "On / Off"

Switch:
id: switch_id
on_active: root.switch_on(self, self.active)

# ---------- Displays Popup & Spinner ----------


BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
height: 30

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .25

# When clicked the popup opens


Button:
text: "Open Popup"
on_press: root.open_popup()

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .25

Spinner:
text: "First"
values: ["First", "Second", "Third"]
id: spinner_id
on_text: root.spinner_clicked(spinner_id.text)

# ---------- Displays TabbedPanel ----------


BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
height: 30

BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
size_hint_x: .25

TabbedPanel:
do_default_tab: False

TabbedPanelItem:
text: "1st Tab"
Label:
text: "Content of First Panel"
TabbedPanelItem:
text: "2nd Tab"
Label:
text: "Content of Second Panel"
TabbedPanelItem:
text: "3rd Tab"
Label:
text: "Content of Third Panel"

# ---------- kivytut2.py ----------

import kivy
kivy.require('1.9.0')

from kivy.app import App


from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen

# You can create your kv code in the Python file


Builder.load_string("""
<ScreenOne>:
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: "Go to Screen 2"
on_press:
# You can define the duration of the change
# and the direction of the slide
root.manager.transition.direction = 'left'
root.manager.transition.duration = 1
root.manager.current = 'screen_two'

<ScreenTwo>:
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: "Go to Screen 1"
on_press:
root.manager.transition.direction = 'right'
root.manager.current = 'screen_one'
""")
# Create a class for all screens in which you can include
# helpful methods specific to that screen
class ScreenOne(Screen):
pass

class ScreenTwo(Screen):
pass

# The ScreenManager controls moving between screens


screen_manager = ScreenManager()

# Add the screens to the manager and then supply a name


# that is used to switch screens
screen_manager.add_widget(ScreenOne(name="screen_one"))
screen_manager.add_widget(ScreenTwo(name="screen_two"))

class KivyTut2App(App):

def build(self):
return screen_manager

sample_app = KivyTut2App()
sample_app.run()

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