/kivy1_11_playground

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Kivy 1.11.1 Basics

Based on source: [https://kivy.org/doc/stable-1.11.1/guide/basic.html]

Install

NOTE: The script is only tested on Ubuntu 22.04. The package may be different when using another version of Linux kernel.

Install Python3.7

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3.7 python3.7-dev python3.7-venv -y

Install OpenCV

sudo apt install -y python3-opencv

If gstreamer is needed (This is NOT required on Linux [https://kivy.org/doc/stable/gettingstarted/installation.html#installing-kivy-s-dependencies]):

sudo apt install -y libgstreamer-opencv1.0-0 libgstreamer1.0-0 libgstreamer1.0-dev

Install SDL2 on Linux

sudo apt install -y libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-dev libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev

Create virtual environment

python3.7 -m venv venv
. ./venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip

# Avoid using the broken pre-build wheel
pip install --no-binary=kivy kivy==1.11.1

pip install -r requirements.txt

Get started

python ./venv/share/kivy-examples/camera/main.py

If it crashes, try:

pip install opencv-python

Build project

python -m build

# install the package from wheel
pip install ./dist/kivy_demo-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl

List of examples

  1. Hello world (Label)
  2. Build a login dialog (GridLayout)
  3. Using properties
  4. Kv script: Button
  5. Kv script: AsyncImage
  6. Kv script: Inherent classes
  7. Kv script: zip file (sequence of images) as background
  8. Handle exception when camera is not connected
  9. Xbox controller