/WikiReader

:sparkler: Multi platform example kivy application to browse Wikipedia's summaries. Can be built to run standalone on Android, iOS, Win, Linux, Mac. Written in Python using Kivy and KivyMD.

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WikiReader

Multi platform application to browse Wikipedia's summaries. Can be built to run standalone on Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows. Written using Kivy and KivyMD, as a project for my YouTube Series "How to Build Apps for Smartphone (and desktop!) With Python".

Q: Why do you pack so much code into a single commit? \

A: It's just one way to make it easier for people watching the series to access the code written for a specific lesson.

Please keep scrolling for more Q&A.

How to run the app locally:

Using Python 3.8+, create a virtual environment using venv and install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt. Then, run the main.py script. Please note that Kivy 1.11 does not support Python 3.8. You can use 2.0 (rc if final not yet available) instead.

How to build the App for Smartphone:

You can use Buildozer. A buildozer.spec file is provided with the repo. The procedure is explained in lesson 2 of the series.

How to build the App for Desktop:

You can use PyInstaller. Feel free to watch my related italian or english video tutorials to learn how to use it.

Questions

Q: Where can I find the series?
A: The series is in Italian and can be found, free of charge, at this link

Q: Will you publish this same series on your international channel as well?
A: I am not planning to release the series on my International YouTube channel at the moment, but I might definitely do so in the future. If you follow my international channel and are interested in the series, please get in touch on twitter

Q: The endpoints you are connecting to look very weird: why are you doing so?
A: I agree! Unfortunately the REST endpoints offered by Wikimedia only provide a one line string as "summary" of single voices. Therefore, I opted for using the endpoints provided by the Action API. I will however also attach a version of this app that uses the REST Endpoints. Feel free to get in touch on twitter or send a pull request if you have a better alternative. Thanks.

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