Creating Apps in Kivy

Preface

This book introduces Kivy, an exciting new graphical user interface library that finally allows Python to be used to code cross-platform applications on most traditional and mobile operating systems. I’m happy you’re here to study Kivy with me and hope that you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. I am confident that you will be happy with the two Apps you develop and deploy in this book and that it will lead you to develop many new applications of your own design. I look forward to seeing your Kivy Apps on the Android and iTunes market in the near future!

Who Should Read This Book

This book is primarily targeted to fairly new programmers who have read the Python tutorial, but haven’t done a lot of real-world coding. In addition to instructing you in Kivy, this book introduces you to the programming workflow. Each chapter builds on the previous chapter to help you create a fully functional mobile application. You will learn the steps you need to follow to design and implement your own apps.

It will also be applicable to programmers who have not worked with Python before but want to use Kivy for its amazing API, integrated multitouch support, or cross-platform deployment. You will probably want to review the Python tutorial to get a leg up on the language’s syntax before reading this book. You may be able to skim some sections of the text if you already understand the culture of coding.

Technology Used in This Book

The examples in this book all target Python ...