Kivy is a platform-independent GUI tool in Python. As it can be run on Android, IOS, Linux and Windows, etc. It is basically used to develop the Android application, but it does not mean that it can not be used on Desktop applications.
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Now in this article, we will learn how to build a button in kivy by using the kv file, just like the button we use in calculators and many more places.
Buttons :
The Button is a Label with associated actions that are triggered when the button is pressed (or released after a click/touch). To bind the action of button when it pressed we have the function on_press.
Basic Approach for the button Actions using .kv file:
1) Import kivy 2) Import kivy app 3) Import Box layout 4) create .kv with label and button 5) Bind button to a method 6) create method
Now let’s code the .py file.
Python3
# import kivy module import kivy # this restrict the kivy version i.e # below this kivy version you cannot # use the app or software kivy.require("1.9.1") # base Class of your App inherits from the App class. # app:always refers to the instance of your application from kivy.app import App# BoxLayout arranges children # in a vertical or horizontal box.from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout# class in which we are defining action on clickclass RootWidget(BoxLayout): def btn_clk(self): self.lbl.text = "You have been pressed"# creating action class and calling # Rootwidget by returning itclass ActionApp(App): def build(self): return RootWidget()# creating the myApp root for ActionApp() class myApp = ActionApp()# run function runs the whole program # i.e run() method which calls the # target function passed to the constructor. myApp.run() |
.kv file of the above code [action.kv] :
Must be saved with the name of the ActionApp class. i.e action.kv.
Python3
# Base widget from Rootwidget class in .py file<RootWidget>: # used to change the label text # as in rootwidget class lbl:my_label # child that is an instance of the BoxLayout BoxLayout: orientation: 'vertical' size: [1, .25] Button: text:'Click Me' font_size:"50sp" color: [0, 255, 255, .67] on_press: root.btn_clk() Label: # id is limited in scope to the rule # it is declared in. An id is a weakref # to the widget and not the widget itself. id: my_label text: 'No click Yet' color: [0, 84, 80, 19] |
Output:
Video explaining output:
Note: BoxLayout arranges widgets in either in a vertical fashion that is one on top of another or in a horizontal fashion that is one after another.
