Kivy programming contest #1
Kivy, an open source project for building cross platform applications and user interfaces, is announcing its 1st programming contest. The contest will start with the publication of official rules on...
View ArticleIntroducing “Python for Android”
I’m glad to share a new project called Python for Android. The goal of this project is to package your python application into an APK. https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android The project is under...
View ArticleKivy programming contest #1 is over!
During January, we hosted a contest for promoting the Kivy framework. The goal was simple: create a game using Kivy, without external non-pure python dependencies. All the entries have been submitted...
View ArticleIOS Support for Kivy
Kivy has now added official support for IOS platform. You can now package your Kivy application for the Ipad (and other iOS devices, testers needed). The current instructions are available here:...
View ArticlePyjnius: Accessing Java classes from Python
We’re pleased to announce the Pyjnius project. It’s a Python library to access Java classes from Python, on the desktop or on Android. Source code: github.com/kivy/pyjnius Documentation:...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Kivy on Raspberry Pi
Kivy doesn’t run yet on the Raspberry Pi, and we need your help to crowdfund it! Even is Kivy is built to be compatible for GLES 2.0, we lack of a python EGL support. The plan is to add a new EGL...
View ArticleKivy 1.7.0 is out
If you missed it, Kivy 1.7.0 is out last Monday. It’s quite a big release that include some big fixes we did during the : Android Emulator is now supported ScrollView has been re-factored with new...
View ArticleUsing Facebook SDK with Python-for-Android / Kivy
For another museum project, Arnaud asked me to see if we could integrate Facebook in an app on Android. The usual libraries are made for desktop, and manually open a webbrowser to handle the user...
View Article2048, in Python / Kivy
If you don’t know the 2048 puzzle yet, you should. But be careful, it’s time consuming. I won’t go on the whole clone history of the game, but will just say that if you want to play it on the Web, play...
View ArticleKivy Programming Contest 2014
Kivy is organizing its second application development contest!. This is a great chance for users both new and experienced to show off their skills and compete for prizes. Entries will be judged on a...
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