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Kivy: Interactive Applications in Python

You're reading from  Kivy: Interactive Applications in Python

Product type Book
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783281596
Pages 138 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Roberto Ulloa Roberto Ulloa
Profile icon Roberto Ulloa

Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Kivy: Interactive Applications in Python
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. GUI Basics – Building an Interface 2. Graphics – The Canvas 3. Widget Events – Binding Actions 4. Improving the User Experience 5. Invaders Revenge – An Interactive Multitouch Game Index

Chapter 4. Improving the User Experience

This chapter gives and overview over selected components that Kivy provides to make the programmer's life easier when it is time to improve the user experience. Most of them are related to specific widgets that already include the functionality; in this case, you are going to learn the basic techniques to control them. Others facilitate a deeper comprehension of the drawing context of Kivy or the use of classes to handle gestures.

The following are the knowledge you will acquire in the chapter:

  • Switching between different screens

  • Using pre-build complex widgets to select colors

  • Controlling the visible area of the canvas

  • Rotate and scale with multi-touch gestures

  • Creating single gestures to draw on the screen

More importantly, we will learn how to incorporate them into a current working project. This will reinforce your previously acquired knowledge and understanding of how Kivy works. At the end of this chapter, you should feel comfortable to face possible...

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