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Used Kivy for Desktop-GUI for one of my oss-project. It was quite easy to learn and create (if you already know python). Much easier/quicker then creating GTK+
by giis 9y ago
Used Kivy for Desktop-GUI for one of my oss-project. It was quite easy to learn and create (if you already know python). Much easier/quicker then creating GTK+ application. (created GTK+ GUI long time ago, not sure whether things changed recently)
When I tried to use it to make Android apps, unfortunately, apps are slow and needs more disk-space.I also had trouble creating packages with Buildozer.I wanted to avoid Java at all cost, but left with no-other option to go with Java for Android.
If you plan to start with Kivy, use their pre-built VM to avoid installation steps.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoSorry no, do not use the VM, it is outdated. Additionally, buildozer has improved, and has worked well on Android in my experience. I don't find apps to be slow, and I'm using it primarily on a several year old nexus 10.
- mixedCase 9y agoThe apps are not slow, the problem is initialization. From what I gathered from talking to various core devs the interpreter is to blame and there's no solution for it.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoThere is an unpacking step on first run, but after that loading isn't noticeable on my several year old tablet.
- mixedCase 9y agoIt is very much noticeable in my Galaxy S3 and in a tablet I have for testing releases (7-10 seconds easily). Unfortunately that rules it out for a lot of things.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoWhat is it doing at that time? "adb logcat" might shed some light.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoUpdate: The VM has been updated!