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StandingBird
StandingBird

Reputation: 63

kivy or something else for android UI

I am learning to program (python 3.x) and was wondering what would be best to learn for making android apps/games. I dont know anything about UI really but have heard that kivy? Is on android. Is that worth learning or should i use something else. Thanks

Edit: I am using sl4a and py34a on my android device.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2565

Answers (2)

Carl Younger
Carl Younger

Reputation: 3070

Kivy is good, and will run on Android, but you can't make Android apps with it. It has no way of interacting with the Android API. You can run a kivy app on the device, but can not read sensors or anything like that. They have a project called pyjnius, which allows you to access Java classes from Python, but not with Python3, and it's not very easy to use unless you know Java.

You have SL4A installed, so you can use web technology to do UIs, including games, which can be rendered on the device using webviews. That said, Kivy is a much more mature and well maintained project.

Upvotes: 2

krivar
krivar

Reputation: 402

I'm loving kivy. The irony is, that I found this topic here looking for help with python 3. Python 2 works perfectly, but 3 is still being made compatible. Other than that Kivy is great for beginner coders. Especially, because you don't have to code the complex stuff.

Upvotes: 1

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