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R. Duke
R. Duke

Reputation: 363

Kivy: changing screen from python code

I'm putting together a Kivy app and am having some problems working out how to change screens at an arbitrarily chosen point within the python code.

In the following example, I would like to know how to switch from Screen2 back to Screen1 by executing a function my main.py file.

Here's my main.py:

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen, NoTransition
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
from functools import partial

import random
import time

class ScreenOne(Screen):
    pass

class ScreenTwo(Screen):

    def __init__(self,**kwargs):
        super(ScreenTwo, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.displayScreenThenLeave()

    def displayScreenThenLeave(self):
        # 'time.sleep(3)' is a stand-in for "execute some code here"
        time.sleep(3)
        self.changeScreen()

    # I want this function to send the user back to ScreenOne.
    def changeScreen(self):
        pass

class Manager(ScreenManager):

    screen_one = ObjectProperty(None)
    screen_two = ObjectProperty(None)

class ScreensApp(App):

    def build(self):
        m = Manager(transition=NoTransition())
        return m

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ScreensApp().run()

And here's my screens.kv:

#:kivy 1.8.0

<ScreenOne>:

    BoxLayout:
        orientation: "vertical"
        size: root.size
        spacing: 20
        padding: 20

        Label:
            text: "Main Menu"
        Button:
            text: "Button 1"
            on_release: root.manager.current = "screen2"

<ScreenTwo>:        

    BoxLayout:
        orientation: "vertical"
        size: root.size
        spacing: 20
        padding: 20

        Label:
            id: label
            text: "Welcome to Screen 2, please wait three seconds"

<Manager>:
    id: screen_manager

    screen_one: screen_one
    screen_two: screen_two

    ScreenOne:
        id: screen_one
        name: "screen1"
        manager: screen_manager

    ScreenTwo:
        id: screen_two
        name: "screen2"
        manager: screen_manager

As should be pretty evident, I'm a total beginner at Kivy, so I'd really appreciate it if you could show me exactly what I need to change, including the specific syntax that should be used.

Thanks in advance for your time and wisdom.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 22665

Answers (2)

jligeza
jligeza

Reputation: 4703

Here is a simple 'game' example based on your additional info. When a player enters the game screen, their health points are bleeding. When the pool reaches zero, they are sent back to menu screen.

main.py:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen, NoTransition
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty, NumericProperty

import time
import threading


class ScreenOne(Screen):
    pass


class ScreenTwo(Screen):
    health_points = NumericProperty(100)

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(ScreenTwo, self).__init__(**kwargs)

    def on_health_points(self, instance, value):
        if value < 1:
            self.changeScreen()

    def on_enter(self, *args):
        thread = threading.Thread(target=self.bleed)
        thread.daemon = True
        thread.start()

    def bleed(self, *args):
        while self.health_points > 0:
            self.health_points -= 5
            time.sleep(0.1)

    def displayScreenThenLeave(self):
        self.changeScreen()

    def changeScreen(self):
        if self.manager.current == 'screen1':
            self.manager.current = 'screen2'
        else:
            self.manager.current = 'screen1'


class Manager(ScreenManager):

    screen_one = ObjectProperty(None)
    screen_two = ObjectProperty(None)


class ScreensApp(App):

    def build(self):
        m = Manager(transition=NoTransition())
        return m

if __name__ == "__main__":
    ScreensApp().run()

screens.kv:

#:kivy 1.8.0

<ScreenOne>:

    BoxLayout:
        orientation: "vertical"
        size: root.size
        spacing: 20
        padding: 20

        Label:
            text: "Main Menu"
        Button:
            text: "Button 1"
            on_release:
                root.manager.current = "screen2"
                # reset health_points
                root.manager.ids.screen_two.health_points = 100

<ScreenTwo>:        

    BoxLayout:
        orientation: "vertical"
        size: root.size
        spacing: 20
        padding: 20

        Label:
            id: label
            text: "health points: " + str(root.health_points)

<Manager>:
    id: screen_manager

    screen_one: screen_one
    screen_two: screen_two

    ScreenOne:
        id: screen_one
        name: "screen1"
        manager: screen_manager

    ScreenTwo:
        id: screen_two
        name: "screen2"
        manager: screen_manager

Upvotes: 8

kiok46
kiok46

Reputation: 1714

Make these little changes 

#import Clock to create a schedule
from kivy.clock import Clock

class ScreenTwo(Screen):

    def __init__(self,**kwargs):
        super(ScreenTwo, self).__init__(**kwargs)

    #this is event that is fired when the screen is displayed.
    def on_enter(self, *args):
        self.displayScreenThenLeave()

    def displayScreenThenLeave(self):
        #schedued after 3 seconds
        Clock.schedule_once(self.changeScreen, 3)

    def changeScreen(self, *args):
        #now switch to the screen 1
        self.parent.current = "screen1"

for more imformation go to these links Screen Manager, Clock

Upvotes: 6

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