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python-3.xkivykivy-languagekivymd
Prem Kishore
Prem Kishore

Reputation: 23

KivyMD on changing screen not creating MDList Items widget using root.ids and showing error

I am trying build an app in Python using Kivymd and i just started learning this kivymd framework so the problem i am facing is when i am trying to change screen from LoginScreen to HomeScreen, it raises error. I am unable to understand what's wrong in my code.

I wanted it to change screen to HomeScreen and then show the list on pressing button 'Join Chat'.

Here is the code:

main.py

from kivymd.app import MDApp
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import Screen,ScreenManager
from kivymd.uix.list import MDList, OneLineIconListItem,IconLeftWidget


class LoginScreen(Screen):
    pass

class HomeScreen(Screen):
    pass



class DemoApp(MDApp):
    def build(self):
        self.theme_cls.theme_style="Dark"
        
        self.sm=ScreenManager()
        self.sm.add_widget(LoginScreen(name="login"))
        self.sm.add_widget(HomeScreen(name="home"))

        screen=Builder.load_file("helper_file.kv")
        return screen
    
    def do_login(self):
        self.sm.current = "home"
        for i in range(20):
            st_name="student "
            list_item = OneLineIconListItem(text=f"student {str(i)}")
            list_item.add_widget(IconLeftWidget(icon= "alpha-a-box"))
            self.root.ids.users_lst.add_widget(list_item)

DemoApp().run()

helper_file.kv

ScreenManager:
    LoginScreen:
    HomeScreen:

<LoginScreen>:
    name: "login"
    Screen:
        MDLabel:
            text: "Demo App"
            halign: "center"
            pos_hint: {"center_x": .5, "center_y": .8}
            theme_text_color: "Primary"
        MDTextField:
            hint_text: "Enter username"
            helper_text: "to join the chat (test mode)"
            helper_text_mode: "on_focus"
            icon_right: "android"
            icon_right_color: app.theme_cls.primary_color
            pos_hint:{'center_x': 0.5, 'center_y': 0.5}
            size_hint_x:None
            width:311
        MDRoundFlatButton:
            text: "Join Chat"
            pos_hint: {"center_x": .5, "center_y": .4}
            on_release: app.do_login()
        MDLabel:
            text: "This is testing mode only"
            halign: "center"
            pos_hint: {"center_x": .5, "center_y": .2}
            theme_text_color:"Hint"

<HomeScreen>:
    name: "home"
    Screen:
        BoxLayout:
            orientation: "vertical"
            MDToolbar:
                title: "Demo Chat Application"
            ScrollView:
                MDList:
                    id: users_lst

On running this, the login screen working well but on pressing the button 'Join Chat' it raises the following error:

self.root.ids.users_lst.add_widget(list_item)
   File "kivy\properties.pyx", line 864, in kivy.properties.ObservableDict.__getattr__
 AttributeError: 'super' object has no attribute '__getattr__'

Upvotes: 0

Views: 534

Answers (1)

Utopion
Utopion

Reputation: 1128

| 1 |

class HomeScreen(Screen):
    pass

<HomeScreen>:
    name: "home"
    Screen:
        BoxLayout:
            orientation: "vertical"
            MDToolbar:
                title: "Demo Chat Application"
            ScrollView:
                MDList:
                    id: users_lst

You have a screen which has a screen, that's not what you want to do.

<HomeScreen>:
    name: "home"
    BoxLayout:
        orientation: "vertical"
        MDToolbar:
            title: "Demo Chat Application"
        ScrollView:
            MDList:
                id: users_lst

####################################################### #######################################################

| 2 |

Parent doesn't have access of the id of inner children children's. (Not clear I know, So I'm gonna give you a lot of print to help you understand).

    def do_login(self):
        self.root.current = "home"
        for i in range(20):
            st_name = "student "
            list_item = OneLineIconListItem(text=f"student {str(i)}")
            list_item.add_widget(IconLeftWidget(icon="alpha-a-box"))

            print("this is my App:", self)
            print("this is my ScreenManager:", self.sm)
            print("this is my global app visual widget (which is equal to ScreenManager here):", self.root)
            print("this is the ScreenManager's dictionnary containing the widgets referenced with their id:", self.root.ids)
            print("this is the current Screen:",self.root.current_screen)
            print("this is current Screen dictionnary containing the widgets referenced with their id:", self.root.current_screen.ids)
            print("this is the actual MDList", self.root.current_screen.ids["users_lst"])
            self.root.current_screen.ids["users_lst"].add_widget(list_item)

Upvotes: 1

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