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Installation on Android

Please note that Kivy is a framework. Installing Kivy itself on your phone will do absolutely nothing. Kivy is not an application.

That said, we provide a “launcher” that allows you to push your Kivy application onto your phone and execute it through a simple interface. Instructions for packaging your Kivy app as a standalone application can be found in the programming guide under Create a package for Android.

To install the Kivy launcher, you must:

  1. Go to the Kivy Launcher on the Google Play Store
  2. Click on Install
  3. Select your phone... And you’re done!

If you don’t have access to the Google Play Store on your phone/tablet, you can download and install the APK manually from http://kivy.org/#download.

Once the Kivy laucher is installed, you can put your Kivy applications in the Kivy directory on the SD Card. The launcher will then automatically detect and display them in its menu, provided you have packaged them correctly.

Refer to Kivy on Android for a more detailed explanation.

Installation of Examples

  1. Download the Kivy demos for Android

  2. Unzip the contents and go to the folder kivydemo-for-android

  3. Copy all the the subfolders here to

    /sdcard/kivy

  4. Run the launcher and select one of the Pictures, Showcase, Touchtracer, Cymunk or other demos...