Icon loading in Kivy

To create a loading… icon using Kivy framework, you can use an Image widget to display a loading animation. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a loading icon in Kivy:

1. Import the necessary modules in your Python file:

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.image import Image
from kivy.uix.gridlayout import GridLayout
from kivy.core.window import Window

1. Create a custom loading screen class that inherits from GridLayout:

class LoadingScreen(GridLayout):
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(LoadingScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
        self.cols = 1
        self.size_hint = (1, 1)

        self.loading_icon = Image(source='loading.gif')
        self.add_widget(self.loading_icon)

1. Create a Kivy app class that displays the loading screen:

class MyApp(App):
    def build(self):
        loading_screen = LoadingScreen()
        return loading_screen

1. Create a loading animation image file (e.g. loading.gif) and place it in the same directory as your Python file.

2. Run the Kivy app by initializing the MyApp class in your Python file:

if __name__ == '__main__':
    MyApp().run()

1. You can customize the loading icon by adjusting the size and position of the Image widget within the LoadingScreen class.

That’s it! You have successfully created a loading icon in Kivy using an Image widget. You can further customize the loading icon by using different image files or adding animations to make it more visually appealing.