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How to get the selected value from my kivy dropdown menu

I have a dropdown menu in which I would like to know which value the user has selected so I can use it later in my program. This is my .kv code:
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'horizontal'
size_hint_x: 1
Button:
pos_hint:{'center_x': .5, 'center_y': .5}
id: units_num_btn
text: '0'
size_hint_y: None
height: 44
on_parent: drop_player_numbers_units.dismiss()
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.open(self)
DropDown:
id: drop_player_numbers_units
on_select: units_num_btn.text = '{}'.format(args[1])
on_select: app.return_player_numbers()
Button:
id: units_num_btn_1
text: '1'
size_hint_y: None
height: 35
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.select('1')
Button:
id: units_num_btn_2
text: '2'
size_hint_y: None
height: 35
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.select('2')
and so on.
My .py code is here:
class drop_content(DropDown):
pass
class PlayerScreen(Screen):
pass
class TheApp(App):
def build(self):
sm = ScreenManager()
sm.add_widget(PlayerScreen(name='player_setup'))
sm.current = 'player_setup'
return sm
def main():
Builder.load_file('menu.kv')
app = TheApp()
app.run()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
I have previously used a function such as this:
# .py example
def return_text(self):
text = self.root.get_screen('screen').ids.specific_id.text
print(text)
# .kv example
TextInput:
id: input
text: "2"
on_text: app.return_text()
which did return text using a Textinput type in my .kv file. I know it doesn't work for the dropdown menu since the text is not inputted in the same way. Do you know how I would do this?
Thanks in advance

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.dropdown import DropDown
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import Screen,ScreenManager
from kivy.lang.builder import Builder
class TestScreen(Screen):
def return_player_numbers(self,play_number):
print('Test : ',play_number)
kv = '''
ScreenManager:
TestScreen:
<TestScreen>:
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'horizontal'
size_hint_x: 1
Button:
pos_hint:{'center_x': .5, 'center_y': .5}
id: units_num_btn
text: '0'
size_hint_y: None
height: 44
on_parent: drop_player_numbers_units.dismiss()
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.open(self)
DropDown:
id: drop_player_numbers_units
on_select:
units_num_btn.text = '{}'.format(args[1])
app.root.current_screen.return_player_numbers(args[1])
app.return_player_numbers(args[1])
Button:
id: units_num_btn_1
text: '1'
size_hint_y: None
height: 35
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.select('1')
Button:
id: units_num_btn_2
text: '2'
size_hint_y: None
height: 35
on_release: drop_player_numbers_units.select('2')
'''
class TheApp(App):
def return_player_numbers(self,play_number):
print('App : ',play_number)
def build(self):
return Builder.load_string(kv)
if __name__ == '__main__':
TheApp().run()

I have found a way that I think is simpler than the current answer provided. This method uses that fact that the text on the button used to initiate the drop down changes as another button is selected. This is to show the user what they have selected. Since I want to know the text the user has selected from the drop down menu, and this is in fact the same thing that is updated on the initial button, I can just read the text from the button to obtatin my result like so:
(in .kv file)
<player_setup>
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'horizontal'
size_hint_x: 0.2
pos_hint: {'x':.4, 'y':0}
Button:
pos_hint:{'center_x': .5, 'center_y': .5}
id: tens_num_btn
text: '0'
size_hint_y: None
# size_hint_x: 0.1
height: 44
on_parent: drop_player_numbers_tens.dismiss()
on_release: drop_player_numbers_tens.open(self)
DropDown:
id: drop_player_numbers_tens
on_select:
#######
tens_num_btn.text = '{}'.format(args[1])
# this line here ^ is the one that re-formats the text of the button above to
# the selected text
app.return_player_numbers()
max_height: 120
(.py file)
def return_player_numbers(self):
player_number = self.root.get_screen('player_setup').ids.tens_num_btn.text
return player_number
This also allows me to concatenate multiple dropdown results using a single function, however it is menu specific. In my case, this works better for me

How do i add a signature/paint method to a screen in my app in either kv lang or normal kivy?

how do i add buttons to my paintScreen class without the on_touch_down/move interfering and making it so that i draw within a BoxLayout canvas and separate the buttons in a different box so that it wont draw over the buttons? This is the current problem i am having. Also if that problem is fixed then would i be able to save that drawing as an img if i use export_to_png
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.graphics.context_instructions import Color
from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.uix.label import Label
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
from kivy.uix.textinput import TextInput
from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
from kivy.uix.button import Button
from kivy.uix.dropdown import DropDown
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout
from kivy.uix.spinner import Spinner
from kivy.uix.checkbox import CheckBox
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen
from kivy.lang.builder import Builder
from kivy.uix.recycleview import RecycleView
from kivy.uix.scrollview import ScrollView
from kivy.graphics import Line, Rectangle, Ellipse, Triangle
Builder.load_string("""
<firstScreen>
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
ScrollView:
size: root.size
GridLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
size_hint_y: None
height: self.minimum_height #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
row_default_height: 90
cols: 2
Label:
text: "Name: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Address: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Contact: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Telephone: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Order Number: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Transporter's Name: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Vehicle Reg. No.: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text: "Driver's Name: "
TextInput:
multiline: False
Label:
text:"Hazchem Requirements: "
Spinner:
id: spinner_1
text: "< Select >"
values: root.pick_opt
Spinner:
id: spinner_2
text: "Waste Details"
values: root.pick_classification
GridLayout:
size_hint: 1, None
rows:2
Label:
text: "Non-Hazardous"
Label:
text: "Hazardous"
CheckBox:
on_active: root.chk_tick
CheckBox:
on_active: root.chk_tick
Spinner:
id: spinner_3
text: "Service Details"
values: root.sog
TextInput:
multiline: False
hint_text: "Enter Volume/Weight"
Spinner:
id: spinner_4
text: "Service Details"
values: root.sog
TextInput:
multiline: False
hint_text: "Enter Volume/Weight"
Spinner:
id: spinner_5
text: "Service Details"
values: root.sog
TextInput:
multiline: False
hint_text: "Enter Volume/Weight"
Spinner:
id: spinner_6
text: "Service Details"
values: root.sog
TextInput:
multiline: False
hint_text: "Enter Volume/Weight"
Button:
text: "Next Screen"
size_hint: 1,.1
on_press: root.manager.current = "screen_2"
<secondScreen>
BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
ScrollView:
size: root.size
GridLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
size_hint_y: None
height: self.minimum_height #<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
row_default_height: 120
cols: 1
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Spinner:
id: spinner_7
text: "details"
width: self.parent.width * 2
values: root.pick_dets
Spinner:
id: spinner_8
text: "details"
values: root.pick_dets
Spinner:
id: spinner_9
text: "details"
values: root.pick_dets
GridLayout:
cols: 2
rows: 3
Label:
text: "Start Time"
Label:
text: "End Time"
TextInput:
multiline: False
TextInput:
multiline: False
GridLayout:
cols: 2
Label:
text: 'Special Instructions/Remarks'
TextInput:
hint_text: 'Enter Remarks'
Button:
id: signature
text: 'Signature'
on_press: root.manager.current = "screen_signature"
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Button:
text: "Previous Screen"
size_hint: 1,.1
on_press: root.manager.current = "screen_1"
Button:
text: "Next Screen"
size_hint: 1,.1
on_press: root.manager.current = "screen_2"
<paintScreen>
""")
class paintScreen(Screen):
# On mouse press how Paint_brush behave
def on_touch_down(self, touch):
color = (1, 1, 1)
with self.canvas:
Color(*color, mode='hsv')
d = 30.
Line(pos=(touch.x - d / 2, touch.y - d / 2), size=(d, d))
touch.ud['line'] = Line(points=(touch.x, touch.y))
# On mouse movement how Paint_brush behave
def on_touch_move(self, touch):
touch.ud['line'].points += [touch.x, touch.y]
pass
class firstScreen(Screen):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.pick_opt = ["yes", "no"]
self.pick_classification = ["Classification (SANAS 10228)", "HR (1,2,3,4 - Minimum Requirements)",
"Emergency Response Guide Reference"]
self.sog = ['Oil', "Effluent", "Sludge", "Other"]
super(firstScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
def chk_tick(self, instance, value):
if value:
print("ticked")
else:
print('unticked')
pass
class secondScreen(Screen):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.pick_dets = ["HP Cleaning", "Chemicals", "Soil Treatment",
"Minor Civils & Plumbing", "Effluent Treatment", "Other"]
super(secondScreen, self).__init__(**kwargs)
pass
class MyScreenManager(ScreenManager, RecycleView):
pass
screen_manager: ScreenManager = ScreenManager()
screen_manager.add_widget(firstScreen(name="screen_1"))
screen_manager.add_widget(secondScreen(name="screen_2"))
screen_manager.add_widget(paintScreen(name="screen_signature"))
class Myapp(App):
def build(self):
return screen_manager
def clear_canvas(self, obj):
self.painter.canvas.clear()
if __name__ == "__main__":
Myapp().run()

Passing a text input between screens in Kivy

I am having trouble taking a text input value from one screen and passing it as the text in a label in another screen. I want to take the text input from a TeamNameSelect screen and have those be the text values in the labels of a GameWindow screen. I've tried going through similar questions and answers on here but have been unable to get this to work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
.py file
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen
from kivy.uix.button import Button
from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
class NewGame(Screen):
pass
class GameWindow(Screen):
def teamNames(self, *args):
self.teamOne_input.text = self.manager.ids.TeamNameSelect.ids.teamOne.text
self.teamTwo_input.text = self.manager.ids.TeamNameSelect.ids.teamTwo.text
pass
class TeamNameSelect(Screen):
pass
class WinMan(ScreenManager):
pass
kv = Builder.load_file("my.kv")
sm = WinMan()
screens = [NewGame(name='goBack'), TeamNameSelect(name='teamSelect'), GameWindow(name='startGame')]
for screen in screens:
sm.add_widget(screen)
sm.current = 'goBack'
class MyApp(App):
def build(self):
return sm
if __name__ == '__main__':
MyApp().run()
.kv file
<TeamNameSelect>:
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
padding: 10
Label:
text: 'Team 1 Name: '
TextInput:
id: teamOne
text: ''
multiline: False
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
padding: 10
Label:
text: 'Team 2 Name: '
TextInput:
id: teamTwo
text: ''
multiline: False
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: 'Go Back'
on_release: root.manager.current = 'goBack'
Button:
text: 'Game On!'
on_release:
root.manager.current = 'gameWindow'
root.teamNames()
<GameWindow>:
teamOne_input: teamOne_input
teamTwo_input: teamTwo_input
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'horizontal'
size_hint: (1, 0.1)
Button:
text: '. . .'
on_release: root.manager.current = 'goBack'
Label:
font_size: 33
text: 'Team'
Label:
font_size: 33
id: teamOne_input
text: ''
Label:
font_size: 33
text: 'Team'
Label:
font_size: 33
id: teamTwo_input
text: ''
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'horizontal'
size_hint: (0.75,1)
Label:
font_size: 33
text: '' # Instructions on how to play game
Label:
font_size: 39
text: '' # Future playing area to develop

You have 2 preliminary errors:
There is no Screen with name "gameWindow" so I suppose the OP wanted to write "startGame".
The root in on_release is the "TeamNameSelect" that clearly has nothing that does not have the teamNames() method.
On the other hand the "manager" is not implemented in the .kv so it cannot have any "id", the solution is to access the screen with name "teamSelect" using the get_screen() method.
Considering the above, the solution is:
class GameWindow(Screen):
def teamNames(self):
select_screen = self.manager.get_screen("teamSelect")
self.teamOne_input.text = select_screen.ids.teamOne.text
self.teamTwo_input.text = select_screen.ids.teamTwo.text
Button:
text: 'Game On!'
on_release:
root.manager.current = 'startGame'
root.manager.current_screen.teamNames()

(Python,Kivy) when i convert app to exe, popup doesn't work

Pop up and EXE issue
Hi guys I've got problem, whenever I open my Kivy Program via Python, a popup is actually showing up
But when I convert it via Pyinstaller, it gives me an error:
How can I possibly fix this?
Python Code:
import os
os.environ["KIVY_IMAGE"] = "pil, sdl2"
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen
from kivy.uix.popup import Popup
Builder.load_file("kivy.kv")
class Rusure(Popup):
pass
class Menu(Screen):
def quit(self):
Rusure().open()
class Settings(Screen):
def bright (self,*args):
self.brightness.text = "Brightness: {}".format(str(int(args[1])))
class Play(Screen):
pass
class Sm(ScreenManager):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
self.add_widget(Menu(name="menu"))
self.add_widget(Settings(name="settings"))
self.add_widget(Play(name="play"))
class GoodApp(App):
def build(self):
return Sm()
GoodApp().run()
Kivy Code:
#: import rit kivy.uix.screenmanager.RiseInTransition
#: import st kivy.uix.screenmanager.SlideTransition
#: import fot kivy.uix.screenmanager.FallOutTransition
#: import Factory kivy.factory.Factory
<Menu>:
BoxLayout:
padding: 100,100,100,100
orientation: "vertical"
Label:
text: "Menu"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "horizontal"
Button:
text: "Play"
background_normal: "Image.jpg"
background_down: "ImageRel.jpg"
color: 1,1,1,1
on_press:
root.manager.transition = rit()
root.manager.current = "play"
Button:
text: "Settings"
background_color: 0.9,1,1,1
on_press:
root.manager.transition = st()
root.manager.current = "settings"
root.manager.transition.direction = "up"
Button:
text: "Quit"
background_color: 1,0.7,0,1
on_press:
root.quit()
<Settings>:
brightness: brght
BoxLayout:
padding: 100,100,100,100
orientation: "vertical"
Label:
text: "Settings"
GridLayout:
cols: 3
Label:
text: "Brightness"
Slider:
min: 0
max: 10
value: 5
on_value: root.bright(*args)
Label:
id: brght
text: "Change Value"
Button:
text: "Back"
on_press:
root.manager.transition = st()
root.manager.current = "menu"
root.manager.transition.direction = "down"
<Play>:
BoxLayout:
Label:
text: "Welcome to the game!"
Button:
text: "Back"
on_press:
root.manager.transition = fot()
root.manager.current = "menu"
<Rusure>:
title: "Are you sure?"
size_hint: 0.5,0.5
auto_dismiss: False
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
Label:
text: "Your progress will be lost"
GridLayout:
cols: 2
Button:
text: "Oh shit man!"
on_press: root.dismiss()
Button:
text: "Cancel"
on_press: root.dismiss()
I tried searching solution on the internet, but after 3 hours of searching I couldn't come up whith any answer.

How should I set a global variable in kivy Python?

My application is simple, the ScreenTwo is showing a form 'Parametreur' with various options to be entered.
What I'm trying to do is to set a 'save' button at the end of this form that will register into a list called 'resultat' all the options furfilled so far leaving '0' in the empty inputs.
The global variable 'resultat' would look like this ['blabla','15/06/2018','31/12/1999','6'].
File.py
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.core.window import Window
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen, WipeTransition
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout
from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.uix.button import Button
from kivy.uix.label import Label
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
from kivy.lang import Builder
Builder.load_file("HadrianRunningApp.kv")
class ScreenMenu(Screen):
pass
class ScreenOne(Screen):
pass
class ScreenTwo(Screen):
pass
class Parametreur(FloatLayout):
def build(self):
pass
def submit_input(self):
# Get the student name from the TextInputs
label_name = self.label_text_input.text
resultat.insert(0,label_name)
def submit_input2(self):
date_debut_name = self.date_debut_input.text
resultat.insert(1,date_debut_name)
def submit_input3(self):
date_fin_name = self.date_fin_input.text
resultat.insert(2,date_fin_name)
def submit_input4(self):
var_duree_estimation = self.duree_estimation_input.text
resultat.insert(3,var_duree_estimation)
def save_input(self):
print(resultat)
class Manager(ScreenManager):
screen_menu = ObjectProperty(None)
screen_one = ObjectProperty(None)
screen_two = ObjectProperty(None)
class ScreensApp(App):
def build(self):
m = Manager(transition=WipeTransition())
return m
if __name__=='__main__':
ScreensApp().run()
The Kivy file .kv:
#:kivy 1.9.0
<ScreenMenu>:
BoxLayout:
orientation:'vertical'
size: root.size
padding: "20dp"
Button:
text: "go to Screen 1"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'screen1'
Button:
text: "go to Screen 2"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'Parametreur'
<ScreenOne>:
BoxLayout:
spacing: 20
padding: 20
Button:
text: "go to Screen 2"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'Parametreur'
Button:
text: "go to Menu"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'screen0'
<ScreenTwo>:
Parametreur
<Parametreur>:
label_text_input: label_text
date_debut_input: date_debut
date_fin_input: date_fin
duree_estimation_input: duree_estimation
resultat: resultat
RelativeLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
GridLayout:
size_hint: (1., 0.11)
pos_hint: {'right': 1, 'center_y': 0.91}
padding: 6
spacing: "4dp"
cols:2
rows:1
Button:
text: "go to Screen 1"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'screen1'
Button:
text: "go to Menu"
on_press: root.manager.current = 'screen0'
GridLayout:
size_hint: (1., 0.8)
pos_hint: {'right': 1, 'center_y': 0.45}
padding: "7dp"
spacing: 5
cols:2
rows:7
Button:
text: "Liste Actif"
Label:
text: " "
BoxLayout:
Label:
text: "Date du début"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
Button:
text: "Submit"
on_press: root.submit_input2()
TextInput:
id: date_debut
text: 'dd/mm/YYYY'
BoxLayout:
Label:
text: "Date de fin"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
Button:
text: "Submit"
on_press: root.submit_input3()
TextInput:
id: date_fin
text: 'dd/mm/YYYY'
Label:
text: "Pourcentage de séparation \n de la base (validation/test)"
Button:
text: "Open to Close"
Button:
text: "Close to Close"
Button:
text: "les 3 (6 en tout) frontières des VSs"
BoxLayout:
Label:
text: "Durée pour la réestimation \n des modèles (en jours)"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
Button:
text: "Submit"
on_press: root.submit_input4()
TextInput:
id: duree_estimation
text: 'dd/mm/YYYY'
Label:
text: "variable selection NMF/Entropy"
Label:
text: "Kernel/damiers/buntcher/\n neurone/XGBoost/Gradient boosting"
# We create the widgets
BoxLayout:
spacing: "0dp"
Label:
id: label_text
text: "0"
font_size: "30dp"
BoxLayout:
orientation: "vertical"
spacing: "3dp"
Button:
text: "Add"
on_release: label_text.text = str(int(label_text.text) + 1)
Button:
text: "Subtract"
on_release: label_text.text = str(int(label_text.text) - 1)
Button:
text: "Submit"
size_hint_x: None
on_press: root.submit_input()
BoxLayout:
padding: "2dp"
spacing: "2dp"
size_hint: (1., 0.50)
pos_hint: {'right': 1, 'center_y': 0.09}
Button:
id: resultat
text:"Save"
size_hint_x: None
on_press: root.save_input()
<Manager>:
id: screen_manager
screen_menu: screen_menu
screen_one: screen_one
screen_two: screen_two
ScreenMenu:
id: screen_menu
name: 'screen0'
manager: screen_manager
ScreenOne:
id: screen_one
name: 'screen1'
manager: screen_manager
ScreenTwo:
id: screen_two
name: 'Parametreur'
manager: screen_manager
Where and How should I set my global variable 'resultat' (which is a list)?
I've solved my problem but I still don't understand how does it work. Setting a variable is Kivy doesn't need to set it in the Python code. But how do Kivy and Python know about its type? Right now, it works as a list without me defining it such as (I intended it to be a list anyway).
How could I set a variable as tuple for example?