https://github.com/pymike00/wikireader

:sparkler: Multi platform example kivy application to browse Wikipedia's summaries. Can be built to run standalone on Android, iOS, Win, Linux, Mac. Written in Python using Kivy and KivyMD.
https://github.com/pymike00/wikireader

android android-application buildozer ios ios-app kivy kivy-framework kivymd multi-platform python

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:sparkler: Multi platform example kivy application to browse Wikipedia's summaries. Can be built to run standalone on Android, iOS, Win, Linux, Mac. Written in Python using Kivy and KivyMD.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pymike00/wikireader
• Owner: pymike00
• Created: 2020-05-04T04:42:13.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-08T10:48:16.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-11T14:56:39.030Z (12 days ago)
• Topics: android, android-application, buildozer, ios, ios-app, kivy, kivy-framework, kivymd, multi-platform, python
• Language: kvlang
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• Size: 39.1 KB
• Stars: 8
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md

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# WikiReader

Multi platform application to browse Wikipedia's summaries. Can be built to run standalone on Android, iOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows. Written using Kivy and KivyMD, as a project for my YouTube Series "How to Build Apps for Smartphone (and desktop!) With Python".

#### Q: Why do you pack so much code into a single commit? \

#### A: It's just one way to make it easier for people watching the series to access the code written for a specific lesson.

Please keep scrolling for more Q&A.

### How to run the app locally:

Using Python 3.8+, create a virtual environment using [venv](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html) and install the dependencies with pip install -r requirements.txt. Then, run the main.py script. Please note that Kivy 1.11 does not support Python 3.8. You can use 2.0 (rc if final not yet available) instead.

### How to build the App for Smartphone:

You can use [Buildozer](https://github.com/kivy/buildozer). A buildozer.spec file is provided with the repo. The procedure is explained in lesson 2 of the series.

### How to build the App for Desktop:

You can use [PyInstaller](https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller). Feel free to watch my related [italian](https://youtu.be/BYtSNfEacSo) or [english](https://youtu.be/vg24wionhFg) video tutorials  to learn how to use it.

### Questions

Q: Where can I find the series? \

A: The series is in Italian and can be found, free of charge, [at this link](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHUQL6-_n9ZdPfFls4HJIQ1biWOxPI1rG) 

Q: Will you publish this same series on your international channel as well? \

A: I am not planning to release the series on my International YouTube channel at the moment, but I might definitely do so in the future. If you follow my international channel and are interested in the series, please get in touch on [twitter](https://www.twitter.com/pymike00)

Q: The endpoints you are connecting to look very weird: why are you doing so? \

A: I agree! Unfortunately the REST endpoints offered by Wikimedia only provide a one line string as "summary" of single voices. Therefore, I opted for using the endpoints provided by the Action API. I will however also attach a version of this app that uses the REST Endpoints. Feel free to get in touch on [twitter](https://www.twitter.com/pymike00) or send a pull request if you have a better alternative. Thanks.

#### MD DOC UNDER DEVELOPMENT.