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Expand Up @@ -21,13 +21,17 @@ compared to other projects.

.. note::

For the moment, we are shipping only one "java bootstrap" needed for
decompressing all the files of your project, create an OpenGL ES 2.0
surface, handle touch input and manage an audio thread.
For the moment, we are shipping only one "java bootstrap" (needed for
decompressing your packaged zip file project, create an OpenGL ES 2.0
surface, handle touch input and manage an audio thread).

If you want to use it without kivy module (an opengl es 2.0 ui toolkit),
then you might want a lighter java bootstrap, that we don't have right now.
Help is welcome :)

So for the moment, Python for Android can only be used with the kivy GUI toolkit:
http://kivy.org/#home


How does it work ?
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Expand All @@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ So for a simple ui project, the first step is to compile Python + Kivy + all
others libraries. Then you'll have what we call a "distribution".
A distribution is composed of:

- Python
- Python libraries
- All selected libraries (kivy, pygame, pil...)
- A java bootstrap
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