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.. _androidinstall:
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Installation on Android
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Please note that Kivy is a framework. Installing Kivy itself on your phone will do
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absolutely nothing. Kivy is not an application.
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That said, we provide a "launcher" that allows you to push
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your Kivy application onto your phone and execute it through a simple interface.
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Instructions for packaging your Kivy app as a standalone application
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can be found in the programming guide under
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:doc:`Create a package for Android </guide/packaging-android>`.
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To install the Kivy launcher, you must:
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#. Go to the `Kivy Launcher <https://market.android.com/details?id=org.kivy.pygame>`_
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on the Google Play Store
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#. Click on Install
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#. Select your phone... And you're done!
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If you don't have access to the Google Play Store on your phone/tablet,
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you can download and install the APK manually from http://kivy.org/#download.
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Once the Kivy laucher is installed, you can put your Kivy applications in the Kivy
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directory on the SD Card. The launcher will then automatically detect and display
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them in its menu, provided you have
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:ref:`packaged them correctly <Packaging your application for Kivy Launcher>`.
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Refer to :ref:`android` for a more detailed explanation.
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Installation of Examples
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#. Download the `Kivy demos for Android <http://kivy.googlecode.com/files/kivydemo-for-android.zip>`_
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#. Unzip the contents and go to the folder `kivydemo-for-android`
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#. Copy all the the subfolders here to
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/sdcard/kivy
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#. Run the launcher and select one of the Pictures, Showcase, Touchtracer, Cymunk or other demos...
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