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Plyer

Plyer is a platform-independent Python API for accessing hardware features of various platforms (Android, iOS, macOS, Linux and Windows).

Plyer is managed by the Kivy Team. It is suitable for use with Kivy apps, but can be used independently.

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How plyer works?

Plyer tries not to reinvent the wheel, and will call external libraries to implement the API in the easiest way, depending on the current platform.

Supported APIs

Platform Android iOS Windows macOS Linux
Accelerometer
Audio recording
Barometer
Battery
Bluetooth
Brightness
Call
Camera (taking picture)
Compass
CPU count
Devicename
Email (open mail client)
Flash
GPS
Gravity
Gyroscope
Humidity
IR Blaster
Keystore
Light
Maps
Native file chooser
Notifications
Orientation
Proximity
Screenshot
SMS (send messages)
Spatial Orientation
Speech to text
Storage Path
Temperature
Text to speech
Unique ID
Vibrator
Wifi

Documentation

Full documentation, including details about the API, is available online. If you are not using the latest version of Plyer, earlier versions of the documentations are linked from there.

Installation

To use on desktop: pip install plyer To use in python-for-android and Kivy for iOS, add plyer to your requirements if needed.

License

Plyer is MIT licensed, actively developed by a great community and is supported by many projects managed by the Kivy Organization.

Support

Are you having trouble using Plyer or any of its related projects in the Kivy ecosystem? Is there an error you don’t understand? Are you trying to figure out how to use it? We have volunteers who can help!

The best channels to contact us for support are listed in the latest Contact Us document.

Contributing

Plyer is part of the Kivy ecosystem - a large group of products used by many thousands of developers for free, but it is built entirely by the contributions of volunteers. We welcome (and rely on) users who want to give back to the community by contributing to the project.

Contributions can come in many forms. See the latest Contribution Guidelines for how you can help us.

Code of Conduct

In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming community, we as contributors and maintainers need to ensure participation in our project and our sister projects is a harassment-free and positive experience for everyone. It is vital that all interaction is conducted in a manner conveying respect, open-mindedness and gratitude.

Please consult the latest Code of Conduct.

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [Become a contributor].

Backers

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Sponsors

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