Remove or replace the kivy splash screen at startup
When I launch my app (kivy based) on my phone, there is 1 to 2 seconds before the main window is visible, showing the splash screen showing “Loading…”.
How do I remove it somewhere in the code (main.py) or configuration (I found that there is no configuration related to this (kivy.config)? Does this seem to be related to OpenGL or pygame?
Solution
This screen is part of the python-for-android process and is not something you can modify directly in your kivy application.
As you commented, you can change the displayed image using the –-presplash option of build.py. If you use Buildozer, you should set the Presplash.FileName flag in the buildozer.spec file.
Maybe the process could be modified in some way by digging into python-for-android, but I’ve never seen this discussed, and I’m not quite sure if you can make any real changes. The problem is that between the Java application initialization and the Python/Kivy application being ready to display anything, some load time is essential. As far as I know, the best thing you can do in a python file is to perform as few calculations as possible in the build method.