kivy Getting started with kivy Touch, grab and move

Example

The following example creates a canvas with 2 points and 1 line in between. You will be able to move the point and the line around.

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.graphics import Ellipse, Line
from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout


class CustomLayout(BoxLayout):

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        super(CustomLayout, self).__init__(**kwargs)

        self.canvas_edge = {}
        self.canvas_nodes = {}
        self.nodesize = [25, 25]

        self.grabbed = {}

        #declare a canvas
        with self.canvas.after:
            pass

        self.define_nodes()
        self.canvas.add(self.canvas_nodes[0])
        self.canvas.add(self.canvas_nodes[1])
        self.define_edge()
        self.canvas.add(self.canvas_edge)
    

    def define_nodes(self):
        """define all the node canvas elements as a list"""

        self.canvas_nodes[0] = Ellipse(
            size = self.nodesize,
            pos =  [100,100]
            )

        self.canvas_nodes[1] = Ellipse(
            size = self.nodesize,
            pos =  [200,200]
            )

    def define_edge(self):
        """define an edge canvas elements"""


        self.canvas_edge = Line(
            points =  [
                self.canvas_nodes[0].pos[0] + self.nodesize[0] / 2,
                self.canvas_nodes[0].pos[1] + self.nodesize[1] / 2,
                self.canvas_nodes[1].pos[0] + self.nodesize[0] / 2,
                self.canvas_nodes[1].pos[1] + self.nodesize[1] / 2
                ],
            joint = 'round',
            cap = 'round',
            width = 3
            )


    def on_touch_down(self, touch):

        for key, value in self.canvas_nodes.items():
            if (value.pos[0] - self.nodesize[0]) <= touch.pos[0] <= (value.pos[0] + self.nodesize[0]):
                if (value.pos[1] - self.nodesize[1]) <= touch.pos[1] <= (value.pos[1] + self.nodesize[1]):
                    touch.grab(self)
                    self.grabbed = self.canvas_nodes[key]
                    return True

    def on_touch_move(self, touch):

        if touch.grab_current is self:
            self.grabbed.pos = [touch.pos[0] - self.nodesize[0] / 2, touch.pos[1] - self.nodesize[1] / 2]
            self.canvas.clear()
            self.canvas.add(self.canvas_nodes[0])
            self.canvas.add(self.canvas_nodes[1])
            self.define_edge()
            self.canvas.add(self.canvas_edge)
        else:
            # it's a normal touch
            pass

    def on_touch_up(self, touch):
        if touch.grab_current is self:
            # I receive my grabbed touch, I must ungrab it!
            touch.ungrab(self)
        else:
            # it's a normal touch
            pass

class MainApp(App):

    def build(self):
        root = CustomLayout()
        return root

if __name__ == '__main__':
    MainApp().run()