Kivy app with .kv file doesn't display - kivy

Question

I am trying to modify this example: https://github.com/inclement/kivycrashcourse/blob/master/video14-using_a_screenmanager/after.py to make it work with a .kv file. This is my myscreenmanager.py file:
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.base import runTouchApp
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.properties import ListProperty
from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout
from kivy.uix.screenmanager import ScreenManager, Screen, FadeTransition
import time
import random
class FirstScreen(Screen):
pass
class SecondScreen(Screen):
pass
class ColourScreen(Screen):
colour = ListProperty([1., 0., 0., 1.])
class MyScreenManager(ScreenManager):
def new_colour_screen(self):
name = str(time.time())
s = ColourScreen(name=name,
colour=[random.random() for _ in range(3)] + [1])
self.add_widget(s)
self.current = name
class MyScreenManagerApp(App):
def build(self):
return MyScreenManager()
if __name__ == "__main__":
MyScreenManagerApp().run()
And this is my myscreenmanager.kv file:
#:import FadeTransition kivy.uix.screenmanager.FadeTransition
MyScreenManager:
transition: FadeTransition()
FirstScreen:
SecondScreen:
<FirstScreen>:
name: 'first'
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Label:
text: 'first screen!'
font_size: 30
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: 'goto second screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.current = 'second'
Button:
text: 'get random colour screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.new_colour_screen()
<SecondScreen>:
name: 'second'
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Label:
text: 'second screen!'
font_size: 30
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: 'goto first screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.current = 'first'
Button:
text: 'get random colour screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.new_colour_screen()
<ColourScreen>:
BoxLayout:
orientation: 'vertical'
Label:
text: 'colour {:.2},{:.2},{:.2} screen'.format(*root.colour[:3])
font_size: 30
Widget:
canvas:
Color:
rgba: root.colour
Ellipse:
pos: self.pos
size: self.size
BoxLayout:
Button:
text: 'goto first screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.current = 'first'
Button:
text: 'get random colour screen'
font_size: 30
on_release: app.root.new_colour_screen()
After running the app nothing is displayed on the screen. No errors in console. Switching back to Builder.load_string displays the app as expected.

Answer 1

Found my mistake: when using a .kv file the root widget needs to be surrounded in <>, like this:
#:import FadeTransition kivy.uix.screenmanager.FadeTransition
<MyScreenManager>:
transition: FadeTransition()
FirstScreen:
SecondScreen:
Not sure why the discrepancy between load_string and .kv files, but it works now.