AttributeError: 'Context' object has no attribute 'hostpython'

Running this on OS X 10.11.3 p4a apk --requirements=kivysdl2 --private /tmp/test --package=org.test.test--name="test" --version=0.1 --bootstrap=sdl2 --android_api 19

I get the following error:

[INFO]:    This python-for-android revamp is an experimental alpha release!
[INFO]:    It should work (mostly), but you may experience missing features or bugs.
[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi
[INFO]:    Found possible SDK dirs in buildozer dir: android-sdk-20, android-sdk-21
[INFO]:    Will attempt to use SDK at /Users/ben/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-20
[WARNING]: This SDK lookup is intended for debug only, if you use python-for-android much you should probably maintain your own SDK download.
[INFO]:    Getting Android API version from user argument
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (19)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 19 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Found possible NDK dirs in buildozer dir: android-ndk-r9c, android-ndk-r9c-darwin-x86_64.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    Will attempt to use NDK at /Users/ben/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r9c
[WARNING]: This NDK lookup is intended for debug only, if you use python-for-android much you should probably maintain your own NDK download.
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from $ANDROIDNDKVER
[INFO]:    Got Android NDK version from the NDK dir: it is r9c
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r9c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/local/bin/virtualenv-2.7
[INFO]:    ccache is missing, the build will not be optimized in the future.
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.6', '4.8', 'clang3.3']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.8
[WARNING]: Missing executable: libtoolize is not installed
[INFO]:    No existing dists meet the given requirements!
[INFO]:    No dist exists that meets your requirements, so one will be built.
[INFO]:    Bootstrap requires recipes ['sdl2', ('python2', 'python3crystax')]
[INFO]:    No recipe named kivysdl2; will attempt to install with pip
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2 (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf'], conflicts ['sdl', 'pygame', 'pygame_bootstrap_components'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_image (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_mixer (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_ttf (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Found multiple valid recipe sets:
[INFO]:        ['sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'python2', 'sdl2_ttf', 'sdl2']
[INFO]:        ['sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'python3crystax', 'sdl2_ttf', 'sdl2']
[INFO]:    Using the first of these: ['sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'python2', 'sdl2_ttf', 'sdl2']
[INFO]:    The selected bootstrap is sdl2
[INFO]:    # Creating dist with sdl2 bootstrap
[INFO]:    Dist will have name unnamed_dist_3 and recipes (kivysdl2)
[INFO]:    -> running cp -r /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/bootstraps/sdl2/build /Users/ben/Libra...(and 77 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Recipe build order is ['python2', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'sdl2']
[INFO]:    The requirements (kivysdl2) were not found as recipes, they will be installed with pip.
[INFO]:    # Downloading recipes
[INFO]:    Downloading python2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/python2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/python2
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    python2 download already cached, skipping
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-2.0.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2_image download already cached, skipping
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL2_mixer-2.0.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer download already cached, skipping
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-2.0.12.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf download already cached, skipping
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/packages/sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2 download already cached, skipping
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    # Building all recipes for arch armeabi
[INFO]:    # Unpacking recipes
[INFO]:    Unpacking python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-2.0.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_image is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL2_mixer-2.0.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-2.0.12.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/ben/Library/Application Support/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /private/tmp/test
[INFO]:    # Prebuilding recipes
[INFO]:    Prebuilding python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for python2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    python2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_image has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_image[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_image already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_mixer[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    # Building recipes
[INFO]:    Building python2 for armeabi
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/p4a", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('python-for-android==0.3', 'console_scripts', 'p4a')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 708, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 323, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.command)(unknown)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 105, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, dist_args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 142, in build_dist_from_args
    build_recipes(build_order, python_modules, ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 551, in build_recipes
    recipe.build_arch(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/__init__.py", line 44, in build_arch
    self.do_python_build(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/__init__.py", line 76, in do_python_build
    shprint(sh.cp, self.ctx.hostpython, self.get_build_dir(arch.arch))
AttributeError: 'Context' object has no attribute 'hostpython'

[inclement]

I think this relates to a known bug where the hostpython recipe is not included. You can work around it by adding hostpython2 to the requirements.

Also, don’t use kivysdl2 recipe, the name is just kivy.

[Zen-CODE]

Can confirm that adding ‘hostpython2’ in requirements solved this for me.