failed to setup p4a on ubuntu (multiple issues)

kivy: 1.10.0 cython: 0.26.1 p4a: 0.6.0 java: 1.8.0_144 (oracle) android ndk: r15c android sdk: 25.2.3 ubuntu: 16.04

cmd:

p4a apk --private $HOME/code/android/myapp --package=org.example.myapp --name "My application" --version 0.1 --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=python2,kivy --java-build-tool gradle --arch=armeabi-v7a --no-compile-pyo

output:

[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Found Android API target in $ANDROIDAPI
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (25, 26, 27)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 26 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Found NDK dir in $ANDROIDNDK
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from $ANDROIDNDKVER
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r15c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/local/bin/virtualenv
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.9']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.9
[INFO]:    Of the existing distributions, the following meet the given requirements:
[INFO]:    	unnamed_dist_6: includes recipes (hostpython2, sdl2_image, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_ttf, python2, sdl2, six, pyjnius, kivy), built for archs (armeabi-v7a)
[INFO]:    unnamed_dist_6 has compatible recipes, using this one
[INFO]:    Of the existing distributions, the following meet the given requirements:
[INFO]:    	unnamed_dist_6: includes recipes (hostpython2, sdl2_image, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_ttf, python2, sdl2, six, pyjnius, kivy), built for archs (armeabi-v7a)
[INFO]:    unnamed_dist_6 has compatible recipes, using this one
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/p4a", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('python-for-android==0.6.0', 'console_scripts', 'p4a')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 975, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 512, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 150, in wrapper_func
    func(self, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 754, in apk
    build_args = build.parse_args(args.unknown_args)
  File "/home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/build.py", line 567, in parse_args
    make_package(args)
  File "/home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/build.py", line 248, in make_package
    make_tar('src/main/assets/private.mp3', tar_dirs, args.ignore_path)
  File "/home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/build.py", line 187, in make_tar
    tf = tarfile.open(tfn, 'w:gz', format=tarfile.USTAR_FORMAT)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tarfile.py", line 1691, in open
    return func(name, filemode, fileobj, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/tarfile.py", line 1738, in gzopen
    fileobj = gzip.GzipFile(name, mode, compresslevel, fileobj)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/gzip.py", line 94, in __init__
    fileobj = self.myfileobj = __builtin__.open(filename, mode or 'rb')
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'src/main/assets/private.mp3'

$HOME/code/android/myapp/main.py:

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.button import Button

class Hello(App):
    def build(self):
        btn = Button(text='hello world!')

        return btn


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

I have no experience working with kivy. just trying to setup kivy on ubuntu 16.04 (kde neon ) for android. so, there might be something that I am missing. the myapp folder contains main.py only.

if I use

mkdir -p /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/src/main/assets/
touch /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/src/main/assets/private.mp3

I get a different error

IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'src/main/res/drawable/icon.png'

after adding a icon

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/p4a", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('python-for-android==0.6.0', 'console_scripts', 'p4a')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 975, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 512, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 150, in wrapper_func
    func(self, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 785, in apk
    gradlew = sh.Command('./gradlew')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 1028, in __init__
    raise CommandNotFound(path)
sh.CommandNotFound: ./gradlew

I didn’t install ant using apt, so, I add ant in PATH, and use ant instead of gradle. and get this error

[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Found Android API target in $ANDROIDAPI
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (25, 26, 27)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 26 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Found NDK dir in $ANDROIDNDK
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from $ANDROIDNDKVER
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r15c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/local/bin/virtualenv
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.9']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.9
[INFO]:    Of the existing distributions, the following meet the given requirements:
[INFO]:    	unnamed_dist_6: includes recipes (hostpython2, sdl2_image, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_ttf, python2, sdl2, six, pyjnius, kivy), built for archs (armeabi-v7a)
[INFO]:    unnamed_dist_6 has compatible recipes, using this one
[INFO]:    Of the existing distributions, the following meet the given requirements:
[INFO]:    	unnamed_dist_6: includes recipes (hostpython2, sdl2_image, sdl2_mixer, sdl2_ttf, python2, sdl2, six, pyjnius, kivy), built for archs (armeabi-v7a)
[INFO]:    unnamed_dist_6 has compatible recipes, using this one
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6
[INFO]:    -> running ant debug
           working: Total time: 10 seconds                                                                   Exception in thread background thread for pid 16514:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 801, in __bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 754, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 2170, in background_thread
    handle_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 1929, in fn
    return self.command.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 672, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc
ErrorReturnCode_1: 

  RAN: /home/millon/install/apache-ant-1.10.1/bin/ant debug

  STDOUT:
Buildfile: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/build.xml

-set-mode-check:

-set-debug-files:

-check-env:
 [checkenv] Android SDK Tools Revision 25.2.5
 [checkenv] Installed at /home/millon/install/tools_r25.2.5-linux

-setup:
     [echo] Project Name: Myapplication-0.1
  [gettype] Project Type: Application

-set-debug-mode:

-debug-obfuscation-check:

-pre-build:
     [copy] Copying 24 files to /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/tmp-src

-build-setup:
[getbuildtools] Using latest Build Tools: 27.0.0
     [echo] Resolving Build Target for Myapplication-0.1...
[gettarget] Project Target:   Android 8.0.0
[gettarget] API level:        26
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Creating output directories if needed...
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/res
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/rsObj
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/rsLibs
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/gen
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/classes
    [mkdir] Created dir: /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/dexedLibs
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Resolving Dependencies for Myapplication-0.1...
[dependency] Library dependencies:
[dependency] No Libraries
[dependency] 
[dependency] ------------------
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Building Libraries with 'debug'...
   [subant] No sub-builds to iterate on

-code-gen:
[mergemanifest] Merging AndroidManifest files into one.
[mergemanifest] Manifest merger disabled. Using project manifest only.
     [echo] Handling aidl files...
     [aidl] No AIDL files to compile.
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Handling RenderScript files...
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Handling Resources...
     [aapt] Generating resource IDs...
     [echo] ----------
     [echo] Handling BuildConfig class...
[buildconfig] Generating BuildConfig class.

-pre-compile:

-compile:
    [javac] Compiling 26 source files to /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/classes
    [javac] warning: [options] source value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
    [javac] warning: [options] target value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
    [javac] warning: [options] To suppress warnings about obsolete options, use -Xlint:-options.
    [javac] /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/tmp-src/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java:97: error: cannot find symbol
    [javac]         notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, serviceTitle, serviceDescription, pIntent);
    [javac]                     ^
    [javac]   symbol:   method setLatestEventInfo(Context,String,String,PendingIntent)
    [javac]   location: variable notification of type Notification
    [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
    [javac] 1 error
    [javac] 3 warnings

BUILD FAILED
/home/millon/install/tools_r25.2.5-linux/tools/ant/build.xml:716: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/home/millon/install/tools_r25.2.5-linux/tools/ant/build.xml:730: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.

Total time: 10 seconds


  STDERR:


[INFO]:    STDOUT (last 20 lines of 81):                                                                     
	-compile:	
    [javac] Compiling 26 source files to /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/bin/classes	
    [javac] warning: [options] source value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release	
    [javac] warning: [options] target value 1.5 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release	
    [javac] warning: [options] To suppress warnings about obsolete options, use -Xlint:-options.	
    [javac] /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6/tmp-src/org/kivy/android/PythonService.java:97: error: cannot find symbol	
    [javac]         notification.setLatestEventInfo(context, serviceTitle, serviceDescription, pIntent);	
    [javac]                     ^	
    [javac]   symbol:   method setLatestEventInfo(Context,String,String,PendingIntent)	
    [javac]   location: variable notification of type Notification	
    [javac] Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.	
    [javac] Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.	
    [javac] 1 error	
    [javac] 3 warnings	
	
BUILD FAILED	
/home/millon/install/tools_r25.2.5-linux/tools/ant/build.xml:716: The following error occurred while executing this line:	
/home/millon/install/tools_r25.2.5-linux/tools/ant/build.xml:730: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.	
	
Total time: 10 seconds
[INFO]:    STDERR:
	
[INFO]:    COMMAND:
cd /home/millon/.local/share/python-for-android/dists/unnamed_dist_6 && /home/millon/install/apache-ant-1.10.1/bin/ant debug

[WARNING]: ERROR: /home/millon/install/apache-ant-1.10.1/bin/ant failed!

I was able to fix this problem using android api version 22 (setLatestEventInfo was removed in api 23). now, I can build, both launcher and app. launcher open, but app crash on opening. I will post logcat later.

[QuadTriangle]

@inclement oh, thanks. I am happy that you are working on this issue, even, after closing it. even, my last issue will be fixed by #1197

I have found a bug in setup.py https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/blob/2b3d52bacd33992e040b39121221fa5dc55b86dd/setup.py#L46-L49 that’s why, installed version doesn’t include assets and drawable folder, gladlew and gladlew.bat file. I was able to fix the installation by adding '.gitkeep', 'gradlew*', here.

~I still don’t know why dists doesn’t contain assets and drawable folder, gladlew and gladlew.bat file.~

edit:

I have opened PR #1204 and #1205 to fix all my remaining issues.

[QuadTriangle]

@lrq3000 please see my PR #1204 and #1205 I have already fixed those errors.

pip install -U https://github.com/QuadTriangle/python-for-android/tarball/master