Trying to run Kivy with buildozer on Ubuntu 16.04,
(startup-demo-project pong) I get an error
on command
buildozer android debug deploy
After:
....
[DEBUG]: BUILD SUCCESSFUL
....
at the end of the build there is an error message:
....
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/home/std/Dokumente/python
/Kivy/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/myapp/build/outputs
/apk/myapp-debug.apk'
My installation is according to:
http://buildozer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html
for Ubuntu 16.04.
Also
buildozer serve
does not show anything useful, only:
Directory listing for /
as response to call:
http://localhost:8000
Buildozer console says:
192.168.178.22 - - [15/Apr/2018 21:43:12] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -
192.168.178.22 - - [15/Apr/2018 21:43:12] code 404, message File not found
Annotation:
I changed the log_level = 2 for more information, but could not figure out where to find the relevant log file or where to get more information about the error.
Problem
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/home/std/Dokumente/python /Kivy/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/myapp/build/outputs /apk/myapp-debug.apk'
Solution
Use sudo to change and recompile android.py for Python 2.7. Please do the following at terminal window:
Step 1
Change directory
cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/buildozer/targets
Step 2
Make backup copies of android.py and android.pyc
sudo cp android.py android-orig.py
sudo cp android.pyc android-orig.pyc
Step 3
Use an editor to make changes to android.py
sudo gedit android.py
Step 4
Insert the following import before import sys
from distutils.version import LooseVersion
Step 5
Add the following codes after line 791 (# XXX found how the apk name is really built from the title
). Note: __sdk_dir (double underscore). Please refer to print screens below for details.
__sdk_dir = self.android_sdk_dir
build_tools_versions = os.listdir(join(__sdk_dir, 'build-tools'))
build_tools_versions = sorted(build_tools_versions, key=LooseVersion)
build_tools_version = build_tools_versions[-1]
gradle_files = ["build.gradle", "gradle", "gradlew"]
is_gradle_build = any((
exists(join(dist_dir, x)) for x in gradle_files)) and build_tools_version >= '25.0'
if is_gradle_build:
Step 6
Save the changes.
Step 7
Compile android.py
At shell prompt
sudo python -m py_compile a--ndroid.py
or invoke Python Interpreter Interactive Shell
sudo python
>>> import py_compile
>>> py_compile.compile('android.py')
Step 8
At your project folder, run
buildozer android debug
Pictures
Changes Part 1 - from distutils.version import LooseVersion
Changes Part 2
Compile android.py
After Changes @ local Buildozer - App deployed to Acer Android tablet
After Changes @ Buildozer VM - Successful APK
Before Changes @ local Buildozer - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Before Changes @ Buildozer VM - IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory