add check on aidl / 64 bits platform, and refer on installation instructions if it can't be runned.

Closes #228

buildozer/targets/android.py

@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         self.buildozer.file_rename(unpacked, sdk_dir,
                                    cwd=self.buildozer.global_platform_dir)
         self.buildozer.info('Android SDK installation done.')
+
         return sdk_dir
 
     def _install_android_ndk(self):
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
         if ver and ver > v_build_tools:
             self._android_update_sdk(self._build_package_string('build-tools',
                                                                 ver))
+        # 2.bis check aidl can be runned
+        self._check_aidl(v_build_tools)
 
         # 3. finally, install the android for the current api
         android_platform = join(self.android_sdk_dir, 'platforms',
@@ -413,9 +416,30 @@ class TargetAndroid(Target):
 
         self.buildozer.info('Android packages installation done.')
 
+
         self.buildozer.state[cache_key] = cache_value
         self.buildozer.state.sync()
 
+    def _check_aidl(self, v_build_tools):
+        self.buildozer.debug('Check that aidl can be executed')
+        v_build_tools = self._read_version_subdir(
+            self.android_sdk_dir, 'build-tools')
+        aidl_cmd = join(self.android_sdk_dir, 'build-tools', str(v_build_tools), 'aidl')
+        self.buildozer.checkbin('Aidl', aidl_cmd)
+        _, _, returncode = self.buildozer.cmd(aidl_cmd, break_on_error=False, show_output=False)
+        if returncode != 1:
+            self.buildozer.error('Aidl cannot be executed')
+            if sys.maxint > 2 ** 32:
+                self.buildozer.error('')
+                self.buildozer.error('You might have missed to install 32bits libs')
+                self.buildozer.error('Check http://buildozer.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html')
+                self.buildozer.error('')
+            else:
+                self.buildozer.error('')
+                self.buildozer.error('In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2')
+                self.buildozer.error('')
+            raise BuildozerException()
+
     def install_platform(self):
         cmd = self.buildozer.cmd
         self.pa_dir = pa_dir = join(self.buildozer.platform_dir,

docs/source/installation.rst

@@ -17,20 +17,30 @@ If you target Android, you must install at least Cython, few build libs, and a
 Java SDK. Some binaries of the Android SDK are still in 32 bits, so you need
 few 32bits libraries available::
 
-Android on Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit)
+Android on Ubuntu 14.10 (64bit)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 ::
 
-    sudo pip install --upgrade cython
+    sudo pip install --upgrade cython==0.21
-    sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache git ia32-libs python2.7 python2.7-dev openjdk-7-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev
+    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache git lib32z1 lib32z1-dev python2.7 python2.7-dev openjdk-7-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev
 
 Android on Ubuntu 13.10 (64bit)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 ::
 
-    sudo pip install --upgrade cython
+    sudo pip install --upgrade cython==0.21
     sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
     sudo apt-get update
     sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache git ia32-libs libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 python2.7 python2.7-dev openjdk-7-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev zlib1g:i386
+
+Android on Ubuntu 12.04 (64bit)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+::
+
+    sudo pip install --upgrade cython==0.21
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential ccache git ia32-libs python2.7 python2.7-dev openjdk-7-jdk unzip zlib1g-dev