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Buildozer
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Buildozer is a tool for creating application packages easily.
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The goal is to have one "buildozer.spec" file in your app directory, describing
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your application requirements and settings such as title, icon, included modules
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etc. Buildozer will use that spec to create a package for Android, iOS, Windows,
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OSX and/or Linux.
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Buildozer currently supports packaging for Android via the `python-for-android
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<http://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/>`_
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project, and for iOS via the kivy-ios project. Support for other operating systems
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is intended in the future.
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Note that this tool has nothing to do with the eponymous online build service
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`buildozer.io <http://buildozer.io />`_.
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Installing Buildozer with python2 support:
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#. Install buildozer::
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# via pip (latest stable, recommended)
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sudo pip install buildozer
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# latest dev version
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sudo pip install https://github.com/kivy/buildozer/archive/master.zip
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# git clone, for working on buildozer
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git clone https://github.com/kivy/buildozer
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cd buildozer
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python setup.py build
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sudo pip install -e .
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#. Go into your application directory and run::
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buildozer init
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# edit the buildozer.spec, then
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buildozer android_new debug deploy run
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Installing Buildozer with python3 support:
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The pip package does not yet support python3.
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#. Install buildozer from source::
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git clone https://github.com/kivy/buildozer
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cd buildozer
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python setup.py build
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sudo pip install -e .
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#. Download and extract the Crystax NDK somewhere (~/.buildozer/crystax-ndk is one option): https://www.crystax.net/en/download
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#. Go into your application directory and execute::
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buildozer init
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#. Make sure the following lines are in your buildozer.spec file.::
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# Require python3crystax:
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requirements = python3crystax,kivy
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# Point to the directory where you extracted the crystax-ndk:
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android.ndk_path = <Your install path here. Use ~ for home DIR>
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#. Finally, build, deploy and run the app on your phone::
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buildozer android_new debug deploy run
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#. Please note the "android_new" buildozer target, and use that for any and all buildozer commands you run (even if the docs just say "android"). Python3 only works with the **android_new** toolchain.
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Examples of Buildozer commands:
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::
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# buildozer target command
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buildozer android_new clean
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buildozer android_new update
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buildozer android_new deploy
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buildozer android_new debug
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buildozer android_new release
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# or all in one (compile in debug, deploy on device)
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buildozer android_new debug deploy
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# set the default command if nothing set
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buildozer setdefault android_new debug deploy run
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Usage
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-----
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::
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Usage:
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buildozer [--profile <name>] [--verbose] [target] <command>...
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buildozer --version
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Available targets:
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android Android target, based on python-for-android project (old toolchain)
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ios iOS target, based on kivy-ios project
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android_new Android target, based on python-for-android project (new toolchain)
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Global commands (without target):
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distclean Clean the whole Buildozer environment.
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help Show the Buildozer help.
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init Create a initial buildozer.spec in the current directory
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serve Serve the bin directory via SimpleHTTPServer
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setdefault Set the default command to run when no arguments are given
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version Show the Buildozer version
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Target commands:
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clean Clean the target environment
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update Update the target dependencies
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debug Build the application in debug mode
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release Build the application in release mode
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deploy Deploy the application on the device
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run Run the application on the device
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serve Serve the bin directory via SimpleHTTPServer
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Target "android" commands:
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adb Run adb from the Android SDK. Args must come after --, or
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use --alias to make an alias
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logcat Show the log from the device
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Target "ios" commands:
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list_identities List the available identities to use for signing.
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xcode Open the xcode project.
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Target "android_new" commands:
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adb Run adb from the Android SDK. Args must come after --, or
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use --alias to make an alias
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logcat Show the log from the device
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p4a Run p4a commands. Args must come after --, or use --alias
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to make an alias
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buildozer.spec
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See `buildozer/default.spec <https://raw.github.com/kivy/buildozer/master/buildozer/default.spec>`_ for an up-to-date spec file.
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Default config
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You can override the value of *any* buildozer.spec config token by
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setting an appropriate environment variable. These are all of the
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form ``$SECTION_TOKEN``, where SECTION is the config file section and
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TOKEN is the config token to override. Dots are replaced by
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underscores.
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For example, here are some config tokens from the [app] section of the
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config, along with the environment variables that would override them.
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- ``title`` -> ``$APP_TITLE``
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- ``package.name`` -> ``$APP_PACKAGE_NAME``
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- ``android.p4a_dir`` -> ``$APP_ANDROID_P4A_DIR``
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Buildozer Virtual Machine
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The current virtual machine (available via https://kivy.org/downloads/) allow
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you to have a ready to use vm for building android application. But
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the current one have many flaw.
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We're in the process to deliver a new VM that fixes most of them.
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Using shared folders
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++++++++++++++++++++
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The Virtualbox Guest tools are outdated, install the latest one:
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- in the Virtualbox: `Devices` -> `Install Guest Additions CD images`
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- in the guest/linux: Go to the cdrom and run the installer
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The `kivy` user is not in the `vboxsf` groups, so in a terminal:
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- `sudo adduser kivy vboxsf`
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- reboot the vm
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VirtualBox filesystem doesn't support symlink anymore (don't
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try the setextradata solution, it doesn't work.). So you must
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do the build outside the shared folder. One solution:
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- `sudo mkdir /build`
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- `sudo chown kivy /build`
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- In your buildozer.spec, section `[buildozer]`, set `build_dir = /build/buildozer-myapp`
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No space left
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If you build on the current VM, you'll hit the no space left on device:
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- Stop your VM
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- Adjust the disk size to 20GB: `VBoxManage modifyhd ~/Downloads/Buildozer/Buildozer.vdi --resize 20000`
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- Download the http://www.slitaz.org/en/get/#stable
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- In the virtualbox, `Devices` -> `Optical Drive` -> Select the slitaz iso
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- Reboot the VM
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- In slitaz, open a terminal, and unmount the swap: `swapoff -a`
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- Open gparted
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- delete sda2
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- extend sda1 to 18000
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- add a primary partition, set the format to linux-swap
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- you should have a sda2 partition
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- save
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- Unmount the slitaz iso `Devices` -> `Optical Drive` -> `Eject`
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- Reset/Restart the VM
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- Check your disk is 20GB: `df -h`
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Using your devices via the VM
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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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There is a little icon on the bottom left that represent an USB plug.
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Select it, and select your android device on it. Then you can check:
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- `buildozer android_new adb -- devices`
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If it doesn't, use Google. They are so many differents way / issues
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depending your phone that Google will be your only source of
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information, not us :)
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Support
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-------
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If you need assistance, you can ask for help on our mailing list:
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* User Group : https://groups.google.com/group/kivy-users
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* Email : kivy-users@googlegroups.com
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We also have an IRC channel:
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* Server : irc.freenode.net
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* Port : 6667, 6697 (SSL only)
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* Channel : #kivy
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Contributing
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------------
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We love pull requests and discussing novel ideas. Check out our
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`contribution guide <http://kivy.org/docs/contribute.html>`_ and
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feel free to improve buildozer.
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The following mailing list and IRC channel are used exclusively for
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discussions about developing the Kivy framework and its sister projects:
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* Dev Group : https://groups.google.com/group/kivy-dev
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* Email : kivy-dev@googlegroups.com
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IRC channel:
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* Server : irc.freenode.net
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* Port : 6667, 6697 (SSL only)
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* Channel : #kivy-dev
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License
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Buildozer is released under the terms of the MIT License. Please refer to the
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LICENSE file.
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