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.. _troubleshooting:
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Troubleshooting
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Debug output
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Add the ``--debug`` option to any python-for-android command to see
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full debug output including the output of all the external tools used
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in the compilation and packaging steps.
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If reporting a problem by email or irc, it is usually helpful to
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include this full log, via e.g. a `pastebin
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<http://paste.ubuntu.com/>`_ or `Github gist
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<https://gist.github.com/>`_.
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Getting help
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------------
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python-for-android is managed by the Kivy Organisation, and you can
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get help with any problems using the same channels as Kivy itself:
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- by email to the `kivy-users Google group
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<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kivy-users>`_
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- by irc in the #kivy room at irc.freenode.net
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If you find a bug, you can also post an issue on the
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`python-for-android Github page
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<https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android>`_.
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Debugging on Android
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When a python-for-android APK doesn't work, often the only indication
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that you get is that it closes. It is important to be able to find out
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what went wrong.
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python-for-android redirects Python's stdout and stderr to the Android
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logcat stream. You can see this by enabling developer mode on your
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Android device, enabling adb on the device, connecting it to your PC
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(you should see a notification that USB debugging is connected) and
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running ``adb logcat``. If adb is not in your PATH, you can find it at
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``/path/to/Android/SDK/platform-tools/adb``, or access it through
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python-for-android with the shortcut::
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python-for-android logcat
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or::
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python-for-android adb logcat
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Running logcat command gives a lot of information about what Android is
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doing. You can usually see important lines by using logcat's built in
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functionality to see only lines with the ``python`` tag (or just
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grepping this).
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When your app crashes, you'll see the normal Python traceback here, as
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well as the output of any print statements etc. that your app
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runs. Use these to diagnose the problem just as normal.
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The adb command passes its arguments straight to adb itself, so you
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can also do other debugging tasks such as ``python-for-android adb
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devices`` to get the list of connected devices.
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For further information, see the Android docs on `adb
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<http://developer.android.com/intl/zh-cn/tools/help/adb.html>`_, and
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on `logcat
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<http://developer.android.com/intl/zh-cn/tools/help/logcat.html>`_ in
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particular.
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Unpacking an APK
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It is sometimes useful to unpack a pacakged APK to see what is inside,
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especially when debugging python-for-android itself.
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APKs are just zip files, so you can extract the contents easily::
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unzip YourApk.apk
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At the top level, this will always contain the same set of files::
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$ ls
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AndroidManifest.xml classes.dex META-INF res
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assets lib YourApk.apk resources.arsc
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The Python distribution is in the assets folder::
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$ cd assets
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$ ls
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private.mp3
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``private.mp3`` is actually a tarball containing all your packaged
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data, and the Python distribution. Extract it::
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$ tar xf private.mp3
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This will reveal all the Python-related files::
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$ ls
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android_runnable.pyo include interpreter_subprocess main.kv pipinterface.kv settings.pyo
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assets __init__.pyo interpreterwrapper.pyo main.pyo pipinterface.pyo utils.pyo
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editor.kv interpreter.kv lib menu.kv private.mp3 widgets.pyo
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editor.pyo interpreter.pyo libpymodules.so menu.pyo settings.kv
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Most of these files have been included by the user (in this case, they
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come from one of my own apps), the rest relate to the python
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distribution.
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With Python 2, the Python installation can mostly be found in the
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``lib`` folder. With Python 3 (using the ``python3crystax`` recipe),
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the Python installation can be found in a folder named
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``crystax_python``.
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Common errors
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The following are common problems and resolutions that users have reported.
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AttributeError: 'AnsiCodes' object has no attribute 'LIGHTBLUE_EX'
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This occurs if your version of colorama is too low, install version
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0.3.3 or higher.
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If you install python-for-android with pip or via setup.py, this
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dependency should be taken care of automatically.
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AttributeError: 'Context' object has no attribute 'hostpython'
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This is a known bug in some releases. To work around it, add your
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python requirement explicitly,
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e.g. :code:`--requirements=python2,kivy`. This also applies when using
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buildozer, in which case add python2 to your buildozer.spec requirements.
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linkname too long
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This can happen when you try to include a very long filename, which
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doesn't normally happen but can occur accidentally if the p4a
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directory contains a .buildozer directory that is not excluded from
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the build (e.g. if buildozer was previously used). Removing this
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directory should fix the problem, and is desirable anyway since you
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don't want it in the APK.
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android/dx/command/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This occurs due to a java version mismatch, it should be fixed by
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installing Java 8 (e.g. the openjdk-8-jdk package on Ubuntu).
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JNI DETECTED ERROR IN APPLICATION: static jfieldID 0x0000000 not valid for class java.lang.Class<org.renpy.android.PythonActivity>
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This error appears in the logcat log if you try to access
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``org.renpy.android.PythonActivity`` from within the new toolchain. To
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fix it, change your code to reference
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``org.kivy.android.PythonActivity`` instead.
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