Kivy error (python 2.7) : sdl2 import error

Question

I'm trying to use kivy on my Python 2.7 project (in a PyCharm - Windows 10 environment), but I get the following error.

If someone can help me ? Thanks !

PS : I tried many times uninstalling/reinstalling libraries etc and doing what suggested on posts like this one, but it doesn't work : Kivy not working (Error: Unable to find any valuable Window provider.)

[INFO   ] [Logger      ] Record log in C:\Users\cyril\.kivy\logs\kivy_18-03-25_0.txt
 C:\Users\cyril\venv\lib\site-packages\kivy\modules\__init__.py:128: UnicodeWarning: Unicode equal comparison failed to convert both arguments to Unicode - interpreting them as being unequal
   if path not in sys.path:
[INFO   ] [Kivy        ] v1.10.0
[INFO   ] [Python      ] v2.7.14 (v2.7.14:84471935ed, Sep 16 2017, 20:19:30) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)]
[INFO   ] [Factory     ] 194 symbols loaded
[INFO   ] [Image       ] Providers: img_tex, img_dds, img_gif (img_sdl2, img_pil, img_ffpyplayer ignored)
[CRITICAL] [Window      ] Unable to find any valuable Window provider.
sdl2 - ImportError: DLL load failed: Le module sp�cifi� est introuvable.
  File "C:\Users\cyril\venv\lib\site-packages\kivy\core\__init__.py", line 59, in core_select_lib
    fromlist=[modulename], level=0)
  File "C:\Users\cyril\venv\lib\site-packages\kivy\core\window\window_sdl2.py", line 26, in <module>
    from kivy.core.window._window_sdl2 import _WindowSDL2Storage

[CRITICAL] [App         ] Unable to get a Window, abort.

Process finished with exit code 1

Answer 1

Problem

It is looking for the Kivy dependencies (e.g. sdl2) in your virtualenv.

Solution

I have encountered the same problem. I did the following and it solved the problem.

Environment

• Windows 10
• PyCharm Community
• Python 3.5
• Kivy dependencies installed (docutils, pygments, pypiwin32, kivy.deps.sdl2, kivy.deps.glew, kivy.deps.gstreamer) and for Python 3.5+ (kivy.deps.angle)

PyCharm IDE

1. Open the project
2. Click File
3. Click Settings...
4. Click Project Interpreter
5. On the right panel, click the drop down list for Project Interpreter
6. Select the location where the Python interpreter is installed e.g. C:\Users\user-name\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35\python.exe
7. Click OK until you exit the Settings window
8. Run your program

Output