I am using kivy.garden.mapview for my application. Everything works properly, but problems arise when I try to deploy the application to Android with Buildozer. I set "garden_requirements = mapview" in the .spec file, and I always get the same error message: "Command failed: garden install --app mapview". The command fails even when I execute it on its own. The command "buildozer android debug deploy run logcat" produces the following output:
albi@albi-VirtualBox:~/CUCINA$ buildozer android debug deploy run logcat
# Check configuration tokens
# Ensure build layout
# Check configuration tokens
# Preparing build
# Check requirements for android
# Run 'dpkg --version'
# Cwd None
Debian 'dpkg' package management program version 1.19.7 (amd64).
This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or
later for copying conditions. There is NO warranty.
# Search for Git (git)
# -> found at /usr/bin/git
# Search for Cython (cython)
# -> found at /home/albi/.local/bin/cython
# Search for Java compiler (javac)
# -> found at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac
# Search for Java keytool (keytool)
# -> found at /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/keytool
# Install platform
# Run 'git config --get remote.origin.url'
# Cwd /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android
https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android.git
# Run 'git branch -vv'
# Cwd /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android
* master 1b3b0e3f [origin/master] Merge pull request #2225 from kivy/release-2020.06.02
# Run '/usr/bin/python3 -m pip install -q --user \'appdirs\' \'colorama>=0.3.3\' \'jinja2\' \'six\' \'enum34; python_version<"3.4"\' \'sh>=1.10; sys_platform!="nt"\' \'pep517<0.7.0"\' \'toml\''
# Cwd None
# Apache ANT found at /home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4
# Android SDK found at /home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk
# Recommended android's NDK version by p4a is: 19c
# Android NDK found at /home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19c
# Check application requirements
# Check garden requirements
# Remove directory and subdirectory /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/libs
# Run 'bash -c "source venv/bin/activate && env"'
# Cwd /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer
SHELL=/bin/bash
SESSION_MANAGER=local/albi-VirtualBox:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/1718,unix/albi-VirtualBox:/tmp/.ICE-unix/1718
QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
QT4_IM_MODULE=ibus
LC_ADDRESS=it_IT.UTF-8
GNOME_SHELL_SESSION_MODE=ubuntu
LC_NAME=it_IT.UTF-8
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
DESKTOP_SESSION=ubuntu
LC_MONETARY=it_IT.UTF-8
SSH_AGENT_PID=1649
ANDROIDAPI=27
GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge
PWD=/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer
PACKAGES_PATH=/home/albi/.buildozer/android/packages
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
LOGNAME=albi
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
GPG_AGENT_INFO=/run/user/1000/gnupg/S.gpg-agent:0:1
ANDROIDNDK=/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19c
XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/gdm/Xauthority
GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG
WINDOWPATH=2
HOME=/home/albi
USERNAME=albi
IM_CONFIG_PHASE=1
LC_PAPER=it_IT.UTF-8
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
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XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
VIRTUAL_ENV=/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv
VTE_VERSION=6001
GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/66ea9009_ef14_420d_ae9a_ff4590d07de8
INVOCATION_ID=5f9f2518374145c29f2f6ad18acfb7f8
MANAGERPID=1473
CLUTTER_IM_MODULE=ibus
GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr
LESSCLOSE=/usr/bin/lesspipe %s %s
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
LC_IDENTIFICATION=it_IT.UTF-8
TERM=xterm-256color
LESSOPEN=| /usr/bin/lesspipe %s
USER=albi
ANDROIDMINAPI=21
GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.140
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
LC_TELEPHONE=it_IT.UTF-8
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
LC_MEASUREMENT=it_IT.UTF-8
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
PS1=(venv)
LC_TIME=it_IT.UTF-8
ANDROIDSDK=/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk
JOURNAL_STREAM=9:32116
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop
PATH=/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin:/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4/bin:/home/albi/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
GDMSESSION=ubuntu
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
LC_NUMERIC=it_IT.UTF-8
OLDPWD=/home/albi
_=/usr/bin/env
# Run 'pip install Kivy-Garden==0.1.1'
# Cwd None
Requirement already satisfied: Kivy-Garden==0.1.1 in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (0.1.1)
Requirement already satisfied: requests in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from Kivy-Garden==0.1.1) (2.23.0)
Requirement already satisfied: certifi>=2017.4.17 in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->Kivy-Garden==0.1.1) (2020.4.5.2)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<3,>=2.5 in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->Kivy-Garden==0.1.1) (2.9)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3!=1.25.0,!=1.25.1,<1.26,>=1.21.1 in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->Kivy-Garden==0.1.1) (1.25.9)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet<4,>=3.0.2 in ./.buildozer/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->Kivy-Garden==0.1.1) (3.0.4)
# Create directory /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/libs
# Install garden package mapview in buildozer_dir
# Run 'garden install --app mapview'
# Cwd /home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer
Downloading http://github.com/kivy-garden/garden.mapview/archive/master.zip ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin/garden", line 189, in <module>
GardenTool().main(sys.argv[1:])
File "/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin/garden", line 71, in main
options.func()
File "/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin/garden", line 109, in cmd_install
fd = self.download(opts.package)
File "/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin/garden", line 170, in download
data += buf
TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str
# Command failed: garden install --app mapview
# ENVIRONMENT:
# PATH = '/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv/bin:/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/apache-ant-1.9.4/bin:/home/albi/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin'
# PACKAGES_PATH = '/home/albi/.buildozer/android/packages'
# ANDROIDSDK = '/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk'
# ANDROIDNDK = '/home/albi/.buildozer/android/platform/android-ndk-r19c'
# ANDROIDAPI = '27'
# ANDROIDMINAPI = '21'
# VIRTUAL_ENV = '/home/albi/CUCINA/.buildozer/venv'
# CC = '/bin/false'
# CXX = '/bin/false'
#
# Buildozer failed to execute the last command
# The error might be hidden in the log above this error
# Please read the full log, and search for it before
# raising an issue with buildozer itself.
# In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2
albi@albi-VirtualBox:~/CUCINA$
I have tried everything I found on Stack Overflow, but nothing worked. Any suggestion?
The problematic error stems from this piece of information here:
Kivy-Garden==0.1.1
I had the same issue, buildozer, for some weird reason installs Kivy-Garden version 0.1.1 which produces that error when you try to install ANY garden flower. Kivy version 1.11.1 now uses Kivy-Garden>=0.1.4 which works without issues.
If you install Kivy-Garden==0.1.1 and try to install a package, it crushes with that error. However, If you upgrade to Kivy-Garden==0.1.4. The problem is that buildozer will install Kivy-Garden==0.1.1 no matter what you do. So I tried a lot of things from downgrading buildozer to manually activating the environment that buildozer creates and upgrading garden there but when you run the buildozer command again. Buildozer will simply overwrite your upgraded garden AND install the non-working 0.1.1.
Finally I just gave up and did the one thing I COULD do at this moment. Simply fix buildozer myself:
buildozer is installed. In my case this is: /home/samuel/repo/mobile/venv/finager/lib/python3.7/site-packages/buildozer-1.2.0.dev0-py3.7.egg/buildozer/__init__.py. You can find that out by checking the paths in your logs.Line 533 and change where it says pip install Kivy-Garden==0.1.1 to pip install Kivy-Garden==0.1.4
That's it, your problem should go away now.I hope they fix this soon as this is a pretty simple thing to do. Kivy itself requires Kivy-Garden>=0.1.4 which makes me wonder why buildozer would want 0.1.1 when it clearly doesn't work