Android compile error using buildozer

Question

I am trying to compile an .apk (this one) using buildozer. But I keep getting the command failed message below. I've tried using a different python path, reinstalling buildozer, using different buildozer paths, compiling from Mac HD, compiling with sudo, a different cython version. None work.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "build.py", line 497, in make_package(args) File "build.py", line 351, in make_package subprocess.check_call([ANT, arg]) File "/usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 540, in check_call raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd) subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['ant', 'debug']' returned non-zero exit status 1

Command failed: /usr/local/Cellar/python/2.7.8_1/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Resources/Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python build.py --name 'My Application' --version 1.2.0 --package org.test.myapp --private /Users/user/Documents/Py/kvapk/.buildozer/android/app --sdk 14 --minsdk 8 --permission INTERNET --permission ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE --orientation portrait debug

I'm on OSX Mavericks using python 2.7.5, kivy 1.8.0, cython 0.19 and buildozer 0.17

Here is the total output: https://gist.github.com/feynman21/29d2f02c387112f2900b

Answer 1

This is an issue with buildozer failing to install the Android build-tools. Hopefully this will be fixed soon. Until then, you can work around this by manually installing build-tools (https://github.com/kivy/buildozer/issues/146#issuecomment-57061269):

1. Run ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-21/tools/android to launch the Android SDK Manager. (If you have a different SDK version, replace android-sdk-21 with the appropriate folder)
2. Click the Deselect All link at the bottom of the window, and check the box next to "Android SDK Build-tools -- 20". (Note: the exact version doesn't matter, just pick the newest version available.)
3. Click the Install 1 package... button.
4. Click Accept License and then click the Install button.
5. Close the SDK Manager and resume working with buildozer.