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Update Kivy build instructions

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Johann Bauer 2018-01-26 21:33:41 +01:00
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@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ The Kivy GUI is used with Electrum on Android devices. To generate an APK file,
## 1. Install python-for-android (p4a)
p4a is used to package Electrum, Python, SDL and a bootstrap Java app into an APK file.
We patched p4a to add some functionality we need for Electrum. Until those changes are
merged into p4a, you need to merge them locally (into the stable branch):
merged into p4a, you need to merge them locally (into the master branch):
1. [kivy/python-for-android#1213](https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1213)
2. [kivy/python-for-android#1217](https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1217)
Something like this should work:
@ -17,31 +16,18 @@ cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android
cd python-for-android
git remote add agilewalker https://github.com/agilewalker/python-for-android
git remote add bauerj https://github.com/bauerj/python-for-android
git checkout stable
git checkout a036f4442b6a23
git fetch agilewalker
git merge agilewalker/master
git fetch bauerj
git merge bauerj/add-activity
```
## 2. Install buildozer
Buildozer is a frontend to p4a. Of course it needs to be patched too:
1. [kivy/buildozer#612](https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/pull/1213)
Buildozer is a frontend to p4a. Luckily we don't need to patch it:
```sh
cd /opt
git clone https://github.com/kivy/buildozer
cd buildozer
git remote add bauerj https://github.com/bauerj/buildozer
git fetch bauerj
git merge bauerj/add-activity
```
You also want to install it:
```sh
sudo python3 setup.py install
```
@ -73,8 +59,7 @@ Run `contrib/make_apk`.
Update your Android build tools to version 27 like described above.
## Why do I get errors like `(use -source 7 or higher to enable multi-catch statement)` while compiling?
Use the `stable` branch of python-for-android.
[This commit](https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/commit/3534a761b17040755accf941f898cc66b905e8db) in master is the culprit.
Make sure that your p4a installation includes commit a3cc78a6d1a107cd3b6bd28db8b80f89e3ecddd2.
## I changed something but I don't see any differences on the phone. What did I do wrong?
You probably need to clear the cache: `rm -rf .buildozer/android/platform/build/{build,dists}`