Building Python for Android (Kivi)

Based on ​python-for-android documentation, built on Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit.

Install prerequisites:

sudo apt-get install build-essential patch git-core ccache ant python-pip python-dev

On a 64-bit distro:

sudo apt-get install build-essential patch git-core ccache ant pip python-dev

Ensure you have the latest Cython version:

sudo pip install --upgrade cython

Python for Android (the Kivi one) seems to build only with NDK-r7, so the NDK in current Necessitas SDK (NDK-r8b) can't be used. Just download the r7 NDK unpack it somewhere and set the NDK path.

wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r7-linux-x86.tar.bz2
tar xvf android-ndk-r7-linux-x86.tar.bz2

The Android SDK from Necessitas can be used, just make sure API 14 is installed.

cd python-for-android

export ANDROIDSDK="<path to some android SDK that has API 14>"
export ANDROIDNDK="<path to android ndk>"
export ANDROIDNDKVER=r7
export ANDROIDAPI=14

./distribute.sh -m "pyjnius kivy" -f

Having build issues ?

• try to build on Ubuntu 12.04 with NDK r7
• try the ​Virtualbox image pre-configured for building Python for Android