Python for Android

Python for android is a project to create your own Python distribution including the modules you want, and create an apk including python, libs, and your application.

Website: http://python-for-android.rtfd.org/
Forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=fr#!forum/python-android
Mailing list: python-android@googlegroups.com

Global overview

Download Android NDK, SDK

NDK: http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r8c-linux-x86.tar.bz2

More details at: http://developer.android.com/tools/sdk/ndk/index.html

SDK: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r21.0.1-linux.tgz

More details at:http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Launch "android", and download latest Android platform, here API 14, which would be Android 4.0

Export some environment variables:

export ANDROIDSDK="/path/to/android/android-sdk-linux_86"
export ANDROIDNDK="/path/to/android/android-ndk-r8c"
export ANDROIDNDKVER=r8c
export ANDROIDAPI=14

(Of course correct the paths mentioned in ANDROIDSDK and ANDROIDNDK)

Clone python-for-android:

git clone git://github.com/kivy/python-for-android

Build a distribution with OpenSSL module, PIL and Kivy:

cd python-for-android
./distribute.sh -m "openssl pil kivy"

Go to your fresh distribution, build the APK of your application:

cd dist/default
./build.py --package org.test.touchtracer --name touchtracer \
--version 1.0 --dir ~/code/kivy/examples/demo/touchtracer debug

Install the debug apk to your device:

adb install bin/touchtracer-1.0-debug.apk

Enjoy.

Troubleshooting

if you get the following message:

Android NDK: Host 'awk' tool is outdated. Please define HOST_AWK to point to Gawk or Nawk !

a solution is to remove the "awk" binary in the android ndk distribution

rm $ANDROIDNDK/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/awk