tUpdate Kivy build instructions - electrum - Electrum Bitcoin wallet
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HTML Author: Johann Bauer <bauerj@bauerj.eu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:33:41 +0100
Update Kivy build instructions
My PRs have been merged!
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DIR diff --git a/gui/kivy/Readme.md b/gui/kivy/Readme.md
t@@ -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:
t@@ -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
```
t@@ -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}`