android clean not working (FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory)

[Petar-Luketina]

Hey everyone,

Every time I try to do buildozer android clean I get a strange error. If anyone has any insight, I would appreciate any advice! Thank you in advance!!

# Check configuration tokens
# Ensure build layout
# Check configuration tokens
# Run '/home/pl/anaconda3/bin/python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain clean_builds --color=always --storage-dir="/home/pl/Desktop/X/.buildozer/android/platform/build"'
# Cwd /home/pl/Desktop/X/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/bin/buildozer", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/scripts/client.py", line 13, in main
    Buildozer().run_command(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 1059, in run_command
    self.target.run_commands(args)
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/target.py", line 92, in run_commands
    func(args)
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android_new.py", line 202, in cmd_clean
    self._p4a("clean_builds")
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android_new.py", line 43, in _p4a
    return self.buildozer.cmd(self._p4a_cmd + cmd + self.extra_p4a_args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 286, in cmd
    process = Popen(command, **kwargs)
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 707, in __init__
    restore_signals, start_new_session)
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/subprocess.py", line 1333, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/pl/Desktop/X/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android-new-toolchain'

[clevermindgames]

As a workaround, create folder ‘python-for-android-new-toolchain’ in '/home/pl/Desktop/X/.buildozer/android/platform/'. No need to put any files inside. After this buildozer android clean should work without issues.

[Petar-Luketina]

@clevermindgames , thanks for fixing the issue!! I'll continue the instructions from your website right now to get admob to work.

[gbm001]

I seem to now have the reverse problem - I have to create a python-for-android folder as I only have a python-for-android-new-toolchain folder.
It then fails with a different error
/usr/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for 'pythonforandroid.toolchain' (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pythonforandroid')

Works if you just symlink python-for-android to python-for-android-new-toolchain though.