1.6.0

What's Changed

• Bump version to 1.5.1.dev0 by @misl6 in #1553
• Corrections (fixes) for extra-manifest-xml by @lufebe16 in #1555
• Update the suggested Cython version in docs to 0.29.33 by @misl6 in #1567
• Docs: Android on macOS - Remove outdated instructions by @misl6 in #1568
• Home app functionality by @kuzeyron in #1575
• python-for-android does not support --dir flag anymore. by @misl6 in #1592
• Update ios_deploy branch to 1.12.2 Needed for latest Xcode. by @akshayaurora in #1600
• Update Buildozer osx target to work with latest kivy 2.2.0 by @akshayaurora in #1614
• Update default.spec by @RobertFlatt in #1626
• Refactor checkbin to use shutil.which by @Julian-O in #1628
• Remove python2 test as python2 is not available anymore via actions/setup-python by @misl6 in #1635
• Add example Docker build with caching by @damascene in #1619
• Factor out logging code from Buildozer class by @Julian-O in #1632
• Use a pinned version of Cython for now, as most of the recipes are incompatible with Cython==3.x.x by @misl6 in #1637
• Update Python version support by @Julian-O in #1645
• Separate ConfigSpec parser (Address #1636) by @Julian-O in #1639
• Document service options in default.spec by @Julian-O in #1653
• Minor Win32 improvements by @Julian-O in #1648
• Ignore W503 error by @Julian-O in #1660
• Introduce buildops by @Julian-O in #1647
• Move Exception declarations into own file by @Julian-O in #1667
• Migrate all usages of mkdir and rmdir to buildops by @Julian-O in #1668
• Migrate to use Buildop's rmtree, file_copy, file_copytree and rename by @Julian-O in #1669
• Use buildops for file_exists and file_matches by @Julian-O in #1670
• Fix a typo introduced during PR #1669 by @misl6 in #1672
• Move checkbin and download to use buildops. by @Julian-O in #1671
• Correct Discord's dev channel in README by @Julian-O in #1679
• Add tests of the documentation. by @Julian-O in #1683
• Rewrite section in documentation about on source include/excludes by @Julian-O in #1682
• Correct documentation configuration by @Julian-O in #1684
• Migrate to use cmd, cmd_expect and file_extract from Buildops. by @Julian-O in #1675
• Update github actions to latest versions by @Julian-O in #1680
• Clean up inheritance of targets by @Julian-O in #1690
• Now Github Actions provides python3 via setup-python also for Apple Silicon macs by @misl6 in #1687
• Improve Buildozer's venv handling. by @Julian-O in #1689
• Use suggested (latest) Python3 version to perform Android builds by @misl6 in #1688
• Remove some attributes defined outside of init() by @Julian-O in #1694
• Add alternate unzip implementation by @Julian-O in #1692
• Support Email Address Fixed in the Readme.md by @saharbat00l in #1722
• Fix broken link in readme. by @Julian-O in #1728
• Modify automated "support" message. by @Julian-O in #1726
• Create no-response.yml by @Julian-O in #1735
• Refactor dependencies and their tests by @Julian-O in #1686
• Fixes typo in docs by @AJRepo in #1740
• Make doc structure consistent and up-to-date by @Julian-O in #1750
• Stop No Response action running when unneeded. by @Julian-O in #1755
• Fix Osx Target to properly use buildozer.buildops by @akshayaurora in #1768
• Add macOS build instructions, upgrades by @jooray in #1761
• Update Docker Build instructions in README.md by @akshayaurora in #1770
• default.spec: update outdated/invalid urls by @kulothunganug in #1791
• Use ubuntu:22.04 instead of ubuntu:latest in Dockerfile by @manatlan in #1804
• Sunset apple-silicon-m1 self-hosted runner, as now is supported by Github Hosted runners via macos-latest tag. Use macos-13 for runs on Intel macs by @misl6 in #1811
• Use parse from packaging.version instead of distutils LooseVersion by @misl6 in #1812
• Fix typo on packaging.version import statement by @misl6 in #1815
• Fix E226 missing whitespace around arithmetic operator PEP8 failure by @misl6 in #1814
• Configure Renovate by @renovate[bot] in #1813
• Ensure Java 17 is selected and available during build by @misl6 in #1821
• Update actions/setup-java action to v4 by @renovate[bot] in #1825
• Update actions/setup-python action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #1820
• Update actions/checkout action to v4 by @renovate[bot] in #1819
• 📝 Fix broken documentation links by @AndreMiras in #1883
• 👷 Fix Coveralls parallel reporting by @AndreMiras in #1884
• 👷 Publish to DockerHub by @AndreMiras in #1885
• 👷 Docker push to GHCR by @AndreMiras in #1888
• Update pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish action to v1.12.4 by @renovate[bot] in #1817
• Android support display cutout by @kuzeyron in #1894
• Buildozer install docs by @RobertFlatt in #1901
• Re-add "all" to the list of valid orientations in default buildozer.spec by @Cheaterman in #1842
• Fix typos discovered by codespell by @cclauss in #1959
• Update Python workflow for version and action upgrades by @cclauss in #1958
• Update GitHub Actions for iOS workflow by @cclauss in #1957
• 👷 Fix broken Android build on Ubuntu by @AndreMiras in #1960
• Update actions/setup-java action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #1948
• Update actions/setup-python action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #1955
• Update actions/checkout action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #1942
• 🔨 Bump Docker image to Ubuntu 24.04 by @AndreMiras in #1961
• Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.4 to 1.13.0 in /.github/workflows by @dependabot[bot] in #1956
• Modify docs by @Novfensec in #1922
• 🔨 Fix Docker permission errors with bind mounts by @AndreMiras in #1962
• Update peter-evans/dockerhub-description action to v5 by @renovate[bot] in #1971
• Upgrade from deprecated macos-13 to macos-15-intel in CI by @cclauss in #1969
• 🔨 Remove BuildKit registry cache, fixes #1945 by @AndreMiras in #1975
• Set Android min API to 24 by @Cheaterman in #1839
• 🐛 Fix Docker pip --user install error in virtualenv by @AndreMiras in #1978
• Add ability to specify the following through buildozer.spec by @akshayaurora in #1923
• Android sdkmanager proxy config by @broccoliboy in #1899
• Update init.py to fix #1982 by @nicolashainaux in #1983
• Update actions/checkout action to v6 by @renovate[bot] in #1987
• Add missing .readthedocs.yaml configuration file. by @Novfensec in #1979
• Add p4a develop by @RobertFlatt in #1991
• Fixed broken link in README.md by @kha84 in https://github.com/kivy/buildozer/pul...

1.5.0 (2023-01-28)

1.5.0

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• Removes broken and unneeded checks, now we can support additional permission syntaxes. #1549 (misl6)
• Makes orientation option cross-platform and conform to latest python-for-android changes, adds android.manifest.orientation. #1548 (misl6)
• Update Python versions in test matrix #1540 (misl6)
• Flake8 does not support inline comments for any of the keys. + Cleanup some ignored errors/warnings #1539 (misl6)
• Removed (broken) --no-byte-compile-pyo support and added support for --no-byte-compile-python #1525 (misl6)
• CeDeROM add FreeBSD support 20221014. #1516 (cederom)
• Add resources #1513 (RobertFlatt)
• Update Defaults #1512 (RobertFlatt)
• Update installation.rst #1500 (RobertFlatt)
• Fix presplash color #1497 (Apacelus)
• Fixes some E275 - assert is a keyword. #1495 (misl6)
• Show output during aab support check, as p4a may require the user input #1494 (misl6)
• Removes six dependency in tests #1475 (misl6)
• p4a prerequisites install should be done in non-interactive mode during CI builds. #1465 (misl6)
• Bump version to 1.4.1.dev0 #1464 (misl6)
• Avoid the usage of shell=True in Popen, which could lead to potential security risks. #1435 (misl6)
• Add support for p4a option --res_xml #1230 (rambo)

1.4.0

1.4.0 (2022-07-20)

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• Updates default buildozer.spec NDK from 19b to 23b #1462 (misl6)
• use p4a --add-source instead of manual copy of java files #1450 (tito)
• fix aar build #1444 (mzakharo)
• Our self-hosted Apple Silicon runner now has been migrated to actions/runner v2.292.0 which now supports arm64 natively #1438 (misl6)
• Changes for NDK23 #1427 (HyTurtle)
• Bump version to 1.4.0.dev0 #1411 (misl6)

1.3.0

Highlights:

• This is the first version of buildozer that supports Android App Bundle (AAB)
  ( python-for-android==v2022.03.13 or newer is required )
• Kivy recipe now targets Kivy 2.1.0 which is now the latest stable version available.
• Improved iOS support
• Added support for --presplash-lottie
• Added support for androidx via android.enable_androidx

Full changelog:

• Improves iOS CI workflow and adds Apple Silicon M1 runner #1393 (misl6)
• iOS: force archive iOS destination #1392 (syrykh)
• simple typo #1390 (Jessime)
• Bump support-request to v2. Previous integration has been shut down. #1385 (misl6)
• Add android.add_assets #1382 (RobertFlatt)
• add the option p4a.extra_args #1369 (antocuni)
• Fix CI tests for iOS and Android #1365 (misl6)
• Add aab (Android App Bundle) support #1356 (misl6)
• Fixes deprecated plistlib API #1347 (meow464)
• docs: fix a few simple typos #1327 (tshirtman)
• use HTTPS urls #1319 (obfusk)
• iOS OTA manifest generation for in-house app distribution #1317 (syrykh)
• android: adaptive icon/launcher: expose p4a options in buildozer.spec #1312 (SomberNight)
• Add enable_androidx #1311 (RobertFlatt)
• Update iOS codesign options #1307 (syrykh)
• Allow setting custom p4a URL instead of fork #1305 (syrykh)
• chore : Fixed code quality issues #1300 (powerexploit)
• added few additional options for android p4a builds #1275 (vesellov)
• ♻️ Minor check_requirements() refactoring #1274 (AndreMiras)
• Allow displaying only the logcat of our app. #1272 (tshirtman)
• fix ndk version check & download link #1271 (obfusk)
• Let buildozer.spec files pin to a specific p4a commit hash #1269 (xloem)
• Change android.manifest_placeholders default to None #1265 (misl6)
• Pass debug loglevel down through to python for android #1260 (xloem)
• Use develop branch for automated tests #1257 (misl6)
• Add android.adb_args option #1238 (germn)
• Add support for p4a --feature option #1229 (rambo)
• Add option for controlling p4a distutils support, fixes #1224 #1225 (rambo)
• WSL workaround now accommodates WSL 2 #1220 (stefan-sherwood)
• Add android.backup_rules parameter to buildozer.spec #1219 (Jorilx)
• make include_exts etc. properly case-insentitive #1217 (obfusk)
• Add manifestPlaceholders feature #1212 (misl6)
• Add support for --presplash-lottie option of p4a #1208 (tshirtman)
• Fix issue #881: Add android.allow_backup parameter to buildozer.spec #1206 (Jorilx)
• Add link to GitHub action #1198 (ArtemSBulgakov)
• Fixes heading for iOS target #1175 (fullbuffer)
• ✅ Increases ios target test coverage #1171 (AndreMiras)
• ✅ Unit test ios target #1168 (AndreMiras)
• Expand "~" before every path normalization. #1165 (pakal)
• 🍏 Improves iOS support #1160 (AndreMiras)
• 👷 Moves Android build to dedicated workflow file #1158 (AndreMiras)
• SafeConfigParser deprecated. #1155 (Julian-O)
• Declare Buildozer to be Stable #1147 (Julian-O)
• 🔥 Drops garden support #1142 (AndreMiras)
• ⬆️ Bumps Ubuntu and OpenJDK versions #1140 (AndreMiras)
• Post release bump 1.2.0.dev0 #1139 (AndreMiras)
• Update quickstart.rst for Windows 10 #1124 (arqeco)
• Update instalation.rst for Windows 10 #1123 (arqeco)

1.2.0

• Migrates to Command line tools #1135 (AndreMiras)
• Bumps to latest Cython version #1132 (AndreMiras)
• Also integration test on macOS #1131 (AndreMiras)
• Tests android.numeric_version config #1129 (AndreMiras)
• Refactored the TargetAndroid tests #1127 (pavelsof)
• Adds p4a --numeric-version support #1126 (AndreMiras)
• Linter fixes and README.md update #1118 (AndreMiras)
• Removes Python 2 constructions #1114 (AndreMiras)

1.1.0 (2020-05-18)

1.1.0 (2020-05-18)

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Fixed bugs:

• [Docker image] SSLError("Can't connect to HTTPS URL because the SSL module is not available.") #1096
• NameError: name 'raw_input' is not defined #1070
• Setup coverage testing #1058
• AttributeError: 'function' object has no attribute 'glob' #1044

Closed issues:

• Pygallary #1109
• Buildozer compilation ERROR: No matching distribution found for hostpython2 (from -r requirements.txt (line 2)) #1104
• Circular errors with Java version and Android SDK #1103
• APK not running on Android 10? #1102
• Buildozer command fails: Could not fetch URL https://pypi.org/simple/pip/: There was a problem confirming the ssl certificate #1095
• Command Failed Error #1092
• APK Can't be install (package can't be install in android) #1091
• buildozer Install python 3.8.1 #1090
• i have weak reference error while using python 3.8 #1089
• buildozer is choosing odd venv, and using a different python? #1080
• Fatal Python error: init_fs_encoding: failed to get the Python codec of the filesystem encoding #1076
• Buildozer just wont compile my app #1074
• Autoreconf not found? #1072
• error while buildozer android debug deploy run #1064
• Syntax error in Kivy and KivyMD dependencies file when using Buildozer to compile KivyMD app #1051
• Adding CFFI as a Buildozer requirement breaks the Android build #1050
• Is buildozer compatible with Python 3.7 #1048
• Could not resolve org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jre8:1.2.0 #1042
• Error while running buildozer android debug deploy #1038
• cant able to build apk on linux with python3 #1033
• Keystore was tampered with, or password was incorrect #1028
• Windows support to build Android APK #1022
• How to make third party site-packages 'requests' run on Android #1021
• Crash on buildozer android debug command. Command failed: /usr/bin/python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain #1017
• Build failed: Couldn't find executable for CC #1014
• Cloning Error of python-for-android #1008
• checking whether the C compiler works... no #1007
• Kivy :How to ask for storage permission when app starts #1004
• Buildozer :No module named 'numpy.core._multiarray_umath' #1002
• Kivy app Crashes while import openpyxl #1001
• Warning when i run "buildozer -v android debug" #982
• sdkmanager is notinstalled #927

Merged pull requests:

• Update README.md #1111 (tshirtman)
• Fixes Docker apt cache missed #1107 (AndreMiras)
• Adds libssl-dev to the install dependencies #1106 (AndreMiras)
• Automatically publish to PyPI upon tagging #1105 (AndreMiras)
• Fix punctuation and typo in README.md #1101 (hematogender)
• Build integration test #1100 (AndreMiras)
• Fixes missing libssl-dev dependency #1099 (AndreMiras)
• Drops Python 2 support #1094 (AndreMiras)
• Checks SDK, NDK and p4a get downloaded on first run #1093 (AndreMiras)
• Integration testing #1083 (AndreMiras)
• Also tests against macOS platform #1078 (AndreMiras)
• Fix NameError with Python 3 and iOS target #1071 (lerela)
• Unit tests TargetAndroid.build_package() #1069 (AndreMiras)
• Dedicated Docker build/run job #1068 (AndreMiras)
• F841: local variable is assigned to but never used #1066 (AndreMiras)
• PEP8 organisation and fixes #1065 (AndreMiras)
• Fixes coveralls.io on pull requests #1063 (AndreMiras)
• Coveralls TOKEN is only available on branch master #1062 (AndreMiras)
• Starts unit testing buildozer/targets/android.py #1061 (AndreMiras)
• Setup coverage testing #1060 (AndreMiras)
• Fix Dockerfile dependencies #1053 (Sirfanas)
• Updates default buildozer.spec NDK from 17c to 19b #1041 (AndreMiras)
• Fix config typo in default.spec #1026 (touilleMan)
• Android gradle build: fix apk name #1025 (SomberNight)

1.0

1.0 (2019-12-22)

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Fixed bugs:

• Accept license terms prompt is not visible #916
• Unable to build release. File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py", line 96, in copyfile with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: #851
• error: cannot find -lpython3.7 #842
• android.accept_sdk_license may misbehave #816
• Python3 error with pexpect #221

Closed issues:

• Sup Req : Buildozer debug does not complete - Error threading.py, sh.py, etc.. #1000
• Buildozer failed to execute the last command #999
• Android fullscreen mode: cannot hide status bar! #989
• buildozer uses wrong python version and disrespects requirement versions #988
• The version of Kivy installed on this system is too old. #987
• Failed to download any source lists! #986
• Aidl cannot be executed error buildozer #984
• buildozer debug error "[WARNING]" when i run buildozer andriod debug #980
• Building kivy app with python3 requirement gives "No compiled python is present to zip, skipping." warning and "Unable to import kivy._clock. Have you perhaps forgotten to compile kivy? ..." error when run on android device. #977
• Java And Python-for-android toolchain errors #975
• buildozer + python3 #973
• Error while running ".buildozer.../native-build/python -OO -m compileall -b -f /.../app #972
• buildozer fails with kivymd link #968
• ndk_platform doesn't exist: /home/rr/android-ndk-r20/platforms/android-20/arch-arm #966
• Paused at Installing/updating SDK platform tools if necessary #965
• java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema #962
• please add aidl into Dockerfile #960
• Missing _ctypes module #955
• Kivy-Buildozer release version doesnt upload google store #953
• buildozer using wrong kivy version #943
• buildozer ndk-api=21 error #942
• app crash #939
• ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle #929
• no-issue #926
• can't find file to patch toggle_jpg_png_webp.patch #921
• No matching distribution found for io #915
• Error: No matching distribution found for io(from -r requirements.txt (line 5)) #914
• I'm also experiencing the same issue, using macOS 10.14.3 and no Docker -- just plain Buildozer from the PyPi repo. What is the recommended course of action to fix this? #913
• app crash #911
• warnings while building apk using buildozer #910
• buildozer error please help me!! #906
• My application does not open in android but if it works in geany, help please. #903
• [Docker image] Can't compile apk: /bin/tar ... "Cannot utime: Operation not permitted" #902
• Fails to call numpy fft on android #899
• Command failed: /usr/bin/python3 -m pythonforandroid.toolchain #898
• error: C compiler cannot create executables #897
• stopped at "Installing/updating SDK platform tools if necessary" #896
• ValueError: Tried to access ndk_ver but it has not been set - this should not happen, something went wrong! #893
• Buildozer not installing from custom source folders #892
• Error with build requirements PIL (Python 3) #890
• rocker plants.cvs -an active -r -p rco.png #889
• rocker plants.cvs -an active -r -p rco.png #888
• rocker plants.cvs -an active -r -p rco.png #887
• rocker plants.cvs -an active -r -p rco.png #886
• rocker plants.cvs -an active -r -p rco.png #885
• host=arm-linux-androideabi #884
• Buildozer has attribute errors and will not run #883
• buildozer on osx not working #879
• Android API Issue #877
• What is the way to add folders and files? #875
• Buildozer Error #874
• Problem with "Unpacking sdl2_image" and "Parent module 'pythonforandroid.recipes' not found" #872
• buildozer android debug deploy is stuck #870
• running autoreconf -vif #866
• Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema #862
• Can not build x86 APK file #861
• But then a lot more issues, deep in the weeds now. #858
• Create tests for PR fix bug when logcat value which cannot be decode to utf-8 #857
• Can't Cythonize pyjnius: TypeError: can't pickle Argument objects #850
• buildozer -h complains about NoneType target #849
• Building failes at compiling openssl[armeabi-v7a] #841
• Applying patches for libffi[armeabi-v7a] #840
• Errors while running buildozer android debug deploy #832
• "Command failed" when running "buildozer android debug deploy run" #829
• Build Python3 for Android with Azure-keyvault and merest #828
• Outdated Android NDK download URL in Kivy Virtual Machine #827
• App crashes on startup #826
• I found the origin of the problem mentioned in issue #694 (Aidl not found) #824
• download() is not CI log friendly #823
• Application stuck in portrait mode #820
• Orientation landscape when set to portrait #818
• Certain python requirements fail due to \_ctypes #815
• Running buildozer help crashes #813
• [Buildozer 0.40.dev0, Buildozer 0.39] AttributeError: 'Buildozer' object has no attribute 'translate_target' #812
• Version number failing to be added to apk #810
• Virtual machine out of date #764
• Docker doesn't build #751
• Buildozer exit code on recipe fail #674
• not able to release apk in release mode - build failed #363
• Issue with NDK r11b #308
• Feature: Create a compat.py for correct PY3 support and implement it #300
• Curl missing in KivyVM #296
• Virtual machine image could have better support for international keyboards #295
• Virtual machine image does not have enough disk space [#294](https://github.com/kivy/...

0.39

Bump to 0.39

v0.33

0.33 (2017-05-15)

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• Migrated old toolchain to android_old, new toolchain to android #497
• Use stable of python-for-android by default #498
• Migrated python-for-android toolchain options to p4a.XXX #499
• Break buildozer if the user try to release a version with "org.test" as a domain #500
• Automatic install of python-for-android dependencies #501

Buildozer v0.32

v0.32 (2016-05-09)

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• Added source.include_patterns app option
• Added android_new target to use the python-for-android revamp toolchain
• Added build_dir and bin_dir buildozer options
• Stopped using pip --download-cache flag, as it has been removed from recent pip versions
• Always use ios-deploy 1.7.0 - newer versions are completely different
• Fix bugs with Unicode app titles
• Fix bugs with directory handling
• Support using a custom kivy-ios dir
• Add adb command to android/android_new targets
• Disable bitcode on iOS builds (needed for newer Xcode)
• Fix api/minapi values for android target
• Use kivy-ios to build icons for all supported sizes
• Fix p4a branch handling
• Let p4a handle pure-Python packages (android_new)
• Use colored output in p4a (android_new)