How to build apk

[batkins2]

The pydk-all.sh completes but there is no apk. Is there another step? Also, I'm trying to use the usrinaengine which has a dependency on Pillow which seems to be x86 only. Is there a way to get Pillow working?

[pmp-p]

PyDK's goal is to be universal so building an apk or webapp is the same and use the same signed apk/zip.

That is maybe not what you want for your own use if you only target android right now.

PyDK early support is here https://github.com/pmp-p/projects and use that template https://github.com/pmp-p/pydk-android-gradle-template/tree/3.8p : PyDK does not use JNI / WebIDL but remote method interface instead with a strong focus on ffi signatures and remote instances boxing via reflexion in the host language. That method will allow later to seamlessly reuse wasm interpreters+modules instead of native libraries and unreliable toolchains. That can also used in webworkers or multihost system.

Python-for-android or Beeware have more specific init code and native bridges to re-use in your android studio project. p4a bridges are already compiled as pip samples, rubicon-android is not available atm on pip afaik.

About Pillow, fixing setup.py of pip modules for cross compilation is outside PyDK scope and Android/WASM are not officially supported platforms by C-Python®.

Best advice is fix their setup.py and offer PR to leave open, you cannot ask for maintenance burden, Though i think Pillow just makes false assumptions/guessing about build environnement and try to do the job of the C toolchain/autotools in locating library and includes files.