The version of Kivy installed on this system is too old.

[bitnom]

Versions

• Python: 3.7.4
• OS: Ubuntu 18.04 / Android
• Buildozer: 0.40.dev0

Description

buildozer android debug deploy run causes in locat:

Exception: The version of Kivy installed on this system is too old. (You have 1.11.0, but the application requires 1.11.1). I originally wanted to use 1.11.1 but if I install that version, I still get this error. So I decided to just use 1.11.0 but I still get the same error. I have tried:

buildozer android clean
buildozer appclean
pip3 install kivy==1.11.1
pipenv install kivy==1.11.1

I have tried explicitly setting the version in my buildozer.spec requirements as well as the osx section. It doesn't matter which version of kivy I install or specify (Or any combination thereof), I get the same error.

buildozer.spec

Command:

`buildozer android debug deploy run`

Spec file:

[app]

# (str) Title of your application
title = Platinum Proxy

# (str) Package name
package.name = myapp

# (str) Package domain (needed for android/ios packaging)
package.domain = com.myco.myapp

# (str) Source code where the main.py live
source.dir = .

# (list) Source files to include (let empty to include all the files)
source.include_exts = py,png,jpg,kv,atlas,html,db

# (list) List of inclusions using pattern matching
#source.include_patterns = assets/*,images/*.png

# (list) Source files to exclude (let empty to not exclude anything)
source.exclude_exts = spec,sqbpro,src.db

# (list) List of directory to exclude (let empty to not exclude anything)
source.exclude_dirs = tests, bin, .vscode, .idea

# (list) List of exclusions using pattern matching
#source.exclude_patterns = license,images/*/*.jpg

# (str) Application versioning (method 1)
version = 0.33

# (str) Application versioning (method 2)
# version.regex = __version__ = ['"](.*)['"]
# version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py

# (list) Application requirements
# comma separated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy
requirements = python3,kivy==1.11.0,sqlite3,requests,plyer,pyspeedtest,pprint,jnius,PyAndroid

# (str) Custom source folders for requirements
# Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes
# requirements.source.kivy = ../../kivy

# (list) Garden requirements
garden_requirements = navigationdrawer

# (str) Presplash of the application
#presplash.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/presplash.png

# (str) Icon of the application
#icon.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/icon.png

# (str) Supported orientation (one of landscape, sensorLandscape, portrait or all)
orientation = portrait

# (list) List of service to declare
#services = NAME:ENTRYPOINT_TO_PY,NAME2:ENTRYPOINT2_TO_PY

#
# OSX Specific
#

#
# author = © Copyright Info

# change the major version of python used by the app
osx.python_version = 3

# Kivy version to use
osx.kivy_version = 1.11.0

#
# Android specific
#

# (bool) Indicate if the application should be fullscreen or not
fullscreen = 0

# (string) Presplash background color (for new android toolchain)
# Supported formats are: #RRGGBB #AARRGGBB or one of the following names:
# red, blue, green, black, white, gray, cyan, magenta, yellow, lightgray,
# darkgray, grey, lightgrey, darkgrey, aqua, fuchsia, lime, maroon, navy,
# olive, purple, silver, teal.
#android.presplash_color = #FFFFFF

# (list) Permissions
android.permissions = INTERNET

# (int) Target Android API, should be as high as possible.
#android.api = 27

# (int) Minimum API your APK will support.
#android.minapi = 21

# (int) Android SDK version to use
#android.sdk = 20

# (str) Android NDK version to use
#android.ndk = 17c

# (int) Android NDK API to use. This is the minimum API your app will support, it should usually match android.minapi.
#android.ndk_api = 21

# (bool) Use --private data storage (True) or --dir public storage (False)
#android.private_storage = True

# (str) Android NDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.)
#android.ndk_path =

# (str) Android SDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.)
#android.sdk_path =

# (str) ANT directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.)
#android.ant_path =

# (bool) If True, then skip trying to update the Android sdk
# This can be useful to avoid excess Internet downloads or save time
# when an update is due and you just want to test/build your package
# android.skip_update = False

# (bool) If True, then automatically accept SDK license
# agreements. This is intended for automation only. If set to False,
# the default, you will be shown the license when first running
# buildozer.
# android.accept_sdk_license = False

# (str) Android entry point, default is ok for Kivy-based app
#android.entrypoint = org.renpy.android.PythonActivity

# (list) Pattern to whitelist for the whole project
#android.whitelist =

# (str) Path to a custom whitelist file
#android.whitelist_src =

# (str) Path to a custom blacklist file
#android.blacklist_src =

# (list) List of Java .jar files to add to the libs so that pyjnius can access
# their classes. Don't add jars that you do not need, since extra jars can slow
# down the build process. Allows wildcards matching, for example:
# OUYA-ODK/libs/*.jar
#android.add_jars = foo.jar,bar.jar,path/to/more/*.jar

# (list) List of Java files to add to the android project (can be java or a
# directory containing the files)
#android.add_src =

# (list) Android AAR archives to add (currently works only with sdl2_gradle
# bootstrap)
#android.add_aars =

# (list) Gradle dependencies to add (currently works only with sdl2_gradle
# bootstrap)
#android.gradle_dependencies =

# (list) Java classes to add as activities to the manifest.
#android.add_activites = com.example.ExampleActivity

# (str) python-for-android branch to use, defaults to master
#p4a.branch = master

# (str) OUYA Console category. Should be one of GAME or APP
# If you leave this blank, OUYA support will not be enabled
#android.ouya.category = GAME

# (str) Filename of OUYA Console icon. It must be a 732x412 png image.
#android.ouya.icon.filename = %(source.dir)s/data/ouya_icon.png

# (str) XML file to include as an intent filters in <activity> tag
#android.manifest.intent_filters =

# (str) launchMode to set for the main activity
#android.manifest.launch_mode = standard

# (list) Android additional libraries to copy into libs/armeabi
#android.add_libs_armeabi = libs/android/*.so
#android.add_libs_armeabi_v7a = libs/android-v7/*.so
#android.add_libs_x86 = libs/android-x86/*.so
#android.add_libs_mips = libs/android-mips/*.so

# (bool) Indicate whether the screen should stay on
# Don't forget to add the WAKE_LOCK permission if you set this to True
#android.wakelock = False

# (list) Android application meta-data to set (key=value format)
#android.meta_data =

# (list) Android library project to add (will be added in the
# project.properties automatically.)
#android.library_references =

# (str) Android logcat filters to use
#android.logcat_filters = *:S python:D

# (bool) Copy library instead of making a libpymodules.so
#android.copy_libs = 1

# (str) The Android arch to build for, choices: armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86
android.arch = armeabi-v7a
#android.arch = x86_64

#
# Python for android (p4a) specific
#

# (str) python-for-android git clone directory (if empty, it will be automatically cloned from github)
#p4a.source_dir =

# (str) The directory in which python-for-android should look for your own build recipes (if any)
#p4a.local_recipes =

# (str) Filename to the hook for p4a
#p4a.hook =

# (str) Bootstrap to use for android builds
# p4a.bootstrap = sdl2

# (int) port number to specify an explicit --port= p4a argument (eg for bootstrap flask)
#p4a.port =


#
# iOS specific
#

# (str) Path to a custom kivy-ios folder
#ios.kivy_ios_dir = ../kivy-ios
# Alternately, specify the URL and branch of a git checkout:
ios.kivy_ios_url = https://github.com/kivy/kivy-ios
ios.kivy_ios_branch = master

# Another platform dependency: ios-deploy
# Uncomment to use a custom checkout
#ios.ios_deploy_dir = ../ios_deploy
# Or specify URL and branch
ios.ios_deploy_url = https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy
ios.ios_deploy_branch = 1.7.0

# (str) Name of the certificate to use for signing the debug version
# Get a list of available identities: buildozer ios list_identities
#ios.codesign.debug = "iPhone Developer: <lastname> <firstname> (<hexstring>)"

# (str) Name of the certificate to use for signing the release version
#ios.codesign.release = %(ios.codesign.debug)s


[buildozer]

# (int) Log level (0 = error only, 1 = info, 2 = debug (with command output))
log_level = 2

# (int) Display warning if buildozer is run as root (0 = False, 1 = True)
warn_on_root = 1

# (str) Path to build artifact storage, absolute or relative to spec file
# build_dir = ./.buildozer

# (str) Path to build output (i.e. .apk, .ipa) storage
# bin_dir = ./bin

#    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#    List as sections
#
#    You can define all the "list" as [section:key].
#    Each line will be considered as a option to the list.
#    Let's take [app] / source.exclude_patterns.
#    Instead of doing:
#
#[app]
#source.exclude_patterns = license,data/audio/*.wav,data/images/original/*
#
#    This can be translated into:
#
#[app:source.exclude_patterns]
#license
#data/audio/*.wav
#data/images/original/*
#


#    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
#    Profiles
#
#    You can extend section / key with a profile
#    For example, you want to deploy a demo version of your application without
#    HD content. You could first change the title to add "(demo)" in the name
#    and extend the excluded directories to remove the HD content.
#
#[app@demo]
#title = My Application (demo)
#
#[app:source.exclude_patterns@demo]
#images/hd/*
#
#    Then, invoke the command line with the "demo" profile:
#
#buildozer --profile demo android debug

Logs

10-15 20:30:11.789 26399 26543 I python  :  Traceback (most recent call last):
10-15 20:30:11.789 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/app/main.py", line 443, in <module>
10-15 20:30:11.790 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp/kivy/app.py", line 828, in run
10-15 20:30:11.790 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp/kivy/app.py", line 599, in load_kv
10-15 20:30:11.791 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 301, in load_file
10-15 20:30:11.791 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/lang/builder.py", line 368, in load_string
10-15 20:30:11.792 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/lang/parser.py", line 401, in __init__
10-15 20:30:11.792 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/lang/parser.py", line 507, in parse
10-15 20:30:11.792 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/lang/parser.py", line 413, in execute_directives
10-15 20:30:11.793 26399 26543 I python  :    File "/home/me/Projects/myapp/myapp-app/.buildozer/android/platform/build-armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/platinumproxy/kivy/__init__.py", line 139, in require
10-15 20:30:11.793 26399 26543 I python  :  Exception: The version of Kivy installed on this system is too old. (You have 1.11.0, but the application requires 1.11.1)
10-15 20:30:11.793 26399 26543 I python  : Python for android ended.

[bitnom]

I tried replacing 1.11.0 with 1.11.1 everywhere. Buildozer even downloads and installs 1.11.1:

and added:

import kivy
kivy.require('1.11.1')

but I still get the same error.

[bitnom]

I think this is somehow a result of using pipenv

[tito]

You don't need kivy installed on your system for making buildozer/android build working.

Buildozer download dependencies according to its recipes, cross compile them and embed into the final binary. Whatever you do with pip/pipenv have no impact for that.

I suggest you to remove all the local cache of buildozer, and retry from scratch. The kivy recipes in python-for-android master is using 1.11.1. (https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/blob/develop/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/__init__.py)

[support]

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[AjayKJoseph]

I know this post is a little outdated.
If anybody is getting the following error when compiling in VSCode (for kivymd library) - Exception: The version of Kivy installed on this system is too old. (You have 2.1.0, but the application requires 2.2.0), do this by typing in power shell as an admin : set-executionpolicy remotesigned. I am using pip 3.10 (3.11 does not work), Kivy 2.1.0 on both windows 10 and virtualbox 7.0. On ubuntu dont use a virtual environment, I cannot get it to work on an ubuntu. In windows Vs code you may use virtual environment and execute the above command.

[GoodnessGGu]

i am facing the same issue with kivy, i installed kivy and when i try to run my code it brings up the error telling me that the version i have installed is too old and that it requires 2.2.0 of which is not available.
what do i do???