p4a building apk error on Mac OS

[metalmonkey69]

Versions

• Python: 3.7.5 (freshly installed package from python.org for Mac OS)
• OS: Mac OS 10.15.1 Catalina
• Kivy: 1.11.0
• Cython: 0.28.3

Description

Trying to build a simple kivy app with p4a from a Mac OS but fails.

import kivy
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.label import Label


class MyApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Label(text="My sample app")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    MyApp().run()

Environment:

ANDROIDSDK="$HOME/Documents/android/sdk"
ANDROIDNDK="$HOME/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c"
ANDROIDAPI="27"       # Target API version of your application
NDKAPI="27"           # Minimum supported API version of your application
ANDROIDNDKVER="r17c"  # Version of the NDK you installed

Command:

p4a apk --debug --private $HOME/Projects/kivy/simplekivy --package=org.example.myapp --name "My Simple Application" --version 0.1 --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=kivy

The full log is here. The part of the error which breaks the compilation is shown below

Logs

/Users/catalina69/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/clang++ -Wl,-soname,libmain.so -shared --sysroot=/Users/catalina69/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c/platforms/android-27/arch-arm /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/objs/main/__/__/SDL/src/main/android/SDL_android_main.o /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/objs/main/start.o -lgcc -Wl,--exclude-libs,libgcc.a -latomic -Wl,--exclude-libs,libatomic.a /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/libSDL2.so  -gcc-toolchain /Users/catalina69/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64 -no-canonical-prefixes -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi27 -Wl,--fix-cortex-a8 -L/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python3-libffi-openssl-sqlite3/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python3/android-build -Wl,--build-id -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--warn-shared-textrel -Wl,--fatal-warnings   -L/Users/catalina69/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c/platforms/android-27/arch-arm/usr/lib -lGLESv1_CM -lGLESv2 -llog -lpython3.7m -lstdc++ -lc -lm -o /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/libmain.so
/Users/catalina69/Documents/android/android-ndk-r17c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x/../../../../arm-linux-androideabi/bin/ld: error: cannot find -lpython3.7m
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:47: error: undefined reference to 'PyModule_Create2'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:154: error: undefined reference to 'Py_SetProgramName'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:160: error: undefined reference to 'PyImport_AppendInittab'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:181: error: undefined reference to 'Py_DecodeLocale'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:182: error: undefined reference to 'Py_SetPath'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:191: error: undefined reference to 'Py_Initialize'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:208: error: undefined reference to 'PyEval_InitThreads'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:214: error: undefined reference to 'PyRun_SimpleStringFlags'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:220: error: undefined reference to 'PyRun_SimpleStringFlags'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:229: error: undefined reference to 'PyRun_SimpleStringFlags'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:232: error: undefined reference to 'PyRun_SimpleStringFlags'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:326: error: undefined reference to 'PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:329: error: undefined reference to 'PyErr_Occurred'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:331: error: undefined reference to 'PyErr_Print'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:332: error: undefined reference to 'PySys_GetObject'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:333: error: undefined reference to 'PyFile_WriteString'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:335: error: undefined reference to 'PyErr_Clear'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:362: error: undefined reference to 'Py_FinalizeEx'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:31: error: undefined reference to '_PyArg_ParseTuple_SizeT'
/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/jni/application/src/start.c:0: error: undefined reference to '_Py_NoneStruct'
clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python3/obj/local/armeabi-v7a/libmain.so] Error 1

[metalmonkey69]

Versions

p4a : 2019.8.9.1.dev0
NDK : r19c

Description

Tried the above versions as suggested and rebuild with the following command

p4a apk --debug --private $HOME/Projects/kivy/simplekivy --package=org.example.myapp --name "My Simple Application" --version 0.1 --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=python2,kivy

Full Log

here

Partial Log (Error portion)

: 
[DEBUG]:   	libtool: link: /Users/catalina69/Documents/android/ndk/android-ndk-r19c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/clang -target armv7a-linux-androideabi27 -fomit-frame-pointer -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -mthumb -fPIC -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  src/.libs/prep_cif.o src/.libs/types.o src/.libs/raw_api.o src/.libs/java_raw_api.o src/.libs/closures.o src/arm/.libs/ffi.o src/arm/.libs/sysv.o   -L/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/libs_collections/unnamed_dist_1/armeabi-v7a  -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -mthumb -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -mthumb   -Wl,-soname -Wl,libffi.so -o .libs/libffi.so
[DEBUG]:   	libtool: link: arm-linux-androideabi-ar cru .libs/libffi.a  src/prep_cif.o src/types.o src/raw_api.o src/java_raw_api.o src/closures.o src/arm/ffi.o src/arm/sysv.o
[DEBUG]:   	libtool: link: arm-linux-androideabi-ranlib .libs/libffi.a
[DEBUG]:   	libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libffi.la" && ln -s "../libffi.la" "libffi.la" )
[INFO]:    <- directory context /Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy
[DEBUG]:   -> running cp /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/libffi/.libs/libffi.so /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/libs_collections/unnamed_dist_1/armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_image for armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_mixer for armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_ttf for armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    Building python2 for armeabi-v7a
[WARNING]: DEPRECATION: Support for the Python 2 recipe will be removed in 2020, please upgrade to Python 3.
[INFO]:    -> directory context /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/android-build
[WARNING]: lld not found, linking without it. Consider installing lld if linker errors occur.
[INFO]:    Activating flags for libffi
[INFO]:    Activating flags for android's zlib
[DEBUG]:   -> running configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --build=x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0 --enable-shared --disable-ipv6 --disable-toolbox-glue --disable-framework ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no --without-ensurepip ac_cv_little_endian_double=yes ac_cv_header_langinfo_h=no --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --with-system-ffi
[DEBUG]:   	checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0
[DEBUG]:   	checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-androideabi
[DEBUG]:   	checking for python2.7... python2.7
[DEBUG]:   	checking for python interpreter for cross build... python2.7
[DEBUG]:   	checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
[DEBUG]:   	checking for --with-universal-archs... no
[DEBUG]:   	checking MACHDEP... linux2
[DEBUG]:   	checking EXTRAPLATDIR...
[DEBUG]:   	checking for --without-gcc... no
[DEBUG]:   	checking for --with-icc... no
[DEBUG]:   	checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... /Users/catalina69/Documents/android/ndk/android-ndk-r19c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/armv7a-linux-androideabi27-clang
[DEBUG]:   	checking whether the C compiler works... no
[DEBUG]:   	configure: error: in `/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/android-build':
[DEBUG]:   	configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
[DEBUG]:   	See `config.log' for more details
Exception in thread background thread for pid 91006:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/threading.py", line 926, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/threading.py", line 870, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 1540, in wrap
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 2459, in background_thread
    handle_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 2157, in fn
    return self.command.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 815, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc
sh.ErrorReturnCode_77: 

  RAN: /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --build=x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0 --enable-shared --disable-ipv6 --disable-toolbox-glue --disable-framework ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no --without-ensurepip ac_cv_little_endian_double=yes ac_cv_header_langinfo_h=no --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --with-system-ffi

  STDOUT:
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0
checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-androideabi
checking for python2.7... python2.7
checking for python interpreter for cross build... python2.7
checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
checking for --with-universal-archs... no
checking MACHDEP... linux2
checking EXTRAPLATDIR... 
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for --with-icc... no
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... /Users/catalina69/Documents/android/ndk/android-ndk-r19c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/armv7a-linux-androideabi27-clang
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/android-build':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details


  STDERR:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/bin/p4a", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/entrypoints.py", line 18, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 671, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 155, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, args)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 209, in build_dist_from_args
    args, "ignore_setup_py", False
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 580, in build_recipes
    recipe.build_arch(arch)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/__init__.py", line 66, in build_arch
    super().build_arch(arch)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/python.py", line 247, in build_arch
    _env=env)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 180, in shprint
    for line in output:
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 863, in next
    self.wait()
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 792, in wait
    self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/Users/catalina69/Projects/kivy/kivyenv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 815, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc
sh.ErrorReturnCode_77: 

  RAN: /Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --build=x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0 --enable-shared --disable-ipv6 --disable-toolbox-glue --disable-framework ac_cv_file__dev_ptmx=yes ac_cv_file__dev_ptc=no --without-ensurepip ac_cv_little_endian_double=yes ac_cv_header_langinfo_h=no --prefix=/usr/local --exec-prefix=/usr/local --with-system-ffi

  STDOUT:
checking build system type... x86_64-apple-darwin19.0.0
checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-androideabi
checking for python2.7... python2.7
checking for python interpreter for cross build... python2.7
checking for --enable-universalsdk... no
checking for --with-universal-archs... no
checking MACHDEP... linux2
checking EXTRAPLATDIR... 
checking for --without-gcc... no
checking for --with-icc... no
checking for arm-linux-androideabi-gcc... /Users/catalina69/Documents/android/ndk/android-ndk-r19c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/bin/armv7a-linux-androideabi27-clang
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/Users/catalina69/.python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-libffi/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_27/python2/android-build':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details


  STDERR:

[metalmonkey69]

installed linker for MacOS and issue is solved.