Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: python-for-android
Version: 2020.3.30
Summary: Android APK packager for Python scripts and apps
Home-page: https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android
Author: The Kivy team
Author-email: kivy-dev@googlegroups.com
License: MIT
Description: python-for-android
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        python-for-android is a packaging tool for Python apps on Android. You can
        create your own Python distribution including the modules and
        dependencies you want, and bundle it in an APK along with your own code.
        
        Features include:
        
        -  Support for building with both Python 2 and Python 3.
        -  Different app backends including Kivy, PySDL2, and a WebView with
           Python webserver.
        -  Automatic support for most pure Python modules, and built in support
           for many others, including popular dependencies such as numpy and
           sqlalchemy.
        -  Multiple architecture targets, for APKs optimised on any given
           device.
        
        For documentation and support, see:
        
        -  Website: http://python-for-android.readthedocs.io
        -  Mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kivy-users or
           https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-android.
        
        ## Documentation
        
        Follow the [quickstart
        instructions](<https://python-for-android.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart/>)
        to install and begin creating APKs.
        
        **Quick instructions**: install python-for-android with:
        
            pip install python-for-android
        
        (for the develop branch: `pip install git+https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android.git`)
        
        Test that the install works with:
        
            p4a --version
        
        To build any actual apps, **set up the Android SDK and NDK**
        as described in the [quickstart](
        <https://python-for-android.readthedocs.org/en/latest/quickstart/#installing-android-sdk>).
        **Use the SDK/NDK API level & NDK version as in the quickstart,**
        other API levels may not work.
        
        With everything installed, build an APK with SDL2 with e.g.:
        
            p4a apk --requirements=kivy --private /home/username/devel/planewave_frozen/ --package=net.inclem.planewavessdl2 --name="planewavessdl2" --version=0.5 --bootstrap=sdl2
        
        **For full instructions and parameter options,** see [the
        documentation](https://python-for-android.readthedocs.io/en/latest/quickstart/#usage).
        
        ## Support
        
        If you need assistance, you can ask for help on our mailing list:
        
        -  User Group: https://groups.google.com/group/kivy-users
        -  Email: kivy-users@googlegroups.com
        
        We also have [#support Discord channel](https://chat.kivy.org/).
        
        ## Contributing
        
        We love pull requests and discussing novel ideas. Check out the Kivy
        project [contribution guide](http://kivy.org/docs/contribute.html) and
        feel free to improve python-for-android.
        
        See [our
        documentation](https://python-for-android.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribute/)
        for more information about the python-for-android development and
        release model, but don't worry about the details. You just need to
        make a pull request, we'll take care of the rest.
        
        The following mailing list and IRC channel are used exclusively for
        discussions about developing the Kivy framework and its sister projects:
        
        -  Dev Group: https://groups.google.com/group/kivy-dev
        -  Email: kivy-dev@googlegroups.com
        
        We also have [#dev Discord channel](https://chat.kivy.org/).
        
        ## License
        
        python-for-android is released under the terms of the MIT License.
        Please refer to the LICENSE file.
        
        ## History
        
        In 2015 these tools were rewritten to provide a new, easier-to-use and
        easier-to-extend interface. If you'd like to browse the old toolchain, its
        status is recorded for posterity at at
        https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/tree/old_toolchain.
        
        In the last quarter of 2018 the python recipes were changed. The
        new recipe for python3 (3.7.1) had a new build system which was
        applied to the ancient python recipe, allowing us to bump the python2
        version number to 2.7.15. This change unified the build process for
        both python recipes, and probably solved various issues detected over the
        years. It should also be mentioned that these **unified python recipes**
        require a **minimum target api level of 21**,
        *Android 5.0 - Lollipop*, so in the case that you need to build targeting an
        api level below 21, you should use an older version of python-for-android
        (<=0.7.1).
        
        Be aware that this project is in constant development so, as per time of writing,
        you should use a minimum on Android's NDK r19, and ``we recommend using NDK r19b``.
        This is because the toolchains installed by
        default with the NDK can be used *in-place* and the python-for-android project
        has been adapted for that feature. Also be aware that more recent versions of the
        Android's NDK may not work.
        
        Those mentioned changes has been done this way to make easier the transition
        between python3 and python2. We will slowly phase out python2 support
        towards 2020...so...if you are using python2 in your projects you should
        consider migrating it into python3.
        
        ## Contributors
        
        This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. [[Contribute](CONTRIBUTING.md)].
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        ## Backers
        
        Thank you to all our backers! 🙏 [[Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/kivy#backer)]
        
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Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
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Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
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