UrlRequest not working on android

[James Whitaker]

Hello Kivy people,

I'm trying to get UrlRequest to work - I would love to use kivy to make apps, but I need them to be able to get and post data. 

It works fine on OS X and linux, but when I build it in an apk, it does't do anything. If I call the wait method, it just freezes and never actually completes. No information is posted to logcat.

I am using bulldozer android_new, I have added openssl and pyopenssl to requirements, and I have  INTERNET as my android permissions in my bulldozer.spec. 

Here's my main.py (for testing UrlRequest only, please excuse the mess)

import kivy

kivy.require('1.0.6') # replace with your current kivy version !

import requests

from kivy.app import App

from kivy.uix.label import Label

from kivy.uix.boxlayout import BoxLayout

from kivy.network.urlrequest import UrlRequest

from kivy.uix.popup import Popup

from kivy.logger import Logger

from kivy.config import Config

class MyApp(App):

pass

class MyRoot(BoxLayout):

def dosomething(self):

req = UrlRequest(

   'http://api.openweathermap.org/data/2.5/weather?q=Paris,fr&APPID=5768f2615bd1eae16dd7da905db26c0f',

   self.got_weather, debug=True)

print 'URL set'

req.wait()

print 'wait initiated'

def got_weather(self, req, results):

mystring = ''

for key, value in results['weather'][0].items():

print(key, ': ', value)

mystring += str(value)

print mystring

print 'mystring created'

popup = Popup(title=mystring, content=Label(text=mystring))

print 'popup made'

popup.open()

print 'popup opened'

def dosomethingelse(self):

r = requests.get('https://api.github.com/user', auth=('user', 'pass'))

mystring = str(r.status_code)

popup = Popup(title=mystring, content=Label(text=mystring))

popup.open()

if __name__ == '__main__':

    MyApp().run()

and my kivy file...

MyRoot:

Button:

id: aids

text: 'Weather in France'

on_release: self.parent.dosomething()

Button:

id: bumaids

text: 'Requests'

on_release: self.parent.dosomethingelse()

 and my bulldozer.spec...

[app]

# (str) Title of your application

title = Test

# (str) Package name

package.name = myapp

# (str) Package domain (needed for android/ios packaging)

package.domain = org.test

# (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

# (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

# (list) List of directory to exclude (let empty to not exclude anything)

#source.exclude_dirs = tests, bin

# (list) List of exclusions using pattern matching

#source.exclude_patterns = license,images/*/*.jpg

# (str) Application versioning (method 1)

version = 0.2

# (str) Application versioning (method 2)

# version.regex = __version__ = ['"](.*)['"]

# version.filename = %(source.dir)s/main.py

# (list) Application requirements

# comma seperated e.g. requirements = sqlite3,kivy

requirements = kivy, python2, pyopenssl, openssl, requests

# (str) Custom source folders for requirements

# Sets custom source for any requirements with recipes

# requirements.source.kivy = ../../kivy

# (list) Garden requirements

#garden_requirements =

# (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, portrait or all)

orientation = landscape

# (list) List of service to declare

#services = NAME:ENTRYPOINT_TO_PY,NAME2:ENTRYPOINT2_TO_PY

#

# OSX Specific

#

#

# author = © Copyright Info

#

# Android specific

#

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

fullscreen = 1

# (list) Permissions

#android.permissions = INTERNET

# (int) Android API to use

#android.api = 19

# (int) Minimum API required

#android.minapi = 9

# (int) Android SDK version to use

#android.sdk = 20

# (str) Android NDK version to use

#android.ndk = 9c

# (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 =

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

#android.p4a_dir =

# (list) python-for-android whitelist

#android.p4a_whitelist =

# (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

# (str) Android entry point, default is ok for Kivy-based app

#android.entrypoint = org.renpy.android.PythonActivity

# (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 =

# (str) python-for-android branch to use, if not master, useful to try

# not yet merged features.

#android.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 =

# (list) Android additionnal 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

#

# iOS specific

#

# (str) Path to a custom kivy-ios folder

#ios.kivy_ios_dir = ../kivy-ios

# (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

Any ideas? Any help would really be appreciated, I've been struggling with this for a very long time and it's starting to wear me out!

Thanks guys.

[niavlys]

Hi!

Le mercredi 24 août 2016 17:14:07 UTC+2, James Whitaker a écrit :

 and I have  INTERNET as my android permissions in my bulldozer.spec.

nope, the line is commented on your provided buildozer.spec
 

[James Whitaker]

Oh my God, I've been struggling with this for like 30 hours. That's hilarious. Thanks!

[haako...@gmail.com]

I have the exact same problem, even though the permissions section in the buildozer.spec is not commented out. It works just fine on Ubuntu 16.04. But on my Samsung 3 nothing really happens (the app doesn't crash or anything). 

Any help is really appreciated.

[Sadaka Technology]

did you solve the issue ?! because until now I couldn't solve it, how to solve it ? thank you!