Trying to Install Kivy + Python for Android to eventually make Android Mobile Apps

[Redbird90]

I have installed Kivy, cloned python for android from github, but when I try to run one of the kivy android examples, specifically the compass, I receive this error:

botstrapping Kivy @ C:\Kivy\
Setting Environment Variables:
#################################
GST_REGISTRY
C:\Kivy\gstreamer\registry.bin
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GST_PLUGIN_PATH:
C:\Kivy\gstreamer\lib\gstreamer-1.0
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PATH:
C:\Kivy\;C:\Kivy\Python27;C:\Kivy\tools;C:\Kivy\Python27\Scripts;C:\Kivy\gstream
er\bin;C:\Kivy\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x8
6)\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS
Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\wi
ndows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files
\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R)
 Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Manageme
nt Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine
 Components\IPT;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x86;C:\Program F
iles (x86)\Intel\OpenCL SDK\2.0\bin\x64;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Prog
ram Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporat
ion\ExpressCache\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Shared;C:\Kivy;C:\Kivy\Pyt
hon27;C:\Kivy\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Pro
gram Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0\jre\bin\server;C:\Kivy\pyjnius\docs
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PYTHONPATH:
C:\Kivy\kivy;C:\Kivy\kivyPYTHONPATH
----------------------------------
##################################
done bootstraping kivy...have fun!\n
running "python.exe C:\Kivy\kivy\examples\android\compass\main.py" \n
[INFO              ] Kivy v1.8.0
[ERROR             ] Error while activating FileHandler logger
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Kivy\kivy\kivy\logger.py", line 201, in emit
    self._configure()
  File "C:\Kivy\kivy\kivy\logger.py", line 153, in _configure
    _dir = os.path.join(_dir, log_dir)
  File "C:\Kivy\Python27\lib\ntpath.py", line 108, in join
    path += "\\" + b
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe1 in position 13: ordinal
 not in range(128)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Kivy\kivy\examples\android\compass\main.py", line 26, in <module>
     from jnius import autoclass
 ImportError: No module named jnius
Press any key to continue . . .

I then try to install pyjnius from http://pyjnius.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html#installation-on-the-desktop and from github clone and am unable to run the setup.py file due to an error that says: command 'gcc' failed: No such file or directory.  I am also unable to use the make command from the kivy.bat program, I just get back:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Running a shell, you can browse kivyexamples and launch apps with: -
- python app.py -
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Kivy>make
Please use `make <target>` where <target> is one of
  html       to make standalone HTML files
  dirhtml    to make HTML files named index.html in directories
  singlehtml to make a single large HTML file
  pickle     to make pickle files
  json       to make JSON files
  htmlhelp   to make HTML files and a HTML help project
  qthelp     to make HTML files and a qthelp project
  devhelp    to make HTML files and a Devhelp project
  epub       to make an epub
  latex      to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
  text       to make text files
  man        to make manual pages
  texinfo    to make Texinfo files
  gettext    to make PO message catalogs
  changes    to make an overview over all changed/added/deprecated items
  linkcheck  to check all external links for integrity
  doctest    to run all doctests embedded in the documentation if enabled

I have been trying to get this Kivy + Android to work for three days now, I have looked up every error I encunter, and every forum related to these issues.  I have added environment variables when recommended to.  The installation instructions + documentation for some of these applications is quite atrocious for any new programmer.

The other example programs I have tried to use that are not for Android seem to work.

I am using Windows 7, Python 2.7, jdk1.8.0, jre8.  Thanks for the help.

[Ben Rousch]

Android examples will only run on Android devices or in the Android emulator.

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