adding --service to buildozer commands

[Amin Etesamian]

Hey

What is the proper way of adding a --service to buildozer commands?
https://python-for-android.readthedocs.io/en/latest/services/

here in the second method, it says add that command to python for android

now in buildozer, when I try

buildozer android_new debug deploy run p4a --service:/path/to/serivce.py

it raises
usage: toolchain.py [-h]
                    {recipes,bootstraps,clean_all,clean_dists,clean_bootstrap_builds,clean_builds,clean,clean_recipe_build,clean_download_cache,export_dist,apk,create,archs,distributions,delete_dist,sdk_tools,adb,logcat,build_status}
                    ...
toolchain.py: error: too few arguments

whats wrong with my command?

thanks

[Alexander Taylor]

Buildozer does not support passing arguments directly to python-for-android, and I'm not sure if it has a syntax for services in the buildozer.spec. If it doesn't, you could open an issue on the buildozer github page about it.

[John Buckley]

I couldn't find anything on this, but the latest buildozer has a service line -

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kivy/buildozer/master/buildozer/default.spec

which is fairly self explanatory

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

Also worth noting the path syntax which is clarified here:

https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/issues/1020

services = myservice:./service/main.py 

if you have a service folder in your current directory