Python as Android Dependency

[Daniel Litvak]

I have some Machine Learning algorithms implemented in python. I also have a native Android app that needs to interface with these algorithms. Is there a way to use Kivy to convert my python algorithms into a library for the android app to consume?

If someone can link me to a tutorial or documentation or code example I would greatly appreciate it!

[Alexander Taylor]

If your algorithms don't have too-complex dependencies, you can build them for Android using python-for-android by writing a recipe for them (http://python-for-android.readthedocs.io/en/latest/recipes/). You can then take the built python distribution and add it to a python app (in practice: copy some libs and java code), or even more easily use a Service with the service_only bootstrap, which creates all the java code needed to run your Python code via a service.