Python 3: # Aidl cannot be executed AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'maxint'

[hartred]

buildozer fails when running "buildozer android debug".
Used virtualenv with python 3.4 interpreter.

# Aidl cannot be executed
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/bin/buildozer", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/scripts/client.py", line 13, in main
    Buildozer().run_command(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 1020, in run_command
    self.target.run_commands(args)
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/target.py", line 90, in run_commands
    func(args)
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/target.py", line 100, in cmd_debug
    self.buildozer.prepare_for_build()
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 174, in prepare_for_build
    self.target.install_platform()
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android.py", line 500, in install_platform
    self._install_android_packages()
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android.py", line 422, in _install_android_packages
    self._check_aidl(v_build_tools)
  File "/home/kivy/projects/kivy_tutor/lib/python3.4/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android.py", line 450, in _check_aidl
    if sys.maxint > 2**32:
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'maxint'

[FermiParadox]

The bug is on this line. According to Stack Overflow sys.maxint was removed in Python3 and there are some solutions. However according to @inclement:

it could check platform.architecture() instead. I might just remove that if/else entirely. Leave only the else.

[FermiParadox]

You don't have to fix the bug. Just install the missing dependencies for buildozer, and it will probably not appear.

Make sure you install sdk 8 instead of 7, if using Ubuntu 16.04

[mxchinegod]

Why not just use maxsize()?

[inclement]

Closing as fixed in the linked PR.