AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

[Petar-Luketina]

Error

[INFO]:    Prebuilding android for armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    android has no prebuild_armeabi_v7a, skipping
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pl/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
...
... skipping to show recent call and the resulting error
...
  File "/home/pl/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py", line 33, in prebuild_arch
    bootstrap = bootstrap_name = self.ctx.bootstrap.name.decode('utf-8')
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

Versions

• Python: 2.7
• OS: Ubuntu
• Kivy: 1.10

Description

Previously, I was regularly building two apps, and even published one to the Play Store. Recently, I received this error and couldn't continue with either app. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

buildozer.spec

Command:

buildozer android debug

Spec file:

requirements = kivy,hostpython2,android,plyer
android.permissions = INTERNET, ACCESS_WIFI_STATE, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, VIBRATE1

# (int) Android API to use
android.api = 27
# (int) Minimum API required
android.minapi = 19

# (int) Android SDK version to use
android.sdk = 23

# (str) Android NDK version to use
android.ndk = r16b

# (str) Android NDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.)
android.ndk_path = ~/.buildozer/android/android-ndk-r16b

# (str) Android SDK directory (if empty, it will be automatically downloaded.)
android.sdk_path = ~/.buildozer/android/platform/android-sdk-23

# (str) The Android arch to build for, choices: armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a, x86
android.arch = armeabi-v7a

p4a.source_dir = ~/python-for-android-master
p4a.bootstrap = sdl2
p4a.branch = master

[AndreMiras]

Thanks for the bug report. Yes this is a bug recently introduced in kivy/python-for-android#1475
Until this is fixed, you can edit pythonforandroid/recipes/android/__init__.py and remove decode('utf-8') part from the self.ctx.bootstrap.name.decode('utf-8') line

[Petar-Luketina]

@AndreMiras , nice catch. Thank you for letting me know!!

[AndreMiras]

Fixed in kivy/python-for-android#1512