Current default Python version (3.8.9) is failing to build on latest macOS releases

[misl6]

Checklist

• the issue is indeed a bug and not a support request
• issue doesn't already exist: https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android/issues
• I have a short, runnable example that reproduces the issue
• I reproduced the problem with the latest development version (p4a.branch = develop)
• I used the grave accent (aka backticks) to format code or logs when appropriated

Versions

• Python: *
• OS: macOS >= 11.x
• Kivy: *
• Cython: *
• OpenJDK: *

Description

This is due to a bug that has been fixed on the CPython upstream.

As a temporary workaround, pinning version 3.9.12 for both hostpython3 and python3 should fix the issue.

[nkehoe]

How do you pin the versions? I set python3 and hostpython3 ==3.9.12 in the .spec file but I get the same error

[misl6]

How do you pin the versions? I set python3 and hostpython3 ==3.9.12 in the .spec file but I get the same error

Have you cleaned your .buildozer folder?

[slomeks]

@nkehoe if you haven't found it so far: assure you have requirements specified as follows in your buildozer.spec file: requirements = python3==3.9.12, hostpython3==3.9.12

[whyameye]

my Mac had Python 3.8.9 so I installed 3.9.13 from brew, made sure all the necessary modules were there, made sure terminal was defaulting to Python 3.9.13, changed the buildozer.spec file : requirements = python3==3.9.13, hostpython3==3.9.13, deleted the .buildozer contents, tried again same error. Asked for help in the support channel on discord but things seem pretty dead there.

[misl6]

my Mac had Python 3.8.9 so I installed 3.9.13 from brew, made sure all the necessary modules were there, made sure terminal was defaulting to Python 3.9.13, changed the buildozer.spec file : requirements = python3==3.9.13, hostpython3==3.9.13, deleted the .buildozer contents, tried again same error. Asked for help in the support channel on discord but things seem pretty dead there.

Hi @whyameye!

If you still need help, feel free to ping me (m1sl6) on #android-support channel.

[misl6]

Fixed via #2586 (as the new default is 3.9.9 ), feel free to re-open the issue if you're still encountering it on the develop branch.