[PyQt] Android & the pyqtdeploy tool: the provided demo relies on undocumented libraries/headers?

[Phil Thompson]

On 22 Aug 2018, at 9:47 pm, Jonathan Leaders <jonathan at leadersandco.com> wrote:
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> Hello friends,
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> PyQt5 is an exciting technology to get to work on Android. I was able to get python3 + pyqt5 to work via pydroid IDE, but now I need an APK built. PyQt5 comes with a tool designed to build APK's, called pyqtdeploy, but it is not clear if it is functional yet. The provided demo is missing the steps to get from demo to APK.

What missing steps? The build-demo.py scipt generates an APK.

> I am new to pyqtdeploy. Is this the best way to get help? I noticed the documentation & source archive does include a demo, but does not include how to get the steps to get the demo working. However I have taken a stab at it, and I found issues compiling both OpenSSL & SIP. There are missing libraries & headers.  I have detailed my steps here in a public forum so that others who have the same issue can hopefully share what they find:
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> https://askubuntu.com/questions/1067954/how-do-i-compile-and-run-pyqtdeploys-pre-packaged-demo-application
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> Is there a place I can report this as a bug as well? Is someone in this list familiar with how to run the pyqtdeploy demo on android? 

You have to be careful of the version numbers of everything but otherwise it runs fine.

Phil