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cv2 It cannot run on Android.

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
18/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, opencv, python

Research direction

Start by reproducing the provided Python example on Android and inspect the traceback from cv2/init.py, especially the missing config.py error. The issue is resolved when the same application can import cv2 and run without the OpenCV loader failure.

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Description

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Software Versions

  • Python: python3
  • OS:Android
  • Kivy: /
  • Kivy installation method:

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Expected behavior
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[WARNING] stderr: Traceback (most recent call last):
[WARNING] stderr: File "/root/kivy_installer/.buildozer/android/app/main.py", line 5, in
[WARNING] stderr: File "/root/kivy_installer/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp/arm64-v8a/cv2/init.py", line 181, in
[WARNING] stderr: File "/root/kivy_installer/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp/arm64-v8a/cv2/init.py", line 111, in bootstrap
[WARNING] stderr: File "/root/kivy_installer/.buildozer/android/platform/build-arm64-v8a_armeabi-v7a/build/python-installs/myapp/arm64-v8a/cv2/init.py", line 109, in load_first_config
[WARNING] stderr: ImportError: OpenCV loader: missing configuration file: ['config.py']. Check OpenCV installation.
To Reproduce
A short, runnable example that reproduces the issue with latest kivy master.

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// REPLACE ME: Paste your code and logs here, a template can be found at https://git.io/vM1id.
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.image import Image
from kivy.clock import Clock
from kivy.graphics.texture import Texture
import cv2


class Re_App(App):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Re_App, self).__init__()
        self.apt = cv2.VideoCapture(0)
        self.body = Image()
    def build(self):
        return self.body

    def on_start(self):
        Clock.schedule_interval(self.update, 1/30)

    def update(self, dt):

        is_code, image = self.apt.read()

        width, height = image.shape[1], image.shape[0]
        texture1 = Texture.create(size=(width, height))
        texture1.blit_buffer(image.tobytes(), colorfmt='bgr')

        self.body.texture = texture1

Re_App().run()

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