FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] (SOLVED) - It was Encoding Error

[Petar-Luketina]

Here is what my terminal is saying:

# Package the application
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/pl/.local/bin/buildozer", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/scripts/client.py", line 13, in main
    Buildozer().run_command(sys.argv[1:])
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 1058, in run_command
    self.target.run_commands(args)
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/target.py", line 92, in run_commands
    func(args)
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/target.py", line 104, in cmd_debug
    self.buildozer.build()
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/__init__.py", line 212, in build
    self.target.build_package()
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android.py", line 669, in build_package
    self._update_libraries_references(dist_dir)
  File "/home/pl/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/buildozer/targets/android.py", line 866, in _update_libraries_references
    with io.open(project_fn, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fd:
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/pl/Desktop/App 2/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/myapp/project.properties'

My thoughts:

• Is there an error on line 866 of the android.py file?

What I've done:

• Ran buildozer with python2.7 and 3.6 WITH the android.py files edited as in these issues:
  IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: "/home/andrew/CODE/Python/kivy-test-android/.buildozer/android/platform/python-for-android/dist/helloworld/bin/HelloWorld-'1.0'-debug.apk" #312, fixed auto build type (ant or gradle) detection #597, IOERROR invalid directory #599, IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/home/kivy/buildozer/.buildozer/android/platform/build/... #603, Cannot build apk #606, IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/Users/gauravgupta/kivy/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/myellipse/build/outputs/apk/myellipse-debug.apk' #613, FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/home/alex/Documents/pengame/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/helloworldapp/build/outputs/apk/helloworldapp-debug.apk' #632, IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: #636, build apk : error can not find the build/output folder #647, FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] #649, IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/home/samurai-girl/python2/.buildozer/android/platform/build/dists/test/build/outputs/apk/test-debug.apk' #662.

[Petar-Luketina]

Update: I created another Ubuntu OS on my computer and started from scratch... I still got the same error. I made a new OS because I thought that installing Conda messed with my original buildozer + system settings.

Previously, I was able to put apps on my phone, but now I can't currumvent this error. I would appreciate any help. Thank you!

[Petar-Luketina]

SOLVED: The issue was with the encoding inside of the kv and py files. I changed the encoding in pycharm, and added # encoding: utf-8 to both pages just as a precaution. Then I went and removed all the apostrophes and quotes that did not look like ".

I also followed the steps from this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37630309/python3-buildozer-kivy-ascci-codec-cant-decode

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49681973/using-buildozer-in-docker-unicodedecodeerror-ascii-codec-cant-decode-byte