Dockerfile.buildozer

# build with
#     docker build -f Dockerfile.buildozer -t buildozer .
# use the produced image with
#     docker run -v your_project_dir:/root/build buildozer
# at the end of the run, the build directory in your project should contain the apk
# you can use the /root/.buildozer/ volume to cache your distributions (first usage may be longer)

FROM ubuntu:latest

RUN dpkg --add-architecture i386 &&\
    apt-get update &&\
    apt-get install -y \
        wget \
        build-essential \
        ccache \
        git \
        libncurses5:i386 \
        libstdc++6:i386 \
        libgtk2.0-0:i386 \
        libpangox-1.0-0:i386 \
        libpangoxft-1.0-0:i386 \
        libidn11:i386 \
        python2.7 \
        python2.7-dev \
        python-pip \
        openjdk-8-jdk \
        unzip \
        zlib1g-dev \
        zlib1g:i386 &&\
    pip install --upgrade cython buildozer

ADD test_project /root/test_project/

RUN cd /root/test_project && \
    echo y | buildozer init && \
    echo y | buildozer -v android debug &&\
    mkdir /root/build/

VOLUME ["/root/.buildozer", "/root/build"]
WORKDIR "/root/build"
ENTRYPOINT ["buildozer", "android", "debug"]

main.py

# place in test_project/main.py aside to the dockerfile before building
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.label import Label

__version__ = '0.1'


class TestApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Label(text='it works!')


if __name__ == '__main__':
    TestApp().run()