Including Java sources broke after moving to Gradle

[germn]

Before Gradle I added Java sources with buildozer android.add_src = %(source.dir)s/java_folder/ and used inside Python with autoclass('FileUtils').

Now I'm getting error Class not found 'FileUtils'.

Is it bug or I should change something after switching to Gradle?

[inclement]

It looks like buildozer does have some code for this, at https://github.com/kivy/buildozer/blob/master/buildozer/targets/android.py#L866 - does your buildozer version have this?

If your buildozer version is up to date with master, perhaps check is failing because build.gradle doesn't exist yet at the time (I haven't checked this).

[germn]

ok, everything copies fine, but behavior changed a bit: source java file should have package now (while it wasn't mandatory before). For example:

This works:

java file:

package some;

public class FileUtils {
   ...

python file:

autoclass('some.FileUtils')

This doesn't work, but worked before gradle:

java file:

public class FileUtils {
   ...

python file:

autoclass('FileUtils')

I don't know Java and can't say if it's bug/something worth mentioning in docs or not. Is it?

[inclement]

I don't know quite what has changed here, but it should at least be documented. I'll try to look into it.

[Julian-O]

Two tasks here:

1. Investigate what changed.
2. Write it up from a user's perspective in the documentatin.