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kivy service what to write in buildozer.spec

I wrote a service for kivy for android. On the phone, with the help of kivy launcher, the service starts and works properly. However, after building the apk file with buildozer (and installing it accordingly), the service starts and stops immediately. do I have to specify something in the buildozer.spec file regarding the service? Or is it somehow different to get the apk file?

i used to face this issue and solved it with a minor hack, i have a not so complete projects that uses this feature to interact with an online database to send some "push" notifications to my kivy app.
the link to my repo ,i hope it helps

Is It Possible To Execute A .dex that is obtained when installing an apk?

I asked this question to help solve my doubt, and my question is this: Is it possible to run the .dex you get when installing an apk? I have my doubts because I want to be able to move and execute an application that is installed from my application. I explain: I may be able to move with all the files of this one like the apk, the dex, the Cahe. Among others, and be able to run that application. And according to my research, an application runs from your .dex file. True? If not, please correct. Thank you very much.

Simple answer:
Android only allows you to start an app via Intents. An intent will only start the app if it is installed. Android decides where the app is installed and will start it from there. A third-party app cannot move an app and instruct the OS to start it from there.
Detailed:
While there are (rather complex) ways to run code from dex files directly (without having Android install them), it does not work the same way as starting the app would: The code from the dex won't get its own process, interaction with the OS doesn't work the same,...

Remote deploy of Kivy code

What am I trying to do?
I would like to be able to remotely update my Kivy code.
What have I tried?
os.system
From inside my Kivy code, I called os.system('pm install -r /sdcard/my_app.apk'). It doesn't seem to work.
Kivy Launcher
Execution of my app from Kivy Launcher failed because my imports were not found ImportError: No module named sqlalchemy. Besides, my splash screen was not shown and there was no direct shortcut on the desktop to my app.
The question
Can I use any of the methods above or any other way to deploy new versions of my kivy code? Do I have to use Google Play?
Thanks

I made an updater for this purpose: https://github.com/kived/py4a-updater
It supports normal updates (which will show the installation dialog to the user) as well as root updates (which will just update without user input). Obviously, you need a rooted device to use root updates.
Basically, you put your APK on a web site, along with a text file which contains the version number. The updater will check the version in that text file, and if the installed version doesn't match, it will download and update. Check out the UpdaterTest app, included in the git repo, for a usage example.

Run automation test on android device from a automation app

I want to make an android app which will install and start another app and then perform the UIautomation tests on that app.
Well currently i know how to intall another apk from my app , but the question is can i call the UIautomation from my app for anther app in question.
I want my app to work as a tool to work as a automation tool which will start automation of a particular app without going through the adb commands of pushing the automation jar and starting the test.

creating, installing and running a NATIVE android application/service

My company has 2 native applications that run on Windows/Mac/Linux as services or daemons. I have taken this code and compiled it with the Android toolchain. I have a rooted android device to which I can push this application, run as as process and it works great. However, I'd like to build some sort of installer (probably an .apk) to which I could add this native application and run on ANY android device (e.g. without being rooted).
So does anybody know of a link, example or even just how to "install" a native application and run?
Thanks
/Loren

To do this properly, you need to rework your native service to be a library utilized by an android Service, and operate in keeping with android's conception of services (lifecycle, status bar notification, etc).
Trying to run your own executable (vs library to an android-provided executable) is not something android makes easy and not something you are encouraged to do.