webupdate

My system for updating kivy apps from zip files on a apache webserver.
Tested in Ubuntu 16.x.

build_updater.py increases version number in a text file by one and puts a zip archive of current folder (bin/ and .buildozer/ excluded) in a target folder (should be a webserver folder for apache_updater.py to read)

apache_updater.py reads the target webaddress with requests module and looks for 'href="apd_ver'+vernumber+".zip", appends all the found links to a list and checks for higher version numbers. If an update is found, the newest .zip archive is downloaded and extracted in app folder

How to use

Updating:
Put web_updater in application folder

## import it in application
from web_updater.apache_updater import ApacheUpdater
## Instantiate
app_updater =  ApacheUpdater()
## Set version path (place where updater finds its own version number)
app_updater.version_path = sys.path[4]+'/web_updater/version.txt'
## Set update path (Place where update files will be extracted)
app_updater.update_path = sys.path[4]+'/'
## Set http path (Web address from which .zip file updates will be downloaded)
app_updater.http_path = 'http://localhost/'

## Run update
app_updater.check_update_thread()  #In a different thread
app_updater.check_update()  #In main thread

Making new web builds:
Make changes to application
Open terminal in application folder
Make new zipfile and move it to webserver folder with below commands

#Zip app folder contents
python web_updater/build_updater.py
##Set folder where to move zipfile (default path is "/var/www/html/)
python web_updater/build_updater.py --webpath /var/www/html/myfolder/
#Run "buildozer android debug" and zip .buildozer/android/app/*
python web_updater/build_updater.py --buildozer-android  
#Run "buildozer android debug new" and zips .buildozer/android/app/*
python web_updater/build_updater.py --buildozer-android_new   .buildozer/android/app/*