Before typing python -m pip install kivy, I typed this:
python -m pip install –upgrade pip wheel setuptools virtualenv
python -m pip install docutils pygments pypiwin32 kivy_deps.sdl2 kivy_deps.glew

Everything has been updated and installed except for kiwi.

Answer 1, authority 100%

As of 3.8, the official 1.11.1 version of Kivy does not work.

But as write , can be installed from the master branch, where everything should work:

pip install kivy[base] kivy_examples --pre --extra-index-url https://kivy.org/downloads/simple/

Answer 2

I used a Linux virtual machine to install Kivy.

1. Install all dependencies with script shell .

   As Zvorian wrote: Recently java 8 is not installed in the usual way. Install here – https://pkgs.org/download/oracle-java8-installer it worked for me …

   Then: do action number 2 (Solution taken from here )

   OS: Ubuntu 18.04 (I did it on Mint)

   Installing Java version 8 fixed this issue for me.

   sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
   

   I used the following cmd line to interactively change default java version.

2. sudo update-alternatives --config java

   We will be asked to select the Java version. You choose the one with the eight.

   And after all this, we again drive in the cherished buildozer android debug

   After these actions, some kind of downloading will begin: Downloading sdl2_mixer, etc., etc.