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+from os.path import join
+
+from pythonforandroid.recipe import CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe
+from pythonforandroid.toolchain import current_directory
+
+
+class Pygame2Recipe(CompiledComponentsPythonRecipe):
+    """
+    Recipe to build apps based on SDL2-based pygame.
+
+    .. warning:: Some pygame functionality is still untested, and some
+        dependencies like freetype, postmidi and libjpeg are currently
+        not part of the build. It's usable, but not complete.
+    """
+
+    version = '2.0.0-dev7'
+    url = 'https://github.com/pygame/pygame/archive/android-{version}.tar.gz'
+
+    site_packages_name = 'pygame'
+    name = 'pygame'
+
+    depends = ['sdl2', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'setuptools', 'jpeg', 'png']
+    call_hostpython_via_targetpython = False  # Due to setuptools
+    install_in_hostpython = False
+
+    def prebuild_arch(self, arch):
+        super().prebuild_arch(arch)
+        with current_directory(self.get_build_dir(arch.arch)):
+            setup_template = open(join("buildconfig", "Setup.Android.SDL2.in")).read()
+            env = self.get_recipe_env(arch)
+            env['ANDROID_ROOT'] = join(self.ctx.ndk_platform, 'usr')
+
+            ndk_lib_dir = join(self.ctx.ndk_platform, 'usr', 'lib')
+
+            png = self.get_recipe('png', self.ctx)
+            png_lib_dir = join(png.get_build_dir(arch.arch), '.libs')
+            png_inc_dir = png.get_build_dir(arch)
+
+            jpeg = self.get_recipe('jpeg', self.ctx)
+            jpeg_inc_dir = jpeg_lib_dir = jpeg.get_build_dir(arch.arch)
+
+            setup_file = setup_template.format(
+                sdl_includes=(
+                    " -I" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL', 'include') +
+                    " -L" + join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, "libs", str(arch)) +
+                    " -L" + png_lib_dir + " -L" + jpeg_lib_dir + " -L" + ndk_lib_dir),
+                sdl_ttf_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_ttf'),
+                sdl_image_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_image'),
+                sdl_mixer_includes="-I"+join(self.ctx.bootstrap.build_dir, 'jni', 'SDL2_mixer'),
+                jpeg_includes="-I"+jpeg_inc_dir,
+                png_includes="-I"+png_inc_dir,
+                freetype_includes=""
+            )
+            open("Setup", "w").write(setup_file)
+
+    def get_recipe_env(self, arch):
+        env = super().get_recipe_env(arch)
+        env['USE_SDL2'] = '1'
+        env["PYGAME_CROSS_COMPILE"] = "TRUE"
+        env["PYGAME_ANDROID"] = "TRUE"
+        return env
+
+
+recipe = Pygame2Recipe()