DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib and slated for removal in Python 3.12

[HeRo002]

Hi!

When I deploy any Python-Kivy app on iOS 18.1.1 (or iOS 18.2), using Xcode 16.1 (or 16.2) on MacOS 15.0.1 I get this warning:

:1: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib and slated for removal in Python 3.12; see the module's documentation for alternative uses

I know that I am running on the newest version of Kivy-ios. And since all my apps reproduce this error, no demo app is needed.

Versions

• Python : 3.11.6
• MacOS version : 15.0.1
• XCode Version : 16.1 and 16.2
• Cython version : 0.29.36
• iOS version: 18.1.1 (or 18.2)

Describe the bug
Whenever I deploy a Python-Kivy app on my iPhone 12 Mini (running iOS 18.1.1 or iOS 18.2) I get this warning:

:1: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib and slated for removal in Python 3.12; see the module's documentation for alternative uses

To Reproduce
Open any Kivy app in Xcode 16.1 or 16.2 and run it on an iOS device.

Expected behavior
If kivy-ios was prepared for Python 3.12, it would use importlib instead of imp.

Logs
From Xcode:

<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: the imp module is deprecated in favour of importlib and slated for removal in Python 3.12; see the module's documentation for alternative uses

Screenshots
Not relevant.

Additional context
I installed MacOS from scratch 2 or 3 months ago, because of a fatal problem.

According to ChatGPT:

If your app directly uses the imp module, replace its usage with importlib. Here are some common replacements:

Replace imp.find_module() with importlib.util.find_spec().
Replace imp.load_module() with importlib.util.module_from_spec() and spec.loader.exec_module().