Deploying on other platforms as well

[SGaist]

No, just Qt for Android. Qt Creator is capable of handling several version of Qt in parallel without any problem.

[tomy]

@SGaist
Good news. so how to add that on my Qt Creator please?

[SGaist]

Start the online installer, then add/remove and check the Android option.

[tomy]

@SGaist
Can't I use the maintenance tool?

[SGaist]

Yes, sure thing, it's that one that I had in mind, sorry.

[tomy]

No it's fine. Actually it is me that I should say "sorry" for getting your time.

I went for it, but unfortunately it doesn't include a Qt for android version. :(

[SGaist]

Did you use the offline installer at first ?

[tomy]

@SGaist
No. directly used the maintanence tool.
My offline installer is this qt-opensource-windows-x86-mingw530-5.7.0 (size 1.10 GB).

[SGaist]

So your original installation comes from an online installer, correct ?

[tomy]

@SGaist
No, because of disconnecting the Internet here, I firstly dowloaded that offline installer and used it for installing 5.7

[SGaist]

There's also an offline installer for the Android build.

[tomy]

@SGaist
Do you mean that I should download and install qt-opensource-windows-x86-android-5.7.0.exe? If so, should I install it over Qt Creator folder or what?

[p3c0]

@tomy

Do you mean that I should download and install qt-opensource-windows-x86-android-5.7.0.exe?

Yes

If so, should I install it over Qt Creator folder or what?

Better to uninstall the previous one

[jsulm]

@tomy QtCreator is not Qt - why should you install Qt over QtCreator?
Install it somewhere - you probably already have this folder c:\Qt with your old Qt version, install the Android version there in a subfolder.
QtCreator can handle multiple Qt versions, so no need to uninstall your existing version.

[J.Hilk]

Just an fyi,

In Qt creator 4.2.1 based on qt5.8.0 the layout in the options section of Qt-Creator changed, the android path specifications are now under "Devices" for what ever reason.

Took me a moment to find them.

The docs still say Tools > Options > Android instead of Tools > Options > Devices >Android

[tomy]

@p3c0

Better to uninstall the previous one

Thanks, but I don't want to code only for Android platform. If possible I'm going to install it on a subfolder in C:\Qt.

@jsulm

QtCreator is not Qt - why should you install Qt over QtCreator?

I said that because I just wanted to have only an IDE for both.

Install it somewhere - you probably already have this folder c:\Qt with your old Qt version, install the Android version there in a subfolder.
QtCreator can handle multiple Qt versions, so no need to uninstall your existing version.

Good, I will do that. Thanks.

@J-Hilk
Thanks for your info.
There isn't the path you talked about in 5.7 in Devices, yes.

PS: I haven't installed Qt creator (of Qt 5.7), only Qt Creator (Community).

[tomy]

I decided to uninstall 5.7 and installed qt-opensource-windows-x86-android-5.8.0.exe with these features.
Now I think I should add an AVD on the AVD Manager cadre of the Android tab.
I tried to create a new AVD named "AVD_for_Android_apps" this way, but it needs an imgae (!) seemingly!

Have I gone the way correctly?

[p3c0]

@tomy I think you need to run
./android update sdk inside android sdk folder
which will launch an sdk manager where you can update sdk's and install system images.

[tomy]

If you meant SDK Manager file, I ran this as Administrator and it showed this page. It appears that everything is installed and needs no changes!

[tomy]

It worked (although I don't know how! :)).
Now I'm following an example of docs for being familiar with android programming, and have three options/kits for choosing.

Two last questions:
1- should I always check only the checkbox of the first one, "Android for armeabi-v7a (GCC 4.9, Qt 5.8.0)", for Android apps?

And 2- Should I always check only the checkbox of the third one, "Desktop Qt 5.8.0 MinGW 32bit (default)", for Windows apps?

Everything OK now?