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?