"ABI is incompatible, device supports ABIs: ." with android sdk platform-tools v29.0.0

Woazim

Hi all,
I recently upgraded my android SDK and it brings me v29.0.0 of platform-tools with no way to get back. In this version, I suppose that ADB comportment changed a bit when listing device supported ABIs. So when trying to deploy an android app to a connected device (USB or TCPIP), QtCreator 4.9.1 reports only incompatible devices with this explanation : "ABI is incompatible, device supports ABIs: ." (No supported ABI!)

By exploring QtCreator source code, I found that adb seems to crash after listing supported ABI of my phone. (It's not really a crash, but a non-0 exit code...)

So I made a little ADB wrapper as a workaround and I post it here if it could help someone who encounters the same problem. You can use it by following these steps:

Rename %AndroidSDK%\platform-tools\adb.exe as adb.exe.bak.exe
Build a fake adb.exe using the following standard c++ code:

#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  std::string strCmd = std::string(argv[0]);
  std::string strExt = strCmd.substr(strCmd.length() - 4, 4);
  std::transform(strExt.begin(), strExt.end(), strExt.begin(),
                 [](unsigned char c) { return std::tolower(c); });
  if (strExt.compare(".exe") != 0)
    strCmd += ".exe";

  strCmd += ".bak.exe";
  
  if (argc > 1)
  {
    for (int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
    {
      strCmd += " \"" + std::string(argv[i]) + "\"";
    }
  }

  std::system(strCmd.c_str());
}

Put this new adb.exe in %AndroidSDK%\platform-tools\

I will try to propose a patch to QtCreator sources.

Stefano_2712

Thank you, having the same issue and your patch is working like a charm! Bravo!

IuriiM

That really saved me, thank you a lot!

Joinn

It works! Thanks a lot!

Woazim

From now, you can update your Android platform-tools to v29.0.1 using sdkmanager --update. ADB has been corrected by Google.