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  • EddyE Eddy

    Hi Jay_M,

    Thanks for the solution! Now I can take the jump to Qt5.12.3 with my Android project

    I tested your workarounds and the only thing you have to do is step 3:

    3rd: go into theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file... change the line to:
    
    androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3
    

    I tested on some test applications and also on a real world application
    You saved me a lot of time! Now you can save some time for your other projects with less tweaking ;-)

    Eddy

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    nikich340
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    @Eddy if you have build-tools 28.0.3 downloaded. I just deleted build-tools 29.0.0 and downloaded 28.0.3 (and do not change build folder - it configures for the only one 28.0.3 version which I have).

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      Eddy
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      Hi Nikich,

      good find!

      I just tested with a new project and deleting the 29.0.0 folder upfront makes Qt Creator find the 28.0.3 folder automatically.

      Thanks for posting this back here ;-)

      Eddy

      Qt Certified Specialist
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        a.burks
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        I have a similar problem. I followed the instructions of the tutorial for android and opened the analog clock example to build, deploy and start the app in the Android emulator.

        I use Qt Creator for macOS with the newest suggested Qt versuin. I get following build errors:

        /Users/burks/Library/Android/android-ndk-r20/toolchains/x86-4.9/prebuilt/darwin-x86_64/lib/gcc/i686-linux-android/4.9.x/../../../../i686-linux-android/bin/ld: error: cannot find -lc++
        clang++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
        make: *** [libshadereffects.so] Error 1
        

        Some ideas, how to make a Qt app for Android running?

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          JohnAmadis
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          Hi,

          I have exactly the same issue. Google Play Console requires adaptation for android-28 and arm64-v8a
          from August 19, so QT developers cannot use r16b anymore and I have used NDK r20 instead. Unfortunatelly I received -lc++ library linking problem. I am not sure why, because the library is available in the expected path, and objdump returns correct armv7 architecture.

          To solve the issue with linking I just used android-ndk-19c version. But note, that the 19c contains some bug with support of spaces in the QRC paths, so for example I had to remove this from the QRC:

          make[1]: *** No rule to make target '/project/fonts/customfont/pobrano z /project/fonts/customfont/koikj.txt', needed by 'qrc_qml.cpp'.  Stop
          
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            Albertino
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            The error: cannot find -lc++ using ndk r20 can be solved like this:
            https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/264903/9/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf#34

            For example to compile for android armv7 ndk r20, locate the file:
            C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_armv7\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf
            and add the missing -nostdlib++
            for android x86 (i use this for emulator), locate the file:
            C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_x86\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf

            For error: Execution failed for task ':compileDebugAidl'
            locate the file on your build directory, mine is: C:\dev_qt\experiments\build-test_qt_5_13_0_ARMv7-Release\android-build\gradle.properties and change androidBuildToolsVersion
            from: androidBuildToolsVersion=29.0.0
            to: androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3

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            • A Albertino

              The error: cannot find -lc++ using ndk r20 can be solved like this:
              https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/264903/9/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf#34

              For example to compile for android armv7 ndk r20, locate the file:
              C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_armv7\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf
              and add the missing -nostdlib++
              for android x86 (i use this for emulator), locate the file:
              C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_x86\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf

              For error: Execution failed for task ':compileDebugAidl'
              locate the file on your build directory, mine is: C:\dev_qt\experiments\build-test_qt_5_13_0_ARMv7-Release\android-build\gradle.properties and change androidBuildToolsVersion
              from: androidBuildToolsVersion=29.0.0
              to: androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3

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              a.burks
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              @Albertino Thank your very much. Now I can build and run the calculator example project with the emulator. That's very motivating. However I get many warnings in the log. Maybe the example projects are not optimized for Android. I will check the tutorial a hallo world project.

              I zygote  : Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on)
              W zygote  : Unexpected CPU variant for X86 using defaults: x86
              W System  : ClassLoader referenced unknown path:
              I QtCore  : Start
              W linker  : "/data/app/org.qtproject.example.calculator-LvUUU6gyNuONt6Duq8qL_A==/lib/x86/libQt5Gui.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
              W linker  : "/data/app/org.qtproject.example.calculator-LvUUU6gyNuONt6Duq8qL_A==/lib/x86/libQt5Widgets.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
              W linker  : "/data/data/org.qtproject.example.calculator/qt-reserved-files/plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
              I Qt      : qt started
              D OpenGLRenderer: HWUI GL Pipeline
              I zygote  : Background concurrent copying GC freed 14726(1133KB) AllocSpace objects, 18(380KB) LOS objects, 52% free, 1407KB/2MB, paused 741us total 254.773ms
              I zygote  : Do partial code cache collection, code=26KB, data=30KB
              I zygote  : After code cache collection, code=25KB, data=30KB
              I zygote  : Increasing code cache capacity to 128KB
              I zygote  : Background concurrent copying GC freed 14025(1072KB) AllocSpace objects, 20(512KB) LOS objects, 50% free, 1491KB/2MB, paused 53.091ms total 112.459ms
              I zygote  : Do partial code cache collection, code=50KB, data=56KB
              I zygote  : After code cache collection, code=48KB, data=55KB
              I zygote  : Increasing code cache capacity to 256KB
              D         : HostConnection::get() New Host Connection established 0x9a107280, tid 5700
              I zygote  : android::hardware::configstore::V1_0::ISurfaceFlingerConfigs::hasWideColorDisplay retrieved: 0
              I OpenGLRenderer: Initialized EGL, version 1.4
              D OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 1
              W OpenGLRenderer: Failed to choose config with EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR_PRESERVED, retrying without...
              D OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 0
              
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              • a.burksA a.burks

                @Albertino Thank your very much. Now I can build and run the calculator example project with the emulator. That's very motivating. However I get many warnings in the log. Maybe the example projects are not optimized for Android. I will check the tutorial a hallo world project.

                I zygote  : Not late-enabling -Xcheck:jni (already on)
                W zygote  : Unexpected CPU variant for X86 using defaults: x86
                W System  : ClassLoader referenced unknown path:
                I QtCore  : Start
                W linker  : "/data/app/org.qtproject.example.calculator-LvUUU6gyNuONt6Duq8qL_A==/lib/x86/libQt5Gui.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
                W linker  : "/data/app/org.qtproject.example.calculator-LvUUU6gyNuONt6Duq8qL_A==/lib/x86/libQt5Widgets.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
                W linker  : "/data/data/org.qtproject.example.calculator/qt-reserved-files/plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.so" has unsupported flags DT_FLAGS_1=0x80
                I Qt      : qt started
                D OpenGLRenderer: HWUI GL Pipeline
                I zygote  : Background concurrent copying GC freed 14726(1133KB) AllocSpace objects, 18(380KB) LOS objects, 52% free, 1407KB/2MB, paused 741us total 254.773ms
                I zygote  : Do partial code cache collection, code=26KB, data=30KB
                I zygote  : After code cache collection, code=25KB, data=30KB
                I zygote  : Increasing code cache capacity to 128KB
                I zygote  : Background concurrent copying GC freed 14025(1072KB) AllocSpace objects, 20(512KB) LOS objects, 50% free, 1491KB/2MB, paused 53.091ms total 112.459ms
                I zygote  : Do partial code cache collection, code=50KB, data=56KB
                I zygote  : After code cache collection, code=48KB, data=55KB
                I zygote  : Increasing code cache capacity to 256KB
                D         : HostConnection::get() New Host Connection established 0x9a107280, tid 5700
                I zygote  : android::hardware::configstore::V1_0::ISurfaceFlingerConfigs::hasWideColorDisplay retrieved: 0
                I OpenGLRenderer: Initialized EGL, version 1.4
                D OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 1
                W OpenGLRenderer: Failed to choose config with EGL_SWAP_BEHAVIOR_PRESERVED, retrying without...
                D OpenGLRenderer: Swap behavior 0
                
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                Albertino
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                @a.burks these are info/debug messages (not errors), QT is very verbose on android. You can ignore them

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                • A Albertino

                  The error: cannot find -lc++ using ndk r20 can be solved like this:
                  https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/264903/9/mkspecs/android-clang/qmake.conf#34

                  For example to compile for android armv7 ndk r20, locate the file:
                  C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_armv7\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf
                  and add the missing -nostdlib++
                  for android x86 (i use this for emulator), locate the file:
                  C:\Qt\5.13.0\android_x86\mkspecs\android-clang\qmake.conf

                  For error: Execution failed for task ':compileDebugAidl'
                  locate the file on your build directory, mine is: C:\dev_qt\experiments\build-test_qt_5_13_0_ARMv7-Release\android-build\gradle.properties and change androidBuildToolsVersion
                  from: androidBuildToolsVersion=29.0.0
                  to: androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3

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                  Yerson
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                  #14

                  @Albertino Gracias!! . estuve 2 semanas para arreglar ese error.

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                  • J Jay_M

                    Ok, finally got mine to work. What a %@$# PITA... I really dislike windows, but it's where I chosen do android dev unfortunately.

                    So... here's what I did... (it may have just been one of these that fixed the issue, but I'm too tired to go back and test them individually)

                    1st: correct some invalid variables in QT's build settings/build environment (i.e. wrong slash was / instead of \)... AND add some. Specifically:

                    ANDROID_HOME = D:\Android-SDK
                    ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = D:\Android-SDK
                    GRADLE_USER_HOME = C:\Users\pc\.gradle
                    JAVA_HOME = D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
                    

                    (obviously these need to be upd for your install directories .i.e usually on C: drive)

                    Note: I specified these in Windows env settings, but it seems like they need to be specifically set in QT's env overrides.

                    2nd: remove the 29.0.0RC1 from Android SDK build-tools via Android Studio SDK manager. Apply.
                    Select 'show package details' to then be able to select the 28.0.3 version. Apply.

                    3rd: go into theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file... change the line to:

                    androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3
                    

                    Finally: you should probably should close and reopen QT and the project.
                    Build/deploy should now (hopefully/finally) work!

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                    • J Jay_M

                      Ok, finally got mine to work. What a %@$# PITA... I really dislike windows, but it's where I chosen do android dev unfortunately.

                      So... here's what I did... (it may have just been one of these that fixed the issue, but I'm too tired to go back and test them individually)

                      1st: correct some invalid variables in QT's build settings/build environment (i.e. wrong slash was / instead of \)... AND add some. Specifically:

                      ANDROID_HOME = D:\Android-SDK
                      ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = D:\Android-SDK
                      GRADLE_USER_HOME = C:\Users\pc\.gradle
                      JAVA_HOME = D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
                      

                      (obviously these need to be upd for your install directories .i.e usually on C: drive)

                      Note: I specified these in Windows env settings, but it seems like they need to be specifically set in QT's env overrides.

                      2nd: remove the 29.0.0RC1 from Android SDK build-tools via Android Studio SDK manager. Apply.
                      Select 'show package details' to then be able to select the 28.0.3 version. Apply.

                      3rd: go into theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file... change the line to:

                      androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3
                      

                      Finally: you should probably should close and reopen QT and the project.
                      Build/deploy should now (hopefully/finally) work!

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                      Mahdi Bouafif
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                      @Jay_M My friend i searched for your answer for seven days. I m extremely thankful to you

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                      • J Jay_M

                        Ok, finally got mine to work. What a %@$# PITA... I really dislike windows, but it's where I chosen do android dev unfortunately.

                        So... here's what I did... (it may have just been one of these that fixed the issue, but I'm too tired to go back and test them individually)

                        1st: correct some invalid variables in QT's build settings/build environment (i.e. wrong slash was / instead of \)... AND add some. Specifically:

                        ANDROID_HOME = D:\Android-SDK
                        ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = D:\Android-SDK
                        GRADLE_USER_HOME = C:\Users\pc\.gradle
                        JAVA_HOME = D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
                        

                        (obviously these need to be upd for your install directories .i.e usually on C: drive)

                        Note: I specified these in Windows env settings, but it seems like they need to be specifically set in QT's env overrides.

                        2nd: remove the 29.0.0RC1 from Android SDK build-tools via Android Studio SDK manager. Apply.
                        Select 'show package details' to then be able to select the 28.0.3 version. Apply.

                        3rd: go into theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file... change the line to:

                        androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3
                        

                        Finally: you should probably should close and reopen QT and the project.
                        Build/deploy should now (hopefully/finally) work!

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                        iamOgunyinka
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                        @Jay_M Thank you very much, this worked for me!

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                        • J Jay_M

                          Ok, finally got mine to work. What a %@$# PITA... I really dislike windows, but it's where I chosen do android dev unfortunately.

                          So... here's what I did... (it may have just been one of these that fixed the issue, but I'm too tired to go back and test them individually)

                          1st: correct some invalid variables in QT's build settings/build environment (i.e. wrong slash was / instead of \)... AND add some. Specifically:

                          ANDROID_HOME = D:\Android-SDK
                          ANDROID_SDK_ROOT = D:\Android-SDK
                          GRADLE_USER_HOME = C:\Users\pc\.gradle
                          JAVA_HOME = D:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
                          

                          (obviously these need to be upd for your install directories .i.e usually on C: drive)

                          Note: I specified these in Windows env settings, but it seems like they need to be specifically set in QT's env overrides.

                          2nd: remove the 29.0.0RC1 from Android SDK build-tools via Android Studio SDK manager. Apply.
                          Select 'show package details' to then be able to select the 28.0.3 version. Apply.

                          3rd: go into theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file... change the line to:

                          androidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3
                          

                          Finally: you should probably should close and reopen QT and the project.
                          Build/deploy should now (hopefully/finally) work!

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                          ali-aydin
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                          @Jay_M said in What's the problem? android compile error:

                          theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file

                          where is " theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file" file or directory?
                          i can't find it

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                            @Jay_M said in What's the problem? android compile error:

                            theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file

                            where is " theQT project/app's folder and edit the gradle.properties file" file or directory?
                            i can't find it

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                            jsulm
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                            @ali-aydin said in What's the problem? android compile error:

                            where is " theQT project/app's folder

                            It's you project folder where the source code is.

                            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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