How to setup Qt Creator 4.11.0 (Qt 5.14) to Android development

sminder

I've got Qt 5.14 (Qt Creator 4.11.0) and I want to develop Android application with Qt. So I read some articles how to do this and download the appropriate tools:

JDK 21
Android SDK (downloaded by Android Studio)
Android NDK (downloaded from the website as zip-archive)

I tried to setup Qt Creator with these tools and failed - I've got some red crosses in the "Options" window. Could you tell me what is wrong?

This is the "Device" page of "Options":

This is a sctructure of my "SDK" directory:

This is a sctructure of my "NDK" directory:

So I have some questions:

What is "SDK tools"?
What is "Platform SDK"?
What is wrong with NDK directory structure?
Why the spaces absence check fails? As you see above my path does not contain any spaces.

SGaist

Hi,

First things first: update Qt Creator. It's currently at version 12 so the 4 series is more than outdated.

Also, follow the Androïd getting started guide especially for the various versions of Java, NDK and SDK.

sminder

You should understand, it's almost impossible to update Qt Creator independently because of very user unfriendly interface of Qt Maintenance tool. And as I found out from documentation I can use that Qt version for Android development. So what the problem is?

jsulm

@sminder said in How to setup Qt Creator 4.11.0 (Qt 5.14) to Android development:

it's almost impossible to update Qt Creator independently because of very user unfriendly interface of Qt Maintenance tool

Never had problems updating QtCreator. What exact problem do you have?

8Observer8

@sminder said in How to setup Qt Creator 4.11.0 (Qt 5.14) to Android development:

What is "SDK tools"?
What is wrong with NDK directory structure?

SDK tools and NDK can be found in SDK Manager. Click here:

I will find there:

NDK (Side by side)
Android SDK Platform-Tools
Android SDK Build-Tools
Android SDK Command-line Tools

You need check them and install:

What is "Platform SDK"?
Platform SDK can be found in SDK Manager too. For example:

8Observer8

To run an application on Android emulator you should install "Android Emulator":

And "System Image". For example:

Create a virtual device.

This is an example how the Emulator looks with OpenGL ES 2.0 app: