QT android static linking issue

[kranthi]

I have compiled Qt source for android, I mentioned all the static libraries in .pro file, but while executing androiddeployqt, its searching for libqtforandroid.so, its getting failed here.
below is the content of .pro file:

QT += quick
CONFIG -= import_plugins
CONFIG += static-runtime
DEFINES += STATIC
static {
QTPLUGIN.platforms = qminimal
DEPENDPATH += /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib
DEPENDPATH += /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/platforms/android
LIBS += /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.a
CONFIG += c++11
QTPLUGIN += qgif qicns qjpeg qtga qtiff qwbmp qwebp qtforandroid \
            qmldbg_debugger \
            qmldbg_inspector \
            qmldbg_local \
            qmldbg_messages \
            qmldbg_native \
            qmldbg_nativedebugger \
            qmldbg_preview \
            qmldbg_profiler \
            qmldbg_quickprofiler
}


message( $$CONFIG)
# The following define makes your compiler emit warnings if you use
# any Qt feature that has been marked deprecated (the exact warnings
# depend on your compiler). Refer to the documentation for the
# deprecated API to know how to port your code away from it.
DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS

# You can also make your code fail to compile if it uses deprecated APIs.
# In order to do so, uncomment the following line.
# You can also select to disable deprecated APIs only up to a certain version of Qt.
#DEFINES += QT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000    # disables all the APIs deprecated before Qt 6.0.0

SOURCES += \
        main.cpp

RESOURCES += qml.qrc

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules in Qt Creator's code model
QML_IMPORT_PATH =

# Additional import path used to resolve QML modules just for Qt Quick Designer
QML_DESIGNER_IMPORT_PATH =


# Default rules for deployment.
qnx: target.path = /tmp/$${TARGET}/bin
else: unix:!android: target.path = /opt/$${TARGET}/bin
!isEmpty(target.path): INSTALLS += target

Error we are getting:

11:12:19: Running steps for project testapp2...
11:12:19: Starting: "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" clean -j4
/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmake -o Makefile ../testapp2/testapp2.pro -spec android-clang CONFIG+=qtquickcompiler
Project MESSAGE: lex yacc debug exceptions depend_includepath testcase_targets import_qpa_plugin file_copies qmake_use qt warn_on release link_prl android_install unversioned_soname unversioned_libname plugin_with_soname android_deployment_settings clang_pch_style android-16 optimize_size cross_compile release static android linux unix posix gcc clang llvm qtquickcompiler static-runtime c++11
rm -f main_qml.cpp
rm -f qmlcache_loader.cpp
rm -f moc_predefs.h
rm -f main.o main_qml.o qmlcache_loader.o
rm -f *~ core *.core
11:12:19: The process "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" exited normally.
11:12:19: Starting: "/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmake" /home/dev/testapp2/testapp2.pro -spec android-clang CONFIG+=qtquickcompiler
Project MESSAGE: lex yacc debug exceptions depend_includepath testcase_targets import_qpa_plugin file_copies qmake_use qt warn_on release link_prl android_install unversioned_soname unversioned_libname plugin_with_soname android_deployment_settings clang_pch_style android-16 optimize_size cross_compile release static android linux unix posix gcc clang llvm qtquickcompiler static-runtime c++11
11:12:20: The process "/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmake" exited normally.
11:12:20: Starting: "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" -f /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/Makefile qmake_all
make: Nothing to be done for `qmake_all'.
11:12:20: The process "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" exited normally.
11:12:20: Starting: "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" -j4
/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -gcc-toolchain /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -fno-limit-debug-info -DANDROID_HAS_WSTRING --sysroot=/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/android/support/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++abi/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -mthumb -Oz -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DSTATIC -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../testapp2 -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQuick -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtGui -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQml -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtNetwork -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/mkspecs/android-clang -o main.o ../testapp2/main.cpp
/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmlcachegen --resource=/home/dev/testapp2/qml.qrc -o main_qml.cpp ../testapp2/main.qml
/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmlcachegen --resource-file-mapping=/home/dev/testapp2/qml.qrc -o qmlcache_loader.cpp ../testapp2/qml.qrc
/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -gcc-toolchain /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -fno-limit-debug-info -DANDROID_HAS_WSTRING --sysroot=/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/android/support/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++abi/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -mthumb -Oz -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DSTATIC -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../testapp2 -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQuick -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtGui -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQml -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtNetwork -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/mkspecs/android-clang -o main_qml.o main_qml.cpp
/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -gcc-toolchain /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -fno-limit-debug-info -DANDROID_HAS_WSTRING --sysroot=/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/android/support/include -isystem /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++abi/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -mthumb -Oz -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DSTATIC -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../testapp2 -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQuick -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtGui -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtQml -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtNetwork -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/include/QtCore -I. -I/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/mkspecs/android-clang -o qmlcache_loader.o qmlcache_loader.cpp
/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang++ -D__ANDROID_API__=16 -target armv7-none-linux-androideabi -gcc-toolchain /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64 -fno-limit-debug-info -Wl,--exclude-libs,libgcc.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libatomic.a -Wl,--exclude-libs,libunwind.a --sysroot=/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,-soname,libtestapp2.so -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -o libtestapp2.so main.o main_qml.o qmlcache_loader.o   /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.a -ljnigraphics -landroid -L/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib -lQt5EventDispatcherSupport -L/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/armeabi-v7a -lQt5AccessibilitySupport -lQt5FontDatabaseSupport /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib/libqtfreetype.a -lQt5EglSupport /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/usr/lib/libEGL.so -lQt5VulkanSupport -L/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/imageformats -lqgif -lqicns -lqjpeg -lqtga -lqtiff -lqwbmp -lqwebp -L/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/qmltooling -lqmldbg_debugger -lqmldbg_inspector -lqmldbg_local -lqmldbg_messages -lqmldbg_native -lqmldbg_nativedebugger -lqmldbg_preview -lqmldbg_profiler -lqmldbg_quickprofiler -lQt5PacketProtocol -lQt5Quick -lQt5Gui /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib/libqtlibpng.a /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib/libqtharfbuzz.a -lQt5Qml -lQt5Network -lQt5Core /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/usr/lib/libz.so /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/lib/libqtpcre2.a -lc++ -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc /home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/usr/lib/libGLESv2.so  -L/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/sources/cxx-stl/llvm-libc++/libs/armeabi-v7a -lc++ -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc
11:12:23: The process "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" exited normally.
11:12:23: Removing directory /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build/assets
11:12:23: Removing directory /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build/libs
11:12:23: Starting: "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" INSTALL_ROOT=/home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build install
/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/qmake -install qinstall -exe libtestapp2.so /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build/libs/armeabi-v7a/libtestapp2.so
11:12:23: The process "/home/dev/Documents/android-ndk-r20b-linux-x86_64/android-ndk-r20b/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/make" exited normally.
11:12:23: Starting: "/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/androiddeployqt" --input /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-libtestapp2.so-deployment-settings.json --output /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build --android-platform android-29 --jdk /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-8u191-linux-x64/jdk1.8.0_191 --gradle
Generating Android Package
  Input file: /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-libtestapp2.so-deployment-settings.json
  Output directory: /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/android-build/
  Application binary: /home/dev/build-testapp2-Android_for_armeabi_v7a_Clang_Qt_Android_Qt_5_12_3-Release/libtestapp2.so
  Android build platform: android-29
  Install to device: No

Error reading file: /usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/plugins/platforms/android/libqtforandroid.so: No such file or directory
.
No platform plugin, neither libqtforandroid.so or libqtforandroidGL.so, included in package. Please include one.
11:12:23: The process "/usr/local/Qt-5.12.3/bin/androiddeployqt" exited with code 12.
Error while building/deploying project testapp2 (kit: Android for armeabi-v7a (Clang Qt Android (Qt-5.12.3)))
When executing step "Build Android APK"
11:12:23: Elapsed time: 00:04.

[Leonardo]

As far as I know, static linking is not supported on Qt for Android.