"No target architecture defined in json file" error while building for Android

[Dmitriano]

I have app app that successfully builds for Android and has

android {
       ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = $$PWD/platform/android
}

in its .pro file.

But the same directive does not work with CMake:

if(ANDROID)
    set(ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/android")
endif()

when I compile the app for Android I get:

03:11:38: Running steps for project MyAppQt...
03:11:38: Starting: "E:\PFiles\cmake-3.19.1-win64-x64\bin\cmake.exe" --build E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/build-MyAppQt-Android_Qt_6_2_0_android_Clang_x86_64-Debug --target all
jom: parallel job execution disabled for Makefile
[  2%] Built target MyAppQt_lrelease
[  3%] Automatic MOC and UIC for target MyAppQt
[  3%] Built target MyAppQt_autogen
[100%] Built target MyAppQt
03:11:39: The process "E:\PFiles\cmake-3.19.1-win64-x64\bin\cmake.exe" exited normally.
03:11:39: Starting: "E:\Qt\Qt6.2\windows\bin\androiddeployqt.exe" --input E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/build-MyAppQt-Android_Qt_6_2_0_android_Clang_x86_64-Debug/android-MyAppQt-deployment-settings.json --output E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/build-MyAppQt-Android_Qt_6_2_0_android_Clang_x86_64-Debug/android-build --android-platform android-30 --jdk "C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-11.0.11" --gradle
No target architecture defined in json file.
03:11:39: The process "E:\Qt\Qt6.2\windows\bin\androiddeployqt.exe" exited with code 2.
Error while building/deploying project MyAppQt (kit: Android Qt 6.2.0 (android) Clang x86_64)
When executing step "Build Android APK"
03:11:39: Elapsed time: 00:01.

In android-LinesGameQt-deployment-settings.json I have this:

{
    "_description": "This file is generated by QtCreator to be read by androiddeployqt and should not be modified by hand.",
    "application-binary": "E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/build-MyAppQt-Android_Qt_6_2_0_android_Clang_x86_64-Debug/libMyAppQt.so",
    "ndk": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147",
    "ndk-host": "windows-x86_64",
    "qml-root-path": "E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt",
    "qt": "E:/Qt/Qt6.2/android",
    "sdk": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk",
    "stdcpp-path": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/sysroot/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-android/libc++_shared.so",
    "target-architecture": "x86_64",
    "tool-prefix": "llvm",
    "toolchain-prefix": "llvm",
    "useLLVM": true
}

With .pro file android-LinesGameQt-deployment-settings.json looks different and has architectures but not target-architecture:

{
   "description": "This file is generated by qmake to be read by androiddeployqt and should not be modified by hand.",
   "qt": "E:/Qt/Qt6.2/android",
   "sdk": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk",
   "sdkBuildToolsRevision": "30.0.3",
   "ndk": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147",
   "toolchain-prefix": "llvm",
   "tool-prefix": "llvm",
   "ndk-host": "windows-x86_64",
   "architectures": {"x86_64":"x86_64-linux-android"},
   "android-package-source-directory": "E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt/platform/android",
   "android-min-sdk-version": "23",
   "android-target-sdk-version": "30",
   "qml-importscanner-binary": "E:/Qt/Qt6.2/windows/bin/qmlimportscanner",
   "rcc-binary": "E:/Qt/Qt6.2/windows/bin/rcc",
   "qml-root-path": "E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt",
   "stdcpp-path": "C:/Users/D-Ef/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk/21.3.6528147/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/sysroot/usr/lib",
   "qrcFiles": "E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt/qml.qrc,E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt/scene.qrc,E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/MyAppQt/icons.qrc,E:/repos/examples/src/MyApp/build-MyAppQt-Android_Qt_6_2_0_android_Clang_x86_64-Debug/x86_64/qmake_qmake_immediate.qrc",
   "application-binary": "MyAppQt"
}

My QT version is 6.2.
OS: Windows

see also https://forum.qt.io/topic/110544/no-target-architecture-defined-in-json-file-using-cmake-compile-for-android

[Dmitriano]

@Dmitriano this probably started to work when I updated build.gradle.

[AkshayFP]

@Dmitriano How did you update the build.gradle