Unsuccessful APK Build with higher androidBuildToolsVersion

ahsan737

Greetings,

I can successfully build apk withandroidBuildToolsVersion=28.0.3. However, the build fails if I use any higher version such as androidBuildTools 33.0.0.

SDK Version: 26.1.1
NDK Version: 19.2.5345600
Qt 5.13.1

:compileDebugAidl FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
*What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':compileDebugAidl'.

How can I potentially solve this issue?

Also, how can I add higher APIs under Target SDK in AndroidManifest File (Currently: API29: Android 9)

jsulm

@ahsan737 said in Unsuccessful APK Build with higher androidBuildToolsVersion:

How can I potentially solve this issue?

I'm not an Android expert but maybe you need a newer Qt version? 5.13.1 is quite old already.

ahsan737

@jsulm

thanks for your response.
I've already tried building with a higher Qt version, but I have faced build errors.

When I load the project in Qt (5.13.1), it shows the following messages.
Project MESSAGE: This project is using private headers and will therefore be tied to this specific Qt module build version.
Project MESSAGE: Running this project against other versions of the Qt modules may crash at any arbitrary point.

How can I make it not version-specific?

jsulm

@ahsan737 said in Unsuccessful APK Build with higher androidBuildToolsVersion:

How can I make it not version-specific?

Don't use private headers from Qt.

JoeCFD

@ahsan737 Android 9 has API 28. Android 10 has API 29. They have to match. And you need the proper version of JDK as well.

ahsan737

@JoeCFD
thanks, how to check which version of JDK is appropriate, or should I go with the latest one?

jsulm

@ahsan737 said in Unsuccessful APK Build with higher androidBuildToolsVersion:

how to check which version of JDK is appropriate

https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/android-getting-started.html

JoeCFD

@ahsan737 https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/features
It still uses JDK 11.

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/13/setup-sdk
for gradle change and check gradle version match as well. Qt has a default gradle version. You may need to change it as well. Check my previous posts.