Cannot select API 33 for Android Target SDK in QT Creator

[JoeCFD]

@nostar I build my app with Java 11, API 33 and Qt 5.15.2 for Andorid 13 on Ubuntu 22.04 without any issue. My app runs fine.

[nostar]

@JoeCFD I have been struggling with this issue for days and only updated to java 17 right before I posted here. It doesn't seem to matter what version of java I'm using or which SDKs are installed or not installed. The only choices I get in the manifest editor are API 16 through API 31.

[nostar]


[JoeCFD]

@nostar You'd better follow the compatibility settings. Otherwise, it might be tough to find out reasons when things go wrong. Android is such a weird OS.

[TheCrowKaka]

@nostar Hello, did you find a solution for this problem? Even I am facing the exact same problem.

[lemons]

@TheCrowKaka In the following my working configuration. (Qt 5.15)

I installed Open JDK 18:
JDK-Path: /usr/lib/jvm/java-18-openjdk-amd64

Set my target SDK in *.pro:

ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION = 33

Updated gradle.properties:

org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2048m
androidBuildToolsVersion=33.0.2
androidCompileSdkVersion=33
qtMinSdkVersion=21
qtTargetSdkVersion=33
android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true

Updated gradle-wrapper.properties:

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
#  use newer gradle version, in order to work with JDK 18
distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-all.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists

Updated build.gradle:

buildscript {
    repositories {
        google()
        // note: you cant use jcenter() anymore
        mavenCentral()
        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.2.1'
    }
}

repositories {
    google()
    mavenCentral()
    maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
}

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'


// you won't need all of my dependencies, I require them for my JNI parts
// note: if you have some legacy android stuff, you have to fix the imports to use androidx
// e.g.
// OLD IMPORTS
// import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
// import android.support.v4.app.ShareCompat;
// NEW IMPORTS
// import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
// import androidx.core.app.ShareCompat;


dependencies {
    // note the new keywords here, as some got deprecated
    // e.g. old depency: 
    // compile "com.android.support:support-v4:24.+"
    implementation 'androidx.core:core:1.3.2'
    implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0' 
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:1.4.32"
    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.72"
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar', '*.aar'])
}

If you can't select "android-33" in the build config view, you can try to manually add the options to your *.pro.user file, and then restart QtCreator:

ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.Step.3:

 <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.Step.3">
      <value type="QString" key="BuildTargetSdk">android-33</value>

ProjectExplorer.Target.PluginSettings:

<valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.PluginSettings">
      <value type="int" key="AndroidVersion.ApiLevel">33</value>

Note: If you can select a different Android Version (e.g. 26), you might be able to simply search for "26".
(in my case I have 4 occurrences for '33'; 3 x within 'ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.Step.3' and 1 x within 'ProjectExplorer.Target.PluginSettings')

[klausix]

@TheCrowKaka Having the same problem here.
And absolutely no solution in sight. I am using Qt 6.6 on MacOs 14.1.1 with JDK-17.
Will try OpenJdk 18, but only after I have cooled down a bit :-P

What I ask myself - when editing AndroidManifest.xml in QtCreator: where does it get the list of possible API-Levels from? Couldn't this be a point where to find a solution...?

[KenAppleby 0]

@klausix I feel your pain.

I am using Qt 6.6.1 on Windows 10 and managed to find a solution to this. I am successfully building my app for platform API-33 using API-33 tools. It's luck not competence that has got me there, but this, in short, is what I did.

• uninstalled Android Studio

• uninstalled the Android SDK

• installed Qt 6.6.1 - probably irrelevant, I was using 6.6.0

• removed the JDK 11 installation I was using

• used the QtCreator Edit => Preferences => Devices => Android => JDK Location "globe" button to install JDK 17 from the default location it offers https://adoptium.net and set the JDK location

• used SDK Manager on the same dialog to install as follows:
  

• key step: edit the gradle.properties file in MyApp/android directory to contain:

androidBuildToolsVersion=33.0.0
androidCompileSdkVersion=33
androidNdkVersion=25.1.8937393
buildDir=build
qt5AndroidDir=E:/Qt/6.6.1/android_arm64_v8a/./src/android/java
qtAndroidDir=E:/Qt/6.6.1/android_arm64_v8a/./src/android/java
qtMinSdkVersion=23
qtTargetAbiList=arm64-v8a
qtTargetSdkVersion=33
android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=33

[In my project this file was created some time ago via the "Create Templates" option when I was using Qt 6.5.3 . It originally contained no equivalent of the quoted section.]

• remove the app build directories
• remove the project CMakeLists.txt.user file
• restart QtCreator and load the application CMake project
• in Projects => Android Qt 6.6.1 Clang arm-64-v8a => Build => Build Android APK => Application set Android build platform SDK to android-33 (android-31 was also offered.) The Android build-tools version was stuck on 31

The app then built in a Debug buld without problems and ran okay on a Pixel 7 running Android 14.
I then connected a Pixel 4a running Android 13 to another USB port. Qt Creator crashed after about 30 seconds of spinning. When I restarted it the option to use build-tools 33 was available. Now both Release and Debug builds are fine.

[KenAppleby 0]

The gradle.properties file contains

android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=33

as recommended by the warning that is issued by the build if you leave this out. The warning is that gradle plugin 7.2.1 has not been tested against android API-33.

This seems to be in contradiction to the information here:

https://developer.android.com/build/releases/gradle-plugin#groovy

which appears to say that Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) version 7.2 is valid for API-33

Also, as mentioned in this post:
https://forum.qt.io/topic/151244/online-installed-android-qt-6-6-but-build-requires-newer-version
by @shokarta Qt insists on installing the android SDK for API 31, whether you want it or not.

I suspect both of these are bugs which can be ignored. But they do compound the general confusion.

[Cavit VURAL]

@KenAppleby-0

Here is the solution :

build.gradle in android directory

1 - Version must be 7.4.2 or newer

dependencies {
     classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.2'
}

2 - Set targetSdkVersion manually

defaultConfig {
    resConfig "en"
    minSdkVersion qtMinSdkVersion
    targetSdkVersion 33
    ndk.abiFilters = qtTargetAbiList.split(",")
}

gradle-wrapper.properties in android/gradle/wrapper directory

distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
distributionPath=wrapper/dists
distributionUrl=https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.0-bin.zip
zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
zipStorePath=wrapper/dists