Android build error with define

MartinD

Hi,
my .pro contains:

VERSION = 1.1.0.0
QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT = "MyApp"
QMAKE_TARGET_DESCRIPTION = ""
QMAKE_TARGET_COMPANY = "MyCompany"
QMAKE_TARGET_COPYRIGHT = "Copyright (c) byMyCompany"

My application builds for Android armeabi-v7a (GCC 4.9, Qt 5.7.1) on Win 10.

If I add to my pro:

DEFINES += APP_VERSION=\"\\\"$${VERSION}\\\"\" \
           APP_PRODUCT=\"\\\"$${QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT}\\\"\" \
           APP_COMPANY=\"\\\"$${QMAKE_TARGET_COMPANY}\\\"\" \
           APP_COPYRIGHT=\"\\\"$${QMAKE_TARGET_COPYRIGHT}\\\"\"

Then the app build fails on first file:

D:\Android\ndk\android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove --sysroot=D:\Android\ndk\android-ndk-r11c/platforms/android-9/arch-arm/ -g -g -marm -O0 -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DAPP_VERSION="\"1.1.0.0\"" -DAPP_PRODUCT="\"Break Bricks\"" -DAPP_COMPANY="\"Gradient Labs\"" -DAPP_COPYRIGHT="\"Copyright (c) by Gradient Labs\"" -DQT_QML_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_MULTIMEDIA_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../MyApp -I. -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtQuick -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtMultimedia -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtGui -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtQml -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtNetwork -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtSql -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/include/QtCore -I. -I../../../../Android/ndk/android-ndk-r11c/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -I../../../../Android/ndk/android-ndk-r11c/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -I../../../../Android/ndk/android-ndk-r11c/platforms/android-9/arch-arm/usr/include -IC:/Qt/5.7/android_armv7/mkspecs/android-g++ -o a.obj ../MyApp/a.cpp
/usr/bin/sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `('

Why and how to fix it?

SGaist

Hi,

You likely need to also escape the parenthesis. Otherwise you may have surprises.