QMake uses android-16 API level instead of android-21

[David Demelier]

Hi,

I have built Qt 5.11 for android using the following command:

./configure                                                                 \
    -opensource                                                             \
    -confirm-license                                                        \
    -xplatform android-g++ --disable-rpath                                  \
    -nomake tests                                                           \
    -nomake examples                                                        \
    -no-sql-db2                                                             \
    -no-sql-ibase                                                           \
    -no-sql-mysql                                                           \
    -no-sql-oci                                                             \
    -no-sql-odbc                                                            \
    -no-sql-psql                                                            \
    -no-sql-sqlite2                                                         \
    -no-sql-tds                                                             \
    -android-arch x86_64                                                    \
    -android-ndk-platform android-21                                        \
    -android-ndk /home/markand/android/ndk                                  \
    -android-sdk /home/markand/android                                      \
    -android-ndk-host linux-x86_64                                          \
    -android-toolchain-version 4.9                                          \
    -skip qtcharts                                                          \
    -skip qtdatavis3d                                                       \
    -skip qtserialbus                                                       \
    -skip qtserialport                                                      \
    -skip qtspeech                                                          \
    -skip qttranslations                                                    \
    -skip qtvirtualkeyboard                                                 \
    -skip qtwayland                                                         \
    -skip qtwebchannel                                                      \
    -skip qtwebengine                                                       \
    -skip qtwebglplugin                                                     \
    -skip qtwebsockets                                                      \
    -skip qtwebview                                                         \
    -skip qtx11extras                                                       \
    -no-warnings-are-errors                                                 \
    -prefix ~/android/env/x86_64/21

I have added ~/android/env/x86_64/21/bin/qmake to the Qt Creator kit, but when I try to create any project in QMake, it uses android-16 API level instead of 21, resulting in an error:

/home/markand/android/ndk/toolchains/x86_64-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/x86_64-linux-android-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=/home/markand/android/ndk/platforms/android-16/arch-x86_64/ -isystem /home/markand/android/ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem /home/markand/android/ndk/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/x86_64/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -O2 -O2 -std=gnu++11 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I../save-the-ball -I. -I../../android/env/x86_64/21/include -I../../android/env/x86_64/21/include/QtWidgets -I../../android/env/x86_64/21/include/QtGui -I../../android/env/x86_64/21/include/QtCore -I. -I../../android/env/x86_64/21/mkspecs/android-g++ -o main.o ../save-the-ball/main.cpp

If I specify qmake ANDROID_PLATFORM=android-21 on command line the Makefile gets fixed. But I have no ideas why Qt Creator still uses 16 by default.

[Mitmischer]

@David-Demelier said in QMake uses android-16 API level instead of android-21:

-android-ndk-platform android-21

I'm not sure if that's the problem, but that looks like a typo to me (You should use Android NDK 10e). Maybe -android-platform or -android-sdk-platform are the right parameters (I don't know, you might have to check it)..

[raven-worx]

@David-Demelier
you probably havent setup the Android environment correctly in the QtCreator settings?

[David Demelier]

In fact I've realized there is an environment variable set in Qt Creator, I can view it from Projects -> Build -> Build environment which has ANDROID_NDK_PLATFORM set to android-16. I wonder where this variable comes from though.

Set to android-21 works correctly. I will probably clone the kit to add it as environment variable but it would be nice to understand why it is set incorrectly first.

Edit: no it didn't work, it worked because I have ran qmake by hand in the terminal, but a rebuild cause the same issue in Qt Creator.