[Qt-creator] Deploying to Android device fails

[Eike Ziller]

Possibly https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-18962 ?

Br, Eike

> On 27. Sep 2017, at 21:10, Jochen Becher <jochen_becher at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> I forgot to mention that my development system is Ubuntu 17.04.
> 
> Regards, Jochen
> 
> 
> 
> Am Mittwoch, den 27.09.2017, 21:06 +0200 schrieb Jochen Becher:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I just installed an Android development environment. Unfortunately
>> deploying an app to Android devices (physical or virtual) fails. Here
>> are some details:
>> 
>> 1. Building, deploying and running a simple "Hello World" project
>> (including some C++ code) from Android studio works for both virtual
>> device on emulator with X86 code and physical ARM device connected
>> via
>> USB.
>> 
>> 2. Installation in QtCreator 4.4.0 looks reasonable: I entered JDK
>> location (/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64), SDK location
>> (/home/jochen/Android/Sdk) and NDK location
>> (/home/jochen/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle).
>> 
>> 12 toolchains were found and two kits created.
>> 
>> The virtual device is displayed (7_WSVGA_Tablet_API_17).
>> 
>> Issue 1: AVD Manager cannot be started from QtCreator. Error message
>> is:
>> 
>> AVD manager UI tool is not available in the installed SDK tools
>> (version 26.1.1). Use the command line tool "avdmanager" for advanced
>> AVD management.
>> 
>> This is not a problem because I can use Android Studio to create
>> virtual devices and I can start the virtual device from QtCreator.
>> 
>> 3. Building example "calqlatr" works for both Android kits.
>> 
>> 4. Issue 2: Deploying the example fails:
>> 
>> Cannot find the android build step.
>> Error while building/deploying project calqlatr (kit: Android for x86
>> GCC 4.9, Qt 5.9.0 for Android x86))
>> When executing step "Deploy to Android device"
>> 
>> (Same error message for ARM kit).
>> 
>> When I look into Projects / Run Settings the deployment step "Deploy
>> to
>> Android device" exists.
>> 
>> There is nothing filled into the Run configuration (only empty
>> "Custom
>> Executable" is shown) but I assume that is correct for Android
>> devices,
>> isn't it?
>> 
>> Any hints?
>> 
>> BTW, is it possible that the QtCreator documentation is wrong? In
>> "Deploying Applications to Android Devices" an Ui element "Projects >
>> Build Android APK > Details" is mentioned. I cannot find it and also
>> the screenshot of the details looks completely different from mine
>> which lists "Uninstall previous package", "Reset Default Devices",
>> "Clean Temporary Libraries Directory on Device" and "Install Ministro
>> from APK" only.
>> 
>> Issue 3: When I press the button "Clean Temporary Libraries Directory
>> on Device" QtCreator crashes immediately.
>> 
>> Regards, Jochen
>> 
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