Qt Creator Android Setup

Download and extract the Android SDK and Android NDK.

The SDK can be extracted in a directory like

$HOME/Documents/Development/Qt/Toolchain/X.XX.X/Android/sdk-tools-NNNNNN

with the tools directory inside.

and the NDK as is, e.g.:

$HOME/Documents/Development/Qt/Toolchain/X.XX.X/Android/android-ndk-rNNX

These directories will be added on QtCreator from menu Tools -> Options -> Devices -> Android Settings

Android SDK v25.2.5 (GCC, Qt < 5.12)

Set a directory (eg. SDKv25.2.5) and copy the tools directory into it, and from there run tools/android update sdk, following this guide.

This SDK version have a native SDKManager that will runs with a GTK interface, follow its install procedure.

Android SDK (CLang Qt >= 5.12)

Get the latest SDK, NDK must be supported by current Qt version, ATM NDK 17c works with Qt 5.12.0, see below.

Android NDK 17c

Error:

android-ndk-r17c/toolchains/llvm/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/clang++: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Resolution: Install ncurses5-compat-libs (6.1-1) -> libtinfo5

Warnings / Errors

See here for harmless warning:

W BluetoothAdapter: getBluetoothService() called with no BluetoothManagerCallback