Develop for android java issues

Christian Ehrlicher · wrote on 12 Oct 2020, 18:10

@Phips04 said in Develop for android java issues:

I'm not sure, but maybe its not android itself being responsible for the problems.

Did you read the post from @jsulm ?

Phips04 · 13 Oct 2020, 11:11

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J.Hilk · wrote on 13 Oct 2020, 11:11

@Phips04 It does not matter at all what device you attach to your PC,

what does matter is what minimal android version you set inside your manifest. Did you change it there ?

jsulm · wrote on 13 Oct 2020, 11:17

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Phips04 · 13 Oct 2020, 15:56

@J-Hilk Which file is that?

Do you mean the *.pro file?

KroMignon · wrote on 13 Oct 2020, 15:56

@Phips04 said in Develop for android java issues:

Do you mean the *.pro file?

No, the Android manifest ==> AndroidManifest.xml
Double click on it in QtCreator to start the editor:

Phips04 · 13 Oct 2020, 20:05

This is how it actually looks like, the option to set the sdk is disabled.
I made sure, that the sdk's I want to use are installed. (Sry I'm new to qt)

KroMignon · wrote on 13 Oct 2020, 20:05

@Phips04 Did you check QtCreator Android configuration?

In Tools/Option/Devices, select tab "Android":

Phips04 · 14 Oct 2020, 15:37

Java and android settings are ok, in the android settings there is no "ndk-bundle". But the second entry exists, as I mentioned OpenSSL is not set

KroMignon · wrote on 14 Oct 2020, 15:37

@Phips04 said in Develop for android java issues:

in the android settings there is no "ndk-bundle"

This is your problem, ndk-bundle is mandatory for Qt!

Extract from the Qt documentation:
Use the sdkmanager command line tool to update the packages list and then install the essential packages:

cd <ANDROID_SDK_ROOT>/tools/bin/
./sdkmanager --update
./sdkmanager --install "platform-tools" "platforms;android-29" "build-tools;29.0.2" "ndk-bundle"

Phips04 · 14 Oct 2020, 20:44

Ok, I did it, but the cmd line reported some errors, and there was no effect in qt creator.

KroMignon · wrote on 14 Oct 2020, 20:44

@Phips04 This seems to be a well know issue with Android:

You can try:

cd <ANDROID_SDK_ROOT>\tools\bin\
sdkmanager --sdk_root="<ANDROID_SDK_ROOT>" --update
sdkmanager --sdk_root="<ANDROID_SDK_ROOT>" --install "platform-tools" "platforms;android-29" "build-tools;29.0.2" "ndk-bundle"

Phips04 · 15 Oct 2020, 06:50

It worked this way, the bundle is installed now, but I still can't change the minimal android version

J.Hilk · wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 06:50

@Phips04 do it by hand than, open the android manifest.xml in a text editor
and change the version there

Phips04 · wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 07:36

The .xml can be evaluated and I set the entries. Min sdk is 21 (android 5) and target is 27 (android 8.1). The error still is the same

KroMignon · wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 07:41

@Phips04 said in Develop for android java issues:

It worked this way, the bundle is installed now, but I still can't change the minimal android version

What do you mean with "you can't"? Is the dropdown combobox grayed out or is the list empty?
Do you have restart Qt Creator after updating SDK root?

Phips04 · 15 Oct 2020, 08:10

Yes the combobox was grayed (I set the entries in the xml file via text editor, now I can edit the boxes) and I restarted Qt creator.

KroMignon · wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 08:10

@Phips04 I know how have written "Java settings are ok", but which JDK version are you using?

AFAIK, gradle do NOT work with JDK > 11, and recommended version is still JDK 8.

Phips04 · 15 Oct 2020, 09:05

I meant qt Creator says Java settings are ok.
I didn't remember that version 8 is the recommended one, installed 15.
I will replace it by 8 now

KroMignon · wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 09:05

@Phips04 said in Develop for android java issues:

I didn't remember that version 8 is the recommended one, installed 15.

Yes, it is no clearly defined ==> https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/android-building.html.
JDK 8, still recommended for best compatibility, but starting with Qt 5.15 JDK 11 could be used.

Side note: if you search on internet java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7, all matches you will found will clearly detail the issue. The gradle version is not compatible with the selected JDK.
For Qt 5.15, the used gradle version is 5.6.4 (just check in <QT_DIR>/5.15.0/android/src/3rdparty/gradle/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties)