Changes between Version 28 and Version 29 of PyOtherSideForAndroid

Timestamp:

Nov 16, 2014, 12:13:46 AM (9 years ago)

Author:

Martin Kolman

Comment:

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PyOtherSideForAndroid

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 For build script integration it would be nice to be able to non-interactively build a Python application package for Android, without the need to do that manually in the !QtCreator GUI.
 
-Fortunately the [http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt5-5.3/deployment-android.html#androiddeployqt '''androiddeployqt'''] tools seems to do just that. :)
+Fortunately the [http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt5-5.3/deployment-android.html#androiddeployqt '''androiddeployqt'''] tool seems to do just that. :)
 
 ==== Using androiddeployqt ====
+
+The '''androiddeployqt''' makes it possible to create android packages (APK) for Qt applications from the command line.
+
+But before you can start using it, you need to export paths to your Android NDK & SDK as environmental variables so that the tools can find them:
+
+{{{
+export ANDROID_NDK_ROOT=<path to Android NDK top level folder>
+export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=<path to Android SDK top level folder>
+}}}
+
+Note that the NDK should preferably be the same one that has been used for your Python 3 for Android build. 
+
+Next you need to run ''qmake'' & ''make'' in your project directory to prepare it for '''androiddeployqt'''. 
+
+Note that you should use the ''qmake'' that from your Qt for Android SDK, not the system-wide ''qmake'', so that any platform dependent code (C++ launcher, etc.) in your project is correctly compiled for Android. For example for the Qt 5.3 Android SDK on Linux installed in ''/opt'' this "android qmake" is in {{{/opt/Qt5.3/5.3/android_armv7/bin/qmake}}}.
+
+{{{
+qmake
+make install INSTALL_ROOT=android-build/
+}}}
+
+Next run the tool to create an APK:
+
+{{{
+androiddeployqt --output android-build/ --verbose
+}}}
+
+This is just a basic usage example, the tool can do much more such as deploying the APK to device, signing the AKC, using a different Qt library deploy methods, etc.