How I built QT 5.11.1 for Android on Windows

I tried to build QT 5.11.1 for Android on Windows, and “configure.bat” completed successfully, but “mingw32-make” failed with with the following error:

No rule to make target 'vulkan/qvulkanfunctions_p.h', needed by '.obj\qvulkaninstance.obj'.

It is the bug fixed in QT 5.11.2 that is planned on August/September 2018.

When I build the master branch and copied the following files from it to \qtbase\src\gui\vulkan manually:

qvulkanfunctions.h
qvulkanfunctions_p.cpp
qvulkanfunctions_p.h

and started “mingw32-make” again I got another error:

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_BUILD_SERIALPORT_LIB -DQT_BUILDING_QT -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII -DQT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS -DQT_MOC_COMPAT -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050000 -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -I. -I. -I..\..\include -I..\..\include\QtSerialPort -I..\..\include\QtSerialPort\5.11.1 -I..\..\include\QtSerialPort\5.11.1\QtSerialPort -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1\QtCore -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\qserialport_unix.obj qserialport_unix.cpp
qserialport_unix.cpp:77:8: error: redefinition of 'struct termios2'
 struct termios2 {
        ^
In file included from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi/asm/termbits.h:19:0,
                 from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/asm-generic/termios.h:21,
                 from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi/asm/termios.h:19,
                 from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/linux/termios.h:22,
                 from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/sys/ioctl.h:38,
                 from C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/termios.h:32,
                 from qserialport_p.h:69,
                 from qserialport_unix.cpp:42:
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/asm-generic/termbits.h:34:8: error: previous definition of 'struct termios2'
 struct termios2 {
        ^
del libQt5NetworkAuth.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtnetworkauth\src\oauth\libQt5NetworkAuth.so
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath=\$ORIGIN -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -Wl,-soname,libQt5NetworkAuth.so -o libQt5NetworkAuth.so .obj\qoauth1.obj .obj\qabstractoauth.obj .obj\qabstractoauth2.obj .obj\qoauth1signature.obj .obj\qoauthoobreplyhandler.obj .obj\qabstractoauthreplyhandler.obj .obj\qoauth2authorizationcodeflow.obj .obj\qoauthhttpserverreplyhandler.obj .obj\moc_qoauth1.obj .obj\moc_qabstractoauth.obj .obj\moc_qabstractoauth2.obj .obj\moc_qoauthoobreplyhandler.obj .obj\moc_qabstractoauthreplyhandler.obj .obj\moc_qoauth2authorizationcodeflow.obj .obj\moc_qoauthhttpserverreplyhandler.obj  -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -lQt5Network -lQt5Core -lgnustl_shared -lgcc -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc
mingw32-make.exe[3]: *** [Makefile:1130: .obj\qserialport_unix.obj] Error 1
mingw32-make.exe[3]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtserialport/src/serialport'
mingw32-make.exe[2]: *** [Makefile:45: sub-serialport-make_first] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe[2]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtserialport/src'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: *** [Makefile:47: sub-src-make_first] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtserialport'
mingw32-make.exe: *** [Makefile:201: module-qtserialport-make_first] Error 2
mingw32-make.exe: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
del ..\..\lib\libQt5NetworkAuth.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtnetworkauth\lib\libQt5NetworkAuth.so
move libQt5NetworkAuth.so  ..\..\lib\
        1 file(s) moved.
mingw32-make.exe[3]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtnetworkauth/src/oauth'
mingw32-make.exe[2]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtnetworkauth/src'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtnetworkauth'

I added ‘-skip qtserialport’ option as a workaround, but got another error:

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -I. -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\dec -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\enc -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\dsp -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\mux -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\utils -I..\..\..\3rdparty\libwebp\src\webp -IC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle\sources\android\cpufeatures -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\main.obj main.cpp
del libqwebp.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtimageformats\src\plugins\imageformats\webp\libqwebp.so
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath=\$ORIGIN/../../lib -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -Wl,-soname,libqwebp.so -o libqwebp.so .obj\alpha_processing_neon.obj .obj\dec_neon.obj .obj\enc_neon.obj .obj\filters_neon.obj .obj\lossless_enc_neon.obj .obj\lossless_neon.obj .obj\rescaler_neon.obj .obj\upsampling_neon.obj .obj\yuv_neon.obj .obj\main.obj .obj\qwebphandler.obj .obj\alpha_dec.obj .obj\buffer_dec.obj .obj\frame_dec.obj .obj\idec_dec.obj .obj\io_dec.obj .obj\quant_dec.obj .obj\tree_dec.obj .obj\vp8_dec.obj .obj\vp8l_dec.obj .obj\webp_dec.obj .obj\demux.obj .obj\anim_decode.obj .obj\alpha_processing.obj .obj\alpha_processing_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\alpha_processing_sse2.obj .obj\alpha_processing_sse41.obj .obj\cost.obj .obj\cost_mips32.obj .obj\cost_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\cost_sse2.obj .obj\cpu.obj .obj\dec.obj .obj\dec_clip_tables.obj .obj\dec_mips32.obj .obj\dec_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\dec_msa.obj .obj\dec_sse2.obj .obj\dec_sse41.obj .obj\enc.obj .obj\enc_avx2.obj .obj\enc_mips32.obj .obj\enc_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\enc_msa.obj .obj\enc_sse2.obj .obj\enc_sse41.obj .obj\filters.obj .obj\filters_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\filters_msa.obj .obj\filters_sse2.obj .obj\lossless.obj .obj\lossless_enc.obj .obj\lossless_enc_mips32.obj .obj\lossless_enc_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\lossless_enc_msa.obj .obj\lossless_enc_sse2.obj .obj\lossless_enc_sse41.obj .obj\lossless_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\rescaler.obj .obj\rescaler_mips32.obj .obj\rescaler_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\rescaler_msa.obj .obj\rescaler_sse2.obj .obj\ssim.obj .obj\ssim_sse2.obj .obj\upsampling.obj .obj\upsampling_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\upsampling_msa.obj .obj\upsampling_sse2.obj .obj\upsampling_sse41.obj .obj\yuv.obj .obj\yuv_mips_dsp_r2.obj .obj\lossless_sse2.obj .obj\yuv_mips32.obj .obj\yuv_sse2.obj .obj\yuv_sse41.obj .obj\alpha_enc.obj .obj\analysis_enc.obj .obj\backward_references_cost_enc.obj .obj\backward_references_enc.obj .obj\config_enc.obj .obj\cost_enc.obj .obj\filter_enc.obj .obj\frame_enc.obj .obj\histogram_enc.obj .obj\iterator_enc.obj .obj\near_lossless_enc.obj .obj\picture_enc.obj .obj\picture_csp_enc.obj .obj\picture_psnr_enc.obj .obj\picture_rescale_enc.obj .obj\picture_tools_enc.obj .obj\predictor_enc.obj .obj\quant_enc.obj .obj\syntax_enc.obj .obj\token_enc.obj .obj\tree_enc.obj .obj\vp8l_enc.obj .obj\webp_enc.obj .obj\anim_encode.obj .obj\muxedit.obj .obj\muxinternal.obj .obj\muxread.obj .obj\bit_reader_utils.obj .obj\bit_writer_utils.obj .obj\color_cache_utils.obj .obj\filters_utils.obj .obj\huffman_utils.obj .obj\huffman_encode_utils.obj .obj\quant_levels_utils.obj .obj\quant_levels_dec_utils.obj .obj\random_utils.obj .obj\rescaler_utils.obj .obj\thread_utils.obj .obj\utils.obj .obj\cpu-features.obj  -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lgnustl_shared -lgcc -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc
move libqwebp.so ..\..\..\..\plugins\imageformats\
        1 file(s) moved.
mingw32-make.exe[5]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtimageformats/src/plugins/imageformats/webp'
mingw32-make.exe[4]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtimageformats/src/plugins/imageformats'
mingw32-make.exe[3]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtimageformats/src/plugins'
mingw32-make.exe[2]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtimageformats/src'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtimageformats'

and then I got another error:

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_SVG_LIB -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -I. -I..\..\..\..\include -I..\..\..\..\include\QtSvg -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtWidgets -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1\QtCore -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\main.obj main.cpp
del libqsvg.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtsvg\src\plugins\imageformats\svg\libqsvg.so
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath=\$ORIGIN/../../lib -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -Wl,-soname,libqsvg.so -o libqsvg.so .obj\main.obj .obj\qsvgiohandler.obj  -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/lib -lQt5Svg -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -lQt5Widgets -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lgnustl_shared -lgcc -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc
move libqsvg.so ..\..\..\..\plugins\imageformats\
        1 file(s) moved.
mingw32-make.exe[5]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src/plugins/imageformats/svg'
mingw32-make.exe[4]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src/plugins/imageformats'
del libqsvgicon.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtsvg\src\plugins\iconengines\svgiconengine\libqsvgicon.so
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath=\$ORIGIN/../../lib -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -Wl,-soname,libqsvgicon.so -o libqsvgicon.so .obj\main.obj .obj\qsvgiconengine.obj  -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/lib -lQt5Svg -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -lQt5Widgets -lQt5Gui -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lgnustl_shared -lgcc -llog -lz -lm -ldl -lc
move libqsvgicon.so ..\..\..\..\plugins\iconengines\
        1 file(s) moved.
mingw32-make.exe[5]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src/plugins/iconengines/svgiconengine'
mingw32-make.exe[4]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src/plugins/iconengines'
mingw32-make.exe[3]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src/plugins'
mingw32-make.exe[2]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg/src'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtsvg'

and even that error:

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_FOREACH -DQT_NO_USING_NAMESPACE -DQT_ENABLE_QEXPLICITLYSHAREDDATAPOINTER_STATICCAST -DYYLTYPE_IS_DECLARED=1 -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_BUILD_XMLPATTERNS_LIB -DQT_BUILDING_QT -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII -DQT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS -DQT_MOC_COMPAT -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050000 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -I. -Iacceltree -Idata -Iapi -Ienvironment -Iexpr -Ifunctions -Iiterators -Ijanitors -Iparser -Ischema -Itype -Iutils -I..\..\include -I..\..\include\QtXmlPatterns -I..\..\include\QtXmlPatterns\5.11.1 -I..\..\include\QtXmlPatterns\5.11.1\QtXmlPatterns -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1\QtCore -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtNetwork -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\qacceltree.obj acceltree\qacceltree.cpp
In file included from ..\..\include\QtXmlPatterns\5.11.1\QtXmlPatterns/private/qpatternistlocale_p.h:1:0,
                 from utils/qxpathhelper_p.h:55,
                 from acceltree\qacceltree.cpp:51:
..\..\include\QtXmlPatterns\5.11.1\QtXmlPatterns/private/../../../../../src/xmlpatterns/utils/qpatternistlocale_p.h:275:2: error: #error "Patternist uses exceptions and cannot be built without."
 #error "Patternist uses exceptions and cannot be built without."
  ^
del libqwebp.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtimageformats\src\plugins\imageformats\webp\libqwebp.so

and then this:

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -DQT_MAPBOXGL_STATIC -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_PLUGIN -DQT_LOCATION_LIB -DQT_QUICK_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_QML_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_POSITIONING_LIB -DQT_CONCURRENT_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I..\..\..\3rdparty\mapbox-gl-native\platform\qt\include -I..\..\..\..\include\QtLocation\5.11.1 -I..\..\..\..\include\QtLocation\5.11.1\QtLocation -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQuick\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQuick\5.11.1\QtQuick -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1\QtGui -I..\..\..\..\include -I..\..\..\..\include\QtLocation -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQuick -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQml\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQml\5.11.1\QtQml -I..\..\..\..\include\QtPositioning\5.11.1 -I..\..\..\..\include\QtPositioning\5.11.1\QtPositioning -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1\QtCore -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtdeclarative\include\QtQml -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtNetwork -I..\..\..\..\include\QtPositioning -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtConcurrent -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtSql -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\moc_qgeomapmapboxgl.obj .moc\moc_qgeomapmapboxgl.cpp
del libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtlocation\src\plugins\geoservices\mapboxgl\libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so
C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/platforms/android-16/arch-arm/ -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,origin -Wl,-rpath=\$ORIGIN/../../lib -Wl,--no-undefined -Wl,-z,noexecstack -shared -Wl,-soname,libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so -o libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so .obj\qgeoserviceproviderpluginmapboxgl.obj .obj\qgeomappingmanagerenginemapboxgl.obj .obj\qgeomapmapboxgl.obj .obj\qmapboxglstylechange.obj .obj\qsgmapboxglnode.obj .obj\qrc_mapboxgl.obj .obj\moc_qgeoserviceproviderpluginmapboxgl.obj .obj\moc_qgeomappingmanagerenginemapboxgl.obj .obj\moc_qgeomapmapboxgl.obj  -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation/lib -lQt5Location -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtdeclarative/lib -lQt5Quick -lQt5Gui -lQt5Qml -lQt5Network -lQt5Positioning -lQt5Concurrent -lQt5Sql -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lqmapboxgl -LC:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a -Lc:/users/d-ef/appdata/local/android/sdk/ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-linux-androideabi/4.9.x -LE:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtbase/lib -lQt5Network -lQt5Gui -lQt5Sql -lQt5Core -lGLESv2 -lgnustl_shared -lgcc -llog -lm -ldl -lc -lz
move libqtgeoservices_mapboxgl.so ..\..\..\..\plugins\geoservices\
        1 file(s) moved.
mingw32-make.exe[5]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation/src/plugins/geoservices/mapboxgl'
mingw32-make.exe[4]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation/src/plugins/geoservices'
mingw32-make.exe[3]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation/src/plugins'
mingw32-make.exe[2]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation/src'
mingw32-make.exe[1]: Leaving directory 'E:/repos/qt5-11/qt5/qtlocation'

and then this (possible solution):

C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/windows-x86_64/bin/arm-linux-androideabi-g++ -c -D__ANDROID_API__=16 --sysroot=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sysroot/usr/include/arm-linux-androideabi -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/include -isystem C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle/sources/cxx-stl/gnu-libstdc++/4.9/libs/armeabi-v7a/include -fstack-protector-strong -DANDROID -march=armv7-a -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=vfp -fno-builtin-memmove -g -g -mthumb -Os -std=c++14 -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -fno-exceptions -Wall -W -Wvla -D_REENTRANT -fPIC -DQT_NO_NARROWING_CONVERSIONS_IN_CONNECT -DQT_BUILD_DECLARATIVE_LIB -DQT_BUILDING_QT -DQT_NO_CAST_TO_ASCII -DQT_ASCII_CAST_WARNINGS -DQT_MOC_COMPAT -DQT_USE_QSTRINGBUILDER -DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x050000 -DQT_NO_URL_CAST_FROM_STRING -DQT_NO_OPENTYPE -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_WIDGETS_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_SCRIPT_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_XMLPATTERNS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_XMLPATTERNS_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I. -I..\..\include -I..\..\include\QtDeclarative -I..\..\include\QtDeclarative\5.8.0 -I..\..\include\QtDeclarative\5.8.0\QtDeclarative -Iqml -Iqml\parser -Iqml\rewriter -Iutil -Igraphicsitems -Idebugger -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtWidgets\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtWidgets\5.11.1\QtWidgets -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui\5.11.1\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtscript\include\QtScript\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtscript\include\QtScript\5.11.1\QtScript -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1 -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore\5.11.1\QtCore -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtWidgets -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtGui -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtscript\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtscript\include\QtScript -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtSql -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtxmlpatterns\include -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtxmlpatterns\include\QtXmlPatterns -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtNetwork -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\include\QtCore -I.moc -IE:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtbase\mkspecs\android-g++ -o .obj\qdeclarativetextinput.obj graphicsitems\qdeclarativetextinput.cpp
graphicsitems\qdeclarativetextinput.cpp: In member function 'void QDeclarativeTextInput::setCursorVisible(bool)':
graphicsitems\qdeclarativetextinput.cpp:517:17: error: 'class QWidgetLineControl' has no member named 'setCursorBlinkPeriod'
     d->control->setCursorBlinkPeriod(on?QApplication::cursorFlashTime():0);

and then this:

javac -source 6 -target 6 -Xlint:unchecked -bootclasspath C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk/platforms/android-27/android.jar -cp "E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtlocation\src\plugins\position\android\jar\src;C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platforms\android-27\android.jar" -d .classes src\org\qtproject\qt5\android\positioning\QtPositioning.java
Note: src\org\qtproject\qt5\android\positioning\QtPositioning.java uses or overrides a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
del QtPositioning.jar
Could Not Find E:\repos\qt5-11\qt5\qtlocation\src\plugins\position\android\jar\QtPositioning.jar

But finally I built it, below I provided the instruction:

Get QT sources (do not use –recursive option):

git clone https://code.qt.io/qt/qt5.git --branch 5.11.1
./init-repository --branch --module-subset=essential,qtandroidextras,qtsvg,qtquickcontrols2,qtgraphicaleffects

and make it a bit better by adding vulkan files listed above to \qtbase\src\gui\vulkan (if you have version lesser than 5.11.2), and by removing “try { } catch (…) {}” surrounding the user code in qtbase\src\corelib\thread\qthread_unix.cpp or build with -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS.

void *QThreadPrivate::start(void *arg)
{
#if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
    pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE, NULL);
#endif
    pthread_cleanup_push(QThreadPrivate::finish, arg);

#ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
    try
#endif
    {
        QThread *thr = reinterpret_cast<QThread *>(arg);
        QThreadData *data = QThreadData::get2(thr);

        {
            QMutexLocker locker(&thr->d_func()->mutex);

            // do we need to reset the thread priority?
            if (int(thr->d_func()->priority) & ThreadPriorityResetFlag) {
                thr->d_func()->setPriority(QThread::Priority(thr->d_func()->priority & ~ThreadPriorityResetFlag));
            }

            data->threadId.store(to_HANDLE(pthread_self()));
            set_thread_data(data);

            data->ref();
            data->quitNow = thr->d_func()->exited;
        }

        if (data->eventDispatcher.load()) // custom event dispatcher set?
            data->eventDispatcher.load()->startingUp();
        else
            createEventDispatcher(data);

#if (defined(Q_OS_LINUX) || defined(Q_OS_MAC) || defined(Q_OS_QNX))
        {
            // sets the name of the current thread.
            QString objectName = thr->objectName();

            pthread_t thread_id = from_HANDLE<pthread_t>(data->threadId.load());
            if (Q_LIKELY(objectName.isEmpty()))
                setCurrentThreadName(thread_id, thr->metaObject()->className());
            else
                setCurrentThreadName(thread_id, objectName.toLocal8Bit());
        }
#endif

        emit thr->started(QThread::QPrivateSignal());
#if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID)
        pthread_setcancelstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE, NULL);
        pthread_testcancel();
#endif
        thr->run();
    }
#ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
#ifdef __GLIBCXX__
    // POSIX thread cancellation under glibc is implemented by throwing an exception
    // of this type. Do what libstdc++ is doing and handle it specially in order not to
    // abort the application if user's code calls a cancellation function.
    catch (const abi::__forced_unwind &) {
        throw;
    }
#endif // __GLIBCXX__
    catch (...) {
        qTerminate();
    }
#endif // QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS

    // This pop runs finish() below. It's outside the try/catch (and has its
    // own try/catch) to prevent finish() to be run in case an exception is
    // thrown.
    pthread_cleanup_pop(1);

    return 0;
}

Set up the environment on Windows 10 as follows:

  1. Install Android Studio with SDK and NDK, install NDK API Level 19.
  2. Install Python (needed by QtQML).
  3. Install Strawberry Perl first and then MinGW 64 bit to C:\PFiles
  4. Run the command file provided below in QT root directory containing configure.bat.
  5. Run “mingw32-make.exe -j2” and then “mingw32-make install
set PATH=C:\PFiles\mingw-w64\x86_64-8.1.0-win32-seh-rt_v6-rev0\mingw64\bin;%PATH%
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\PFiles\Python35

rem Check if the tools are in PATH
where gcc
where mingw32-make.exe
where perl.exe
where javac.exe

set "ANDROID_TARGET_ARCH=armeabi-v7a"
rem see ANDROID_SDK_ROOT\build-tools\ folder
set "ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION=27.0.3"
rem The same values as in QT Creator:
set "ANDROID_API_VERSION=android-19"
set "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk"
set "ANDROID_NDK_PATH=C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle"
set "ANDROID_NDK_PLATFORM=android-19"
set "ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION=4.9"
set "ANDROID_NDK_HOST=windows-x86_64"

rem QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS disables "try { } catch (...) {}" surrounding the user code in qthread_unix.cpp
configure.bat -prefix C:\Qt\Qt5.11-Android -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -release -force-debug-info -platform win32-g++ -opengl es2 -xplatform android-g++ -android-ndk %ANDROID_NDK_PATH% -android-sdk %ANDROID_SDK_ROOT% -opensource -confirm-license -nomake tests -nomake examples -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtxmlpatterns -skip webengine -skip websockets -skip webchannel -skip qt3d -skip charts -skip connectivity -skip datavis3d -skip doc -skip gamepad -skip location -skip sensors -skip serialbus -skip purchasing -skip wayland
rem mingw32-make.exe -j2

alternatively it can be (for x86)

...
rem see ANDROID_SDK_ROOT\build-tools\ folder
set "ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_REVISION=27.0.3"
rem The same values as in QT Creator:
set "ANDROID_API_VERSION=android-19"

configure.bat -prefix C:\Qt\Qt5.11-x86 -DQT_NO_EXCEPTIONS -release -shared -force-debug-info -platform win32-g++ -opengl es2 -xplatform android-g++ -opensource -confirm-license -nomake tests -nomake examples^
 -android-ndk C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle -android-sdk C:\Users\D-Ef\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk -android-ndk-platform android-19 -android-ndk-host windows-x86_64 -android-arch x86 -android-toolchain-version 4.9^
 -skip qtserialport -skip qtquick1 -skip qtxmlpatterns -skip webengine -skip websockets -skip webchannel -skip qt3d -skip charts -skip connectivity -skip datavis3d -skip doc -skip gamepad -skip location -skip sensors -skip serialbus -skip purchasing -skip wayland
rem mingw32-make.exe -j2

it outputs:

Configure summary:

Building on: win32-g++ (i386, CPU features: mmx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Building for: android-g++ (i386, CPU features: mmx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Configuration: cross_compile sse2 aesni sse3 ssse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 avx avx2 avx512f avx512cd avx512er avx512pf compile_examples f16c force_debug_info rdrnd shani x86SimdAlways shared rpath release c++11 c++14 concurrent no-pkg-config reduce_exports reduce_relocations stl

If QT is built with “-skip quickcontrols” the app does not start reporting the following error:

W MyApp  : (null):0 ((null)): QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
W MyApp  : (null):0 ((null)): qrc:/main.qml:4 module "QtQuick.Dialogs" is not installed

because there is no Dialogs folder in qml\QtQuick.

Links:

  1. QT configure options.
  2. The list of 3rd party libraries like harfbuzz.
  3. QT supports Android 4.1, 5, 6, 7, 8 (armv7, x86) API Level 16.
  4. Another compiler error.
  5. Building Qt for ARM and x86.
  6. Android Codenames, Tags, and Build Numbers.

My QML Android app compiled with this version of QT worked fine on Android 6. But on Android 4.4 it did not start, because it was unable to load “QtQuick” module, see the logs:

backtrace:
    #00  pc 00021e20  /system/lib/libc.so (tgkill+12)
    #01  pc 00012ea9  /system/lib/libc.so (pthread_kill+48)
    #02  pc 000130bd  /system/lib/libc.so (raise+10)
    #03  pc 00011df3  /system/lib/libc.so
    #04  pc 000216d4  /system/lib/libc.so (abort+4)
    #05  pc 000781a7  /data/app-lib/net.geographx.LinesGame-1/libQt5Core.so (QMessageLogger::fatal(char const*, ...) const+50)
...
07-13 04:41:28.360  2903  2916 D dalvikvm: Trying to load lib /data/app-lib/net.geographx.LinesGame-1/libLinesGameQt.so 0xa5d8b308
07-13 04:41:28.540  2903  2916 D         : (null):0 ((null)): QML debugging is enabled. Only use this in a safe environment.
07-13 04:41:28.550  2903  2916 D dalvikvm: Added shared lib /data/app-lib/net.geographx.LinesGame-1/libLinesGameQt.so 0xa5d8b308
07-13 04:41:28.550  2903  2916 D dalvikvm: No JNI_OnLoad found in /data/app-lib/net.geographx.LinesGame-1/libLinesGameQt.so 0xa5d8b308, skipping init
07-13 04:41:28.640  2903  2916 V SysInfo : DisplayMetrics Width: 2464, Height: 1600, Pixel Ratio: 2.222222, densityDpi: 320, scaledDensity: 2.000000, xdpi: 320.000000, ydpi: 320.000000, density: 2.000000
07-13 04:41:29.360  2903  2916 D libLinesGameQt.so: ..\LinesGameQt\main.cpp:58 (int main(int, char**)): Translation file has been loaded successfully:  "LinesGame_en"
07-13 04:41:29.360  2903  2916 D Lines   : ..\LinesGameQt\main.cpp:86 (int main(int, char**)): App version:  "2.1.38"
07-13 04:41:29.540  2903  2916 D Lines   : ..\LinesGameQt\main.cpp:108 (int main(int, char**)): QT/SysInfo: Device Pixel Ratio: 4.44444  Screen DPI:  71.8969
07-13 04:41:29.660  2903  2916 W Lines   : (null):0 ((null)): QQmlApplicationEngine failed to load component
07-13 04:41:29.660  2903  2916 W Lines   : (null):0 ((null)): qrc:/main.qml:1 plugin cannot be loaded for module "QtQuick": Cannot load library /data/data/net.geographx.LinesGame/qt-reserved-files/qml/QtQuick.2/libqtquick2plugin.so: (dlopen failed: invalid flags to dlopen: 1001)
07-13 04:41:29.670  2903  2916 F Lines   : C:\Qt\Qt5.11-Android\include/QtCore/qlist.h:345 ((null)): ASSERT: "!isEmpty()" in file C:\Qt\Qt5.11-Android\include/QtCore/qlist.h, line 345
07-13 04:41:29.670  2903  2916 F libc    : Fatal signal 6 (SIGABRT) at 0x00000b57 (code=-6), thread 2916 (qtMainLoopThrea)

A quick Google search gave this:

  1. API level 23 (v6.0, marshmellow) and higher are aware of all flags. (api level 19 (v4.4, kitkat) and lower are not aware of both RTLD_NOLOAD nor RTLD_NODELETE, api level 22 (v5.1, lollipop) and lower are not aware of RTLD_NODELETE), #define RTLD_NODELETE 0x01000
  2. Android: plugin cannot be loaded for module “QtQuick”: dlopen failed: invalid flags to dlopen: 1001.

These flags are defined in Android\Sdk\ndk-bundle\sysroot\usr\include\dlfcn.h as follows:

#define RTLD_LOCAL    0
#define RTLD_LAZY     0x00001
#define RTLD_NOW      0x00002
#define RTLD_NOLOAD   0x00004
#define RTLD_GLOBAL   0x00100
#define RTLD_NODELETE 0x01000

and there is the following in qt5\qtbase\src\corelib\plugin\qlibrary_unix.cpp:

bool QLibraryPrivate::load_sys()
{
    QString attempt;
    QFileSystemEntry fsEntry(fileName);
    ...
    int dlFlags = 0;
    int loadHints = this->loadHints();
    if (loadHints & QLibrary::ResolveAllSymbolsHint) {
        dlFlags |= RTLD_NOW;
    } else {
        dlFlags |= RTLD_LAZY;
    }
    ...
    // Provide access to RTLD_NODELETE flag on Unix
    // From GNU documentation on RTLD_NODELETE:
    // Do not unload the library during dlclose(). Consequently, the
    // library's specific static variables are not reinitialized if the
    // library is reloaded with dlopen() at a later time.
#ifdef RTLD_NODELETE
    if (loadHints & QLibrary::PreventUnloadHint) {
        dlFlags |= RTLD_NODELETE;
    }
#endif
    ...
    if (!pHnd) {
        errorString = QLibrary::tr("Cannot load library %1: %2").arg(fileName, qdlerror());
    }
    if (pHnd) {
        qualifiedFileName = attempt;
        errorString.clear();
    }
    return (pHnd != 0);
}

so looks like dlopen function is called with RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_NODELETE.

The source file qtbase/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp did not change since 2016 year:

git diff 6caace33b451966400ef068e1205e5c2356a781c 32eee8f17a24305ddf33e9ca5821f4cdaa1483cd qtbase/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp

so I simply commented RTLD_NODELETE out in qtbase/src/corelib/plugin/qlibrary_unix.cpp:

#ifdef RTLD_NODELETE
    //if (loadHints & QLibrary::PreventUnloadHint) {
    //    dlFlags |= RTLD_NODELETE;
    //}
#endif

and recompiled libQt5Core.so, so the app started fine on Android 4.4.

Probably it does not relate to the QT version, but I noticed that there is a strange device “Pixel 2” where the app started in 26 seconds:

before there was no “Pixel 2” device in Google Auto-tests:

Also I built QT with old version of Android NDK, Revision 13b (October 2016) that has separate includes for each API level.

1 Response to How I built QT 5.11.1 for Android on Windows

  1. dmitriano says:

    I used android-ndk-r10e and android-ndk-r13b.

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