Category Archives: Operating Systems

“Null object reference” exceptions on Android 14 in a QT app

When I switched to QT 6.7.2 and set QT_ANDROID_TARGET_SDK_VERSION "34" (that is Android 14) my QT app started to crash with the following stack traces:

On google Pixel 5 64-bit only 1080x2340 Android 14 (SDK 34) arm64-v8a:

Exception java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Class java.lang.Object.getClass()' on a null object reference
  at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull (Parcel.java:3189)
  at android.os.Parcel.createException (Parcel.java:3167)
  at android.os.Parcel.readException (Parcel.java:3150)
  at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel (DatabaseUtils.java:202)
  at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel (DatabaseUtils.java:154)
  at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.call (ContentProviderNative.java:764)
  at android.content.ContentResolver.call (ContentResolver.java:2466)
  at android.content.ContentResolver.call (ContentResolver.java:2446)
  at ekfr.a (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):29)
  at com.google.android.gms.wallet.intentoperation.setupwizard.PaymentsSetupWizardAccountChangeIntentOperation.onHandleIntent (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):252)
  at com.google.android.chimera.IntentOperation.onHandleIntent (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):2)
  at ajdw.onHandleIntent (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):8)
  at pbh.run (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):70)
  at pbg.run (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):152)
  at elbx.run (:com.google.android.gms@242013038@24.20.13 (190400-633713831):21)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1145)
  at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run (ThreadPoolExecutor.java:644)
  at java.lang.Thread.run (Thread.java:1012)
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Updating Yandex Mobile SDK to version 7.1

QT generates gradle.properties with the following values:

android.useAndroidX=true
android.enableJetifier=true
androidBuildToolsVersion=34.0.0
androidCompileSdkVersion=34
androidNdkVersion=26.2.11394342
buildDir=build
qt5AndroidDir=C:/dev/libs/Qt6/android/release/arm64-v8a/./src/android/java
qtAndroidDir=C:/dev/libs/Qt6/android/release/arm64-v8a/./src/android/java
qtMinSdkVersion=23
qtTargetAbiList=arm64-v8a
qtTargetSdkVersion=33
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Launching the iOS Simulator from Terminal

Running a default Simulator:

open -a Simulator.app

List of devices:

xcrun simctl list
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Building Lines Game for MacOS and iOS

To build my app for iOS I tried to run CMake from the command line without QT Creator:

cmake -S /Users/admin/dev/repos/examples/src/LinesGame/LinesGameQt -B . -DCMAKE_GENERATOR:STRING=Xcode \
  -DCMAKE_PROJECT_INCLUDE_BEFORE:FILEPATH=./.qtc/package-manager/auto-setup.cmake -DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE:FILEPATH=/Users/admin/dev/libs/QT6/release/iOS/bin/qmake6 \
  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH=/Users/admin/dev/libs/QT6/release/iOS \
  -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang \
  -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:FILEPATH=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang++ \
  -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=/Users/admin/dev/libs/QT6/release/iOS/lib/cmake/Qt6/qt.toolchain.cmake \
  -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES:STRING=arm64 -DCMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT:STRING=iphoneos -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT:STRING= \
  -DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_DEVELOPMENT_TEAM:STRING=XXXXXXX
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Publishing MacOS QT app in Apple App Store

First I set CMake generator to XCode in QT Creator Kits settings page:

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Publishing iOS QT app in Apple App Store

I downloaded provisioning profiles with XCode:

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Building QT6.7 on MacOS Sonoma

I installed MacOS Sonoma on HyperV, installed XCode and used the following commands to check compiler and SDK versions:

admin@son ~ % xcode-select -print-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer
admin@son ~ %  xcrun -sdk macosx -find clang
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/clang
admin@son ~ % clang --version
Apple clang version 15.0.0 (clang-1500.3.9.4)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin23.4.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin
admin@son ~ % xcrun -sdk macosx --show-sdk-path
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX14.4.sdk
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Installing MacOS Sonoma on HyperV

First I downloaded Sonoma on my Big Sur machine via Software Update:

and tried the following commands:

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Updating MacOS

I created partition images and tried to update my MacOS from UI:

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Creating disk image with Ubuntu Live

First, connect to Ubuntu Live with SSH:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ssh
sudo passwd ubuntu

List disks and partitions:

sudo lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
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