Checking your development environment

To be able to create a Qt application for Android, you must have:

  • A device with Android v2.3.3 (API 10) or later
  • Android SDK
  • Android NDK
  • JDK
  • Qt Prebuilt Components for Android x86 (from the Qt Maintenance Tool)
  • Qt Prebuilt Components for Android ARMv7 (from the Qt Maintenance Tool)

To be able to create a Qt application for iOS, you must have:

  • A device with iOS 5.0 or later
  • A Mac desktop computer
  • Xcode
  • Qt for iOS (from Qt Maintenance Tool)

When starting, Qt Creator will detect and create Android and iOS Qt kits. You can check your existing kits from ToolsOptionsBuild & RunKits, as shown in the following screenshot: