Qt Creator Manual

Connecting Mobile Devices

You can connect mobile devices to the development PC to build, run, debug, and analyze applications on them from Qt Creator. When you install an SDK for a target platform, such as Android or QNX, the build and run settings for the development targets delivered with the SDK might be set up automatically in Qt Creator.

You can connect the device to the development PC using a USB connection. Additionally, you can connect Linux-based devices by using a WLAN connection.

  • Connecting Android Devices

    Qt applications for Android are compiled as shared objects that are loaded by a Java launcher generated by the Qt for Android SDK. This is totally transparent to users. As Qt is composed of libraries referencing each other, Qt applications are only supported on Android version 1.6, or later. You must install the Qt for Android SDK to develop for Android devices.

  • Connecting Embedded Linux Devices

    If you have a tool chain for building applications for embedded Linux devices (with no MADDE support) installed on the development PC, you can add it and the device to Qt Creator.

  • Connecting Maemo Devices

    Maemo 5 (Fremantle) is a Linux-based software platform developed by Nokia and delivered on the Nokia N900. Use a connectivity tool (Mad Developer) to create the device-side end point for USB and WLAN connections.

  • Connecting MeeGo Harmattan Devices

    MeeGo Harmattan is a Linux-based software platform developed by Nokia and preinstalled on Nokia N950 and Nokia N9. It enables developers to create applications using the Qt framework. Use the SDK Connectivity tool that is preinstalled on the device to create the device-side end point for USB and WLAN connections.

  • Connecting QNX Devices

    You can connect QNX devices to the development PC to deploy, run and debug applications on them from within Qt Creator. This is currently only supported for BlackBerry Playbook and QNX Neutrino devices, and requires the BlackBerry NDK or the QNX SDK to be installed on the development PC.