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 Tools | Options | Build & Run | Kits, as shown in the following screenshot: