- Qt 6.8
- Qt Core
- CMake Commands in Qt6 Core
- qt_android_add_apk_target
- Qt 6.8.3 Reference Documentation

# qt_android_add_apk_target

Defines a build target that runs androiddeployqt to produce an APK.

The command is defined in the `Core` component of the `Qt6` package, which can be loaded like so:

     find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)

This command was introduced in Qt 6.0.

Warning: This command is deprecated since Qt 6.5. Use qt_add_executable instead.

Note: This command should only be called if targeting the Android platform.

## Synopsis

     qt_android_add_apk_target(target)

If versionless commands are disabled, use `qt6_android_add_apk_target()` instead. It supports the same set of arguments as this command.

## Description

The `<target>_make_apk` and `<target>_make_aab` custom targets created by this command take an Android deployment settings file and generate APK and AAB respectively by running `androiddeployqt`. The location of the settings file is taken from the `target`'s `QT_ANDROID_DEPLOYMENT_SETTINGS_FILE` property. This file is typically created by qt_android_generate_deployment_settings(). The respective Android package will be generated in an `android-build` subdirectory below the CMake build directory of the `target`.

The `<target>_make_apk` and `<target>_make_aab` targets will be automatically added as dependencies of the `apk` and `aab` build targets respectively, which will be created automatically. Creating of the `apk` and `aab` targets can be disabled by setting the `QT_NO_GLOBAL_APK_TARGET` and `QT_NO_GLOBAL_AAB_TARGET` variables to `TRUE`.

## Example

     qt_android_generate_deployment_settings(myapp)
     qt_android_add_apk_target(myapp)

The above commands define the `myapp_make_apk`, `myapp_make_aab`, `apk`, and `aab` build targets which can be used to generate just the `myapp` packages or all APKs and AABs in the project respectively.

See also qt_android_generate_deployment_settings(), qt_finalize_target(), and qt_finalize_project().