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I am running the Android tool to create the package definition, as follows:

/Users/sanjiban/Library/Android/sdk/tools/android update project --path /private/var/folders/1s/3x07dzvn3tvcc1qwprhntgxr74gm0x/T/tmp33oiu6zl/ --target android-25 --name QtApp

but that gives me the error:

Building Android package using ant.
Using ant: /usr/local/Cellar/ant/1.10.1/bin/ant
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed
Building the android package failed!

As per this post, that command "android update project.." itself should create the needed build.xml even if it does not exist, isn't that correct? If yes, why does it not work here? If no, where am I going wrong?

Notes:

  • OS: macOS Sierra
  • "whereis ant": returns nothing
  • "which ant": returns "/usr/local/bin/ant"
  • "echo $ANT": returns "/usr/local/Cellar/ant/1.10.1/bin/ant"
  • When I try to do the same thing after setting $ANT to "/usr/local/bin/ant", I get same error (except the path of ant used of course)

Can you help me regarding how to fix this issue? Any help would be highly encouraged.

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  • "where am I going wrong?" -- you are attempting to use Ant for Android app development, and Ant has not been officially supported in 2-3 years. Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 14:02
  • not officially supported in general, or only in Mac? Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 14:07
  • Not officially supported in general. Google officially supports Gradle. Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 14:33
  • Could be. But ant still exists and it still does what it was created for, right? In that context, leaving beside whether it is official or not, I was wondering what am I doing wrong in what I mentioned in my post. Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 15:03
  • You are assuming that android update project generates Ant build.xml files. Your error message is: build.xml does not exist!. This would suggest that android update project is not creating this file (and that it had not previously existed in your project). Commented Jun 4, 2017 at 15:24
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