title: Controlling the chosen Android NDK platform version in Qt for Android
body: <p>How do I put it to QMake to correctly generate the Makefiles to use the android platform-version I desire? I am trying to use NDK 14b with platform 21, however QMake always generates makefiles which target version 16 (which misses the stuff I need).</p>
  
  <p>I'm using Qt 5.9.1 with Qt for Android Extras. I'm building to Android, armabiv7a with GCC 4.9. I am on Android NDK version 14b (which is a bit older, but definitely has support for platform 21).</p>
  
  <p>I have specified </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The sysroot for the Android Kit points to the folder for android-21</li>
  <li>The android build SDK is android-26</li>
  <li>There is an android manifest file. It sets the minimum required SDK to API 21, the Target SDK to API 24.</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Qt Creator does not voice any qualms about the Kit (although I am suffering from the issue that it spam-generates defunct android kits en masse, but I do not believe this to be related to the problem I'm having here).</p>
  
  <p>Am I missing something here?</p>