16KB memory page sizes (Qt version upgrade)

[tomasMizera]

There is a new requirement for Android apps targeting Android 15+ - 16 KB memory page sizes.

Read more here: https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/page-sizes

Deadline is May 1, 2026

[tomasMizera]

Official info from Qt: https://www.qt.io/blog/android-15-and-16-support

[Withalion]

Looks like we will have to move to Qt 6.9.3+

[Withalion]

Some more info from Android side: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+/master/docs/BuildSystemMaintainers.md#page-sizes

[tomasMizera]

Found these changes in Qt 6.9 for Android - seems like we will be able to set a couple of things in CMAKE instead of gradle/manifest (compile SDK, app icon, app name) 🎉 https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/whatsnew69.html#android

[tomasMizera]

New reason (Apple)

[tomasMizera]

We can also upgrade Android target API, iOS and QGIS version to LTR