Prerequisites

Debian10(buster) is highly recommended OS to develop.

Installing required packages

Please login and perform the following commands:

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qtcreator 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qt5-default 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qt5-doc 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qt5-doc-html qtbase5-doc-html 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qtbase5-examples 
$ sudo apt-get install -y qt5-qmake 
$ sudo apt-get install -y rsync
$ sudo apt-get install -y gcc-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-8-arm-linux-gnueabihf
$ sudo apt-get install -y gcc-8-aarch64-linux-gnu g++-8-aarch64-linux-gnu

Link arm-linux-gnu*-8 to arm-linux-gnu* and aarch64-linux-gnu*-8 to aarch64-linux-gnu*:

$ sudo su
$ cd /usr/bin
$ for f in $(ls arm-linux-gnu*-8);do ln -sf $f $(echo $f|sed "s/-8//");done 
$ for f in $(ls aarch64-linux-gnu*-8);do ln -sf $f $(echo $f|sed "s/-8//");done
$ exit

Installing cross toolchain

Please download RK3288(Password: gm9i) 、 RK3399(Password: 0kkn) and RK3568(Password: a887)cross compiler toolchain first. Then execute the following command to unzip the cross compiler tool to the /opt directory

For RK3288

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3288/
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3288/
$ sudo tar -zxf rk3288_toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3_*.tar.gz -C /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3288/

For RK3399

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3399/ 
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3399/ 
$ sudo tar -zxvf rk3399_toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3_*.tar.gz -C /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3399/

For RK3568

$ sudo rm -rf /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3568/
$ sudo mkdir -p /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3568/
$ sudo tar -zxf rk3568_toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3_*.tar.gz -C /opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/rk3568/

Working within QtCreator

Use qtcreator to configure a complete build kit.

RK3568 & RK3399 & RK3288

Config QtCreator ---- Qt Versions

1. Select Tools --> options -->

2. Select Qt versions --> Manual -->Add -->

Path:/opt/toolchain_Qt_V5.11.3/RK3568 or RK3399 or RK3288/sysroot/qmake

Config QtCreator ---- Qt Complers

1. Select compilers -->

2. Because Gcc and G++ has been installed earlier, the compiler will generally detect it automatically.

If no Auto-detected, just Add it.

Path forRK3568 (64):/usr/bin/arrch64-linux-gnu-gcc

/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++

Path forRK3399 (64):/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc

/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++

Path forRK3288(32):/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc

/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++

The following figure uses rk3568 as an example ：

Config QtCreator ---- Qt Debuggers

1. Select Debuggers -->

2. The Debuggers selection system buildin,If no Auto-detected , just Add it:

Path: /usr/bin/gdb

Config QtCreator ---- Qt Cmakes

1. Select Cmake -->

2. Similarly,Cmake also uses the system Cmake , if no Auto-detected , just Add it :

Path: /usr/bin/Cmake

Config QtCreator ---- Qt kits

1. Select Kits

2. Configure "Qt version"、"Compilers"、"Debuggers" and "Cmake" configurations in Kits.

The picture below uses rk3568 as an example：

Creating the Project

Bring up "New" dailog using "File" -> "New File or Project..."
Select "Applications" -> 'Qt Widgets Application"
Click "Choose..."
Use "Hello" as name
Create in "/mnt/sda1/work/qt/qt_PJ"
Click "Next"
Check "RK toolchain"
Click "Next".
Use default settings for "Class Information"
Click "Next"
Use default settings for "Project Management"
Click "Finish"
Double click "Hello.pro" to switch to editor window
In new project it is necessary to add following two lines into qt project file.
target.path = . INSTALLS += target
Press "Ctrl+S" to save file.
Double click "mainwindow.ui" to switch to Design mode
Drag & drop one Label widget on main form, use property editor on the right side to change text and font size
Save all project files using "File" -> "Save All"

Building the Project

Switch to "Projects" mode
Check if "build configuration" is set to "Debug".
Check if "Files to deploy" is correct
Set environment variable DISPLAY in QtCreator -> Projects -> Run -> Run Environment. The value of DISPLAY is obtained from the rk3399. For example, execute instruction echo $DISPLAY on RK3399.
Switch to "Edit" mode
Click "Build" using context menu of project "Hello"
The green "Build" bar means no error occured.
Press "Alt+4" to show "Compile Output".