maybe at some point, someone will try this again

.gitignore

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ debug/
 
 Makefile*
 object_script*
+/android/gradle*
 /Attorney_Online_remake_resource.rc
 /attorney_online_remake_plugin_import.cpp
 

Attorney_Online.pro

@@ -50,3 +50,14 @@ TRANSLATIONS    =   resource/translations/ao_en.ts \
 
 win32:RC_ICONS = resource/logo.ico
 macx:ICON = resource/logo.icns
+
+android:DISTFILES += \
+    android/AndroidManifest.xml \
+    android/build.gradle \
+    android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar \
+    android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties \
+    android/gradlew \
+    android/gradlew.bat \
+    android/res/values/libs.xml
+
+ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR = $$PWD/android

android/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
-<manifest package="com.aceattorneyonline.ao2" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="2.3.5.0" android:versionCode="2" android:installLocation="auto">
+<manifest package="com.aceattorneyonline.ao2" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionName="2.6.2.0" android:versionCode="2" android:installLocation="auto">
     <application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtApplication" android:label="Attorney Online 2" android:icon="@drawable/icon">
         <activity android:configChanges="orientation|uiMode|screenLayout|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|layoutDirection|locale|fontScale|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation" android:name="org.qtproject.qt5.android.bindings.QtActivity" android:label="Attorney Online 2 Lobby" android:screenOrientation="unspecified" android:launchMode="singleTop">
             <intent-filter>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
     </application>
 
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="16" android:targetSdkVersion="23"/>
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="21" android:targetSdkVersion="28"/>
     <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true" android:smallScreens="true"/>
 
     <!-- The following comment will be replaced upon deployment with default permissions based on the dependencies of the application.

android/build.gradle

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        google()
+        jcenter()
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.0'
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+    google()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar', '*.aar'])
+}
+
+android {
+    /*******************************************************
+     * The following variables:
+     * - androidBuildToolsVersion,
+     * - androidCompileSdkVersion
+     * - qt5AndroidDir - holds the path to qt android files
+     *                   needed to build any Qt application
+     *                   on Android.
+     *
+     * are defined in gradle.properties file. This file is
+     * updated by QtCreator and androiddeployqt tools.
+     * Changing them manually might break the compilation!
+     *******************************************************/
+
+    compileSdkVersion androidCompileSdkVersion.toInteger()
+
+    buildToolsVersion '28.0.3'
+
+    sourceSets {
+        main {
+            manifest.srcFile 'AndroidManifest.xml'
+            java.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'java']
+            aidl.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/src', 'src', 'aidl']
+            res.srcDirs = [qt5AndroidDir + '/res', 'res']
+            resources.srcDirs = ['resources']
+            renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
+            assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
+       }
+    }
+
+    lintOptions {
+        abortOnError false
+    }
+
+    // Do not compress Qt binary resources file
+    aaptOptions {
+        noCompress 'rcc'
+    }
+}

android/res/values/libs.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
+<resources>
+    <array name="qt_sources">
+        <item>https://download.qt.io/ministro/android/qt5/qt-5.14</item>
+    </array>
+
+    <!-- The following is handled automatically by the deployment tool. It should
+         not be edited manually. -->
+
+    <array name="bundled_libs">
+        <!-- %%INSERT_EXTRA_LIBS%% -->
+    </array>
+
+    <array name="qt_libs">
+        <!-- %%INSERT_QT_LIBS%% -->
+    </array>
+
+    <array name="load_local_libs">
+        <!-- %%INSERT_LOCAL_LIBS%% -->
+    </array>
+
+</resources>