Qt Creator requires a GDB with Python support. Unfortunately all NDKs for OS X are affected by a bug, which makes them unsuitable for Qt Creator. See http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=71396 and https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTCREATORBUG-12331 for details. The android-ndk-r9d-darwin-x86-gdb.tar.bz2 files contain fixed GDB builds for the NDK r9d. You can extract them into your NDK directory by starting a Terminal. This replaces the GDB in your NDK. In the parent directory of your NDK installation, run: If you are using a 32bit NDK tar xvfj android-ndk-r9d-darwin-x86-gdb.tar.bz2 If you are using a 64bit NDK tar xvfj android-ndk-r9d-darwin-x86_64-gdb.tar.bz2