Delphi 11.0 with Android SDK 30

[Peter J. 0]

Using Delphi 11 patch 2

(btw,

 

I used the custom Android installer documented in

https://delphiworlds.com/2020/09/manual-android-sdk-ndk-install-delphi/

(The default SDK Manager installed with Delphi does not show sdk 30.03 so was forced to use this)

--> I'm just wondering why I can only use this tool and not the standard SDK Manager from Delphi.

installed it to c:\androidsdk\sdk

(where there was previously a 29.0)

and the ndk is in c:\androidsdk\ndk  

(Android NDK 21e that worked with 29.0 previously, and since it also has a 30.0 support folder)

Unlike Android SDK 29.02 which was detected by Delphi 10.4.1 IDE
In Delphi 11, Tools-Options, SDK Manager, i chose "Add" new SDK
In the dialog, I select all the appropriate directories,
but in the "SDK API Level" dropdown, it says "Cannot locate SDK API Level"

If I browse to an old SDK folder, it can detect for eg, android25 or android 26.

so I know the Delphi 11 Tools-Options SDK can detect android sdks.

Anyway, I ignored the warning "Cannot locate SDK API Level in this path, please, check your selection. Do you want to save your changes anyway?"

since I have no choice.

1) How can I get Delphi 11 Tools-Options-SDK to properly recognise Android 30, given that 29.0 was recongised easily.

 

2) Is there a preferred version of NDK that I should use with Android SDK 30.0?

 

3) I used Kastri biometric example to run Delphi 11 the BiometricDemo.dpr instead of BiometricDemoD11.dpr (BiometricDemoD11.dpr gave too many error messages when compiling).

I added 3,628 dw-biometric-2.0.0.jar  to the Android libraries

The example that came out hang at the splash screen... and got stuck there.

 

Any advice?