Android manifest doesn't contain App ID

I think I've figured out why my game won't authenticate google play services. I checked the Androidmanifest.xml after building the game and it doesn't contain the App ID...

The first point in this guide

https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/troubleshooting

("Check your metadata tags") says that it should look like this:

<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID"
android:value="@String/app_id" />

but mine looks like this:

<meta-data android:name="unity.build-id" android:value="ce14d4a1-####-####-####-8c22e821c955" />

I've tried doing the android set up again entering the resources from my developer console but it still exports it like this. Anyone know something?

 

Not sure what plugin you are using for Google play services but you need to have the app_id listed in the manifest to work properly.

 

Im using GooglePlayGamesPlugin-0.9.62. Also have SDK and JDK attached to unity. I don't know why it doesn't contain app_id... What should I do?

 

Have you done the setup by entering clientid?

 

Yeah doesn't seem to make a difference

 

Code (JavaScript):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="#############" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:installLocation="preferExternal">
3.   <supports-screens android:smallScreens="true" android:normalScreens="true" android:largeScreens="true" android:xlargeScreens="true" android:anyDensity="true" />
4.   <application android:theme="@style/UnityThemeSelector" android:icon="@mipmap/app_icon" android:label="@string/app_name" android:isGame="true">
5.     <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density" android:hardwareAccelerated="false">
6.       <intent-filter>
7.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
8.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
9.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LEANBACK_LAUNCHER" />
10.       </intent-filter>
11.       <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
12.     </activity>
13.     <meta-data android:name="unity.build-id" android:value="ba19888d-e96a-4897-bcbe-45f4e9448e37" />
14.     <meta-data android:name="unity.splash-mode" android:value="0" />
15.     <meta-data android:name="unity.splash-enable" android:value="True" />
16.   </application>
17.   <uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
18.   <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
19.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.sensor.accelerometer" android:required="false" />
20.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
21.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="false" />
22.   <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="false" />
23. </manifest>

 

Where? I've exported the game as APK and am just viewing the Temp folder to see if the manifest is correct. How do I edit it manually?

 

ok i've exported it as project and now there is a folder named GooglePlayGamesManifest.plugin with AndroidManifest.xml containing this:

Code (JavaScript):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <!-- This file was automatically generated by the Google Play Games plugin for Unity
3.      Do not edit. -->
4. <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
5.     package="com.google.example.games.mainlibproj"
6.     android:versionCode="1"
7.     android:versionName="1.0" >
8.  
9.     <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="14" />
10.  
11.  
12.  
13.     <application>
14.  
15.  
16.  
17.         <!-- The space in these forces it to be interpreted as a string vs. int -->
18.         <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID"
19.             android:value="\u########" />
20.  
21.         <!-- Keep track of which plugin is being used -->
22.         <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.unityVersion"
23.             android:value="\u0030.9.62" />
24.  
25.         <activity android:name="com.google.games.bridge.NativeBridgeActivity"
26.             android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" />
27.     </application>
28. </manifest>
29.  
30.  

and there is also a folder src/main which contains also AndroidManifest.xml which is exactly the same as I posted before in this thread.
What should I do with this?

 

I've opened the AndroidManifest.xml in GooglePlayGamesManifest.plugin folder and changed the android:value="\u003412655711730" /> to android:value="#########" /> where ######### is my app id. Built an APK with android studio and uploaded it to google store. Now when I open my game it starts signing in and then my app crashes instantly.

What can be the problem?... i've been trying to get gpgs to work for the past 4 days ...

 

Well if I try adding it there I get an error:

Manifest merger failed : Attribute meta-data#com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID@value value=(#########) from AndroidManifest.xml:14:67-95
is also present at [:GooglePlayGamesManifest.plugin] AndroidManifest.xml:20:13-46 value=(\u003412655711730).
Suggestion: add 'tools:replace="android:value"' to <meta-data> element at AndroidManifest.xml:14:5-98 to override.


Edit: Okay I added the tools:replace="android:value" in there and now my game connects to gpgs sucessfuly. Damn, finally. Thanks for your help! Is there any way tho to make the AndroidManifest export correctly in unity so I dont have to build it in Android Studio?

 

Obviously this is how it should be by default. I suggest to try downloading a older release from GPGS github and give a try. As @JeffDUnity3D said, there is something wrong going on your setup.

 

Tried installing 0.9.58 but still the problem exists

 

Ok. You can raise an issue on github repo to see if its a known issue.

 

SOLVED: installed the newest version of Unity

 

Hey, I'm facing the same issue. My game wouldn't authenticate in Google Play Serivices, I followed the troubleshooting guide (https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/troubleshooting) and got stuck on step one. It turns out that App ID is not included in Androidmanifest.xml. One thing to note here - if I use Internal Build System, android manifest is ok. The issue only happens if I use Gradle. I need to use it though if I want to upload the game to Google Play.

As suggested by Jqob, I tried it with different versions of Unity. I tested on 2018.4.21f1, 2018.4.1f1 and 2019.3.5f1. All versions failed. Next, I tried to verify if my setup in Google Play Games plugin (v0.10.08) is correct, I copied Resources Definition from Google Play Developer Console and GPGSIds file is created, so I guess it's fine. I've run out of ideas for debugging this issue, could anyone help?

 

*bump

same happening to me on unity 2020.b8 but in this case with the admob plugin, the manifest that contains the admob app id doesnt get merged into the final apk manifest.

filled a bug report
case #1245611