AndroidManiffest.xml failure to merge but doens't say why

For years now I've had to deal with this and I just wish Unity would finally put ina real error message.

Everytime I try combining the various 3rd party add-ons, (in my case Chartboost, Google Play, Unity In-App Purchase, Phonton), I have to deal with a bad AndroidManifest.XML merging. I always have to guess. I spend days guessing what isn't merging correctly.

If I could get a real freaking error message it would save me days worth of work. Days. Days. Every single time I upgrade, Days to figure out why the Manifest won't merge.

I dig though logs and all I get is below.

I want a real error message. That tells me EXACTLY what part of the XML won't merge.







console:

Failed to compile resources with the following parameters:
-bootclasspath "D:/Android/sdk\platforms\android-24\android.jar" -d "C:\Code\Arach\Temp\StagingArea\bin\classes" -source 1.6 -target 1.6 -encoding UTF-8 "android\support\compat\R.java" "android\support\coreui\R.java" "android\support\coreutils\R.java" "android\support\fragment\R.java" "android\support\mediacompat\R.java" "android\support\v4\R.java" "com\android\vending\billing\R.java" "com\chartboost\sdk\unity\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\auth\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\auth\api\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\base\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\drive\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\games\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\nearby\R.java" "com\google\android\gms\tasks\R.java" "com\google\example\games\mainlibproj\R.java" "com\unity\purchasing\R.java" "com\unity\purchasing\googleplay\R.java" "com\wulveagfin\arachfree\R.java"
warning: [options] source value 1.6 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
warning: [options] target value 1.6 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
warning: [options] To suppress warnings about obsolete options, use -Xlint:-options.
3 warnings

UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)




UnityException: Resource compilation failed!
Failed to recompile android resource files. See the Console for details.
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message, System.Exception ex)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuildPointToConsole (System.String title, System.String message)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources.CompileResources (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (BuildTarget target, System.String stagingAreaData, System.String stagingArea, System.String playerPackage, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport report)
UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (BuildPostProcessArgs args)
UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, Int32 width, Int32 height, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport report) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:271)
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)



Error building Player: 3 errors



Build completed with a result of 'Failed'
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)



UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow+BuildMethodException: 4 errors
at UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow+DefaultBuildMethods.BuildPlayer (BuildPlayerOptions options) [0x00207] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:172
at UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow.CallBuildMethods (Boolean askForBuildLocation, BuildOptions defaultBuildOptions) [0x00050] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:83
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)











editor.log:

UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_Log(LogType, String, Object)
UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogFormat(LogType, Object, String, Object[])
UnityEngine.Logger:Log(LogType, Object)
UnityEngine.Debug:LogError(Object)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources:CompileResources(PostProcessorContext)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources:Execute(PostProcessorContext)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner:RunAllTasks(PostProcessorContext)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayerostProcess(BuildTarget, String, String, String, String, String, String, BuildOptions, RuntimeClassRegistry, BuildReport)
UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessorostProcess(BuildPostProcessArgs)
UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayerostprocess(BuildTargetGroup, BuildTarget, String, String, String, Int32, Int32, BuildOptions, RuntimeClassRegistry, BuildReport) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPipeline\PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:271)
UnityEditor.BuildPipeline:BuildPlayerInternalNoCheck(String[], String, String, BuildTargetGroup, BuildTarget, BuildOptions, Boolean)
UnityEditor.DefaultBuildMethods:BuildPlayer(BuildPlayerOptions) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:155)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:CallBuildMethods(Boolean, BuildOptions) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:83)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:GUIBuildButtons(IBuildWindowExtension, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, BuildPlatform) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:867)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:ShowBuildTargetSettings() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:794)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:OnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:420)
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke(Object, Object[], Exception&)
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:222)
System.Reflection.MethodBase:Invoke(Object, Object[]) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MethodBase.cs:115)
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String, Object) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:285)
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:278)
UnityEditor.HostView:OldOnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:107)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.IMGUIContaineroOnGUI(Event) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\IMGUIContainer.cs:127)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.IMGUIContainer:HandleEvent(EventBase) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\IMGUIContainer.cs:213)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.EventDispatcherispatchEvent(EventBase, BaseVisualElementPanel) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\EventDispatcher.cs:182)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.UIElementsUtilityoDispatch(BaseVisualElementPanel) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\UIElementsUtility.cs:207)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.UIElementsUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\UIElementsUtility.cs:72)
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\IMGUI\Managed\GUIUtility.cs:175)

(Filename: /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs Line: 222)

UnityException: Resource compilation failed!
Failed to recompile android resource files. See the Console for details.
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message, System.Exception ex) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuildPointToConsole (System.String title, System.String message) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources.CompileResources (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildResources.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (BuildTarget target, System.String stagingAreaData, System.String stagingArea, System.String playerPackage, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport report) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (BuildPostProcessArgs args) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, Int32 width, Int32 height, BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.BuildReporting.BuildReport report) [0x000d7] in C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPipeline\PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs:271
UnityEditor.BuildPipeline:BuildPlayerInternalNoCheck(String[], String, String, BuildTargetGroup, BuildTarget, BuildOptions, Boolean)
UnityEditor.DefaultBuildMethods:BuildPlayer(BuildPlayerOptions) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:155)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:CallBuildMethods(Boolean, BuildOptions) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindowBuildMethods.cs:83)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:GUIBuildButtons(IBuildWindowExtension, Boolean, Boolean, Boolean, BuildPlatform) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:867)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:ShowBuildTargetSettings() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:794)
UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:OnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\BuildPlayerWindow.cs:420)
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:InternalInvoke(Object, Object[], Exception&)
System.Reflection.MonoMethod:Invoke(Object, BindingFlags, Binder, Object[], CultureInfo) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MonoMethod.cs:222)
System.Reflection.MethodBase:Invoke(Object, Object[]) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/mono/build/mcs/class/corlib/System.Reflection/MethodBase.cs:115)
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String, Object) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:285)
UnityEditor.HostView:Invoke(String) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:278)
UnityEditor.HostView:OldOnGUI() (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Editor\Mono\HostView.cs:107)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.IMGUIContaineroOnGUI(Event) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\IMGUIContainer.cs:127)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.IMGUIContainer:HandleEvent(EventBase) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\IMGUIContainer.cs:213)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.EventDispatcherispatchEvent(EventBase, BaseVisualElementPanel) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\EventDispatcher.cs:182)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.UIElementsUtilityoDispatch(BaseVisualElementPanel) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\UIElementsUtility.cs:207)
UnityEngine.Experimental.UIElements.UIElementsUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\UIElements\Managed\UIElementsUtility.cs:72)
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr) (at C:\buildslave\unity\build\Runtime\IMGUI\Managed\GUIUtility.cs:175)

(Filename: C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/PostprocessBuildPlayer.cs Line: 271)

DisplayProgressNotification: Build Failed
Error building Player: 3 errors

(Filename: Line: -1)

Unloading 76 Unused Serialized files (Serialized files now loaded: 0)
System memory in use before: 87.0 MB.
System memory in use after: 87.1 MB.

 

Hi,

Did you already looked at the specific log for the manifest merge process?

File: ....gradleOut/build/outputs/logs/manifest-merger-release-report.txt

It is located in the temp folder. If you use the internal build system, 'gradleOut' will probably be something else.

Good Luck!

 

Thank you for the advice.

However, I don't understand what you mean by "gradleOut". I've never heard of that and can't find a folder named that.

I searched my entire harddrive for manifest-merger-release-report.txt and couldn't find any files. This was after I had Unity try building again.

When I search the web that file is suppose to appear in temp folder used by Android Studio. I couldn't find a temp folder for it in it's install location.

thanks for any help