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[bug/feature] android StreamingAssets bundles loading without UnityWebRequests

Discussion in 'Addressables' started by nik_d, Jun 12, 2019.

  1. nik_d

    nik_d

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    workaround: in AssetBundleProvider.cs
    in ComputeSize(...)

    Code (CSharp):
    1. #if UNITY_ANDROID //**addressables: Android StreamingAssets fix
    2.             if (loc.InternalId.Contains(":///")) {
    3.                 // StreamingAssets on Android:
    4.                 //    support for "jar:file:///data/app/com.playkot.ageofmagic/..." format
    5.                 return 0;
    6.             }
    7. #endif
    in BeginOperation(...)

    Code (CSharp):
    1.             if (File.Exists(path)
    2. #if UNITY_ANDROID //**addressables: Android StreamingAssets fix
    3.                 // StreamingAssets on Android:
    4.                 //    support for "jar:file:///data/app/com.playkot.ageofmagic/..." format
    5.                 // File.Exists doesn't work: https://forum.unity.com/threads/cant-use-json-file-from-streamingassets-on-android-and-ios.472164/#post-3384671
    6.                 // try Application.dataPath + "!assets/": https://forum.unity.com/threads/assetbundle-load-question.402376/#post-2679871
    7.                 || path.Contains(":///")
    8. #endif
    9.             )
    10.  
     
    nik_d, Jun 12, 2019
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  2. unity_bill

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    Can you elaborate on the point of this change? Is there actually a bug with using UWR? Or do you just not like it on principal and want to change it?
     
    unity_bill, Jun 17, 2019
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  3. Aurimas-Cernius

    Aurimas-Cernius

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    I think you should be able to load asset bundle from streaming assets using AssetBundle.LoadFromFile/Async.
     
    Aurimas-Cernius, Jun 17, 2019
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  4. nik_d

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    The fix at least brings us to the same behaviour on device and in editor.

    Possibly UnityWebRequestAssetBundle does internally AssetBundle.LoadFromFileAsync, but I was surprised when saw them in log.)
     
    nik_d, Jun 17, 2019
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  5. Aurimas-Cernius

    Aurimas-Cernius

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    No, but both these APIs come down to the same reading from file code.
     
    Aurimas-Cernius, Jun 18, 2019
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  6. unity_bill

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    Ah, seems like our info was partially out of date. For content catalogs (or any raw files) we need to still load via UWR (I think), but for asset bundles specifically, we can use LoadFromFileAsync.

    I'll file a bug in our system to work on this
     
    unity_bill, Jun 19, 2019
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