Game Doesn't Install on Android 12 from Playstore

hi sir hope you are doing well and good i need little help i have message you in inbox but i think my game have some thing accessing or some activities to be define in manifest but i cant find which one i have add the script your guided have make apk but can't be sent here as its little large for this to be post as file kindly check inbox and give me little guidance

 

Upload it somewhere(WeTranfer) and pass me the link to download. Surprisingly, It's not allowing me to send a message to your conversation.

 

okay sir thanks a lot i am uploading to google drive and sendyou link here

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TK8CQURSs91M-eqOaY8V3Df0f1aBMgL3/view?usp=sharing



this is the apk

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.google.unity.ads" android:versionName="1.0" android:versionCode="1">
<application>
<uses-library android:required="false" android:name="org.apache.http.legacy" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.ads.APPLICATION_ID" android:value="ca-app-pub-3940256099942544~3347511713" />
</application>
</manifest>

this is manifest

 

sir my apk google drive link not approve by moderator here so i send it in your inbox let me know if there in any issue kindly check inbox

 

DID YOU RECIVE MY APK SIR DO YOU WORKING ON?

 

I checked it and didn't find any wrong with the manifest.
Try installing on android 12 device and pass me the complete log (adb install apkname.apk)

 

thanks for your time sir , i am going to install on android 12 , and kindly let me know how will i get complete log and what is( adb install apkname.apk )mean

 

you can try installing from the terminal with the below command

Code (CSharp):

1. adb install -r YOU_APK_PATH

Once you try to install, if it fails installing, it will throw an error which you need to pass it here. If it installs successfully, it means you don't have issue related to manifest export flag. Then you need capture the log from logcat tool either from Unity or Android studio. I suggest you to check the docs regarding capturing logcat here.

 

okay i going to follow the process and will let you know the result

 

Hello,
I have tried the script by voxel, it added the android-export to some activities but other not
can you inspect the apk please ? Really need help
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1__dLxan6COAXYA1q8kWT4LogRA2vqnOP/view?usp=sharing

I'm using 2018
it seems the script is not running at all
I inspected the apk. there are still some activities that don't have android:export = true

 

Code (CSharp):

1.         <activity android:theme="@style/VrActivityTheme" android:name="com.unity.purchasing.googleplay.VRPurchaseActivity" android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale" android:enableVrMode="com.google.vr.vrcore/com.google.vr.vrcore.common.VrCoreListenerService">
2.             <intent-filter>
3.                 <action android:name="com.google.vr.vrcore.ACTION_NONE"/>
4.                 <category android:name="com.google.intent.category.DAYDREAM"/>
5.             </intent-filter>
6.         </activity>

Seems like your vr package has the issue. If its from unity, make sure you use the latest version which supports android 12. The script shared only patches the main activity of unity's but not all.

 

Thanks for your quick reply. I removed the VR Package and it's still the vr activity not with android export = true.
Is it related to Unity Purchasing ? if it is, upgrading to latest unity is a great problem for me...
Do you have a solution how to edit the manfiset of Unity Purchasing / VR package ?

 

Looks like its from unity iap. Check if they have updates.

 

I UDATED MY GAME TO UNITY 2019 AND THEN ITS DONE I DONT KNOW WHAT WILL BE HAPPLEN WHEN WE HAVE GAMES IN 2017 AND 2018 AND NOT UPDATABLE TO 2019 I DONT KNOW THE ROOT CAUS BUT I EXPECT THE EXPERT CAN FIND SOME SOULUTION

 

The editor script posted in this thread didn't work for me (Unity 2018.4.36). Using custom Android Manifest did work. I copied it from "C:\Program Files\Unity2018\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\Apk" into "Assets\Plugins\Android" and then added android:exported="true" attribute before closing ">" into <activity>. After that Google Play allowed to upload my apk without a warning.

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.unity3d.player"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:installLocation="preferExternal">
<supports-screens
android:smallScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true"
android:anyDensity="true"/>

<application
android:theme="@StyLe/UnityThemeSelector"
android:icon="@drawable/app_icon"
android:label="@String/app_name">
<activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity"
android:label="@String/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>


which line shoud i do and where kindly guide

 

This line:

Code (CSharp):

1. <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label="@String/app_name">

Should be changed into:

Code (CSharp):

1. <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:label="@String/app_name" android:exported="true">

 

okay and thank you soo much the big clue and path for me is i find that unity have its own manifest from your post and i think its a very big clue for me realy great learning thanks again

 

i neeed guidence in one thing i want to use admob ads in unity i tryied many version googleads pkg admob pakage it dont show ads as as will crash in mobile i tried empthy project so kindly recomnt me a pakage that work in unity 2017 and 18 also or shara any helpful vidoe i will follow

 

I never used ads, so I'm not the one who can help you with that. Besides, it's better to create a different thread for a different problem.

 

This worked for me too! Thanks!!
(Unity 2020.3.36, latest Google Play, Admob, and Firebase SDKs, API level 33)

 

Hello.
I tried your method and it did not work for me, maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I have plugin installed
Cross Platform Native Plugins : Essential Kit (Mobile - iOS & Android) and
firebase, onesignal
Unity version 2021.3.6f1

Asset/Plugins/Android/com.voxelbusters.essentialkit.androidlib found the AndroidManifest minifest there is a line android:exported="false" and if you change it to true after the build, its value becomes false

link to my apk file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZBrJE3KDNtFB4FL7Ouh_pASbxq22ME_v/view?usp=sharing

 

Any reason why you want to change the flag to true? We handle generating the manifest file dynamically and you need to change from code.

If you can share the exact issue you are facing so that we can help you out quickly.

Cheers,
VB Team

 

Thanks for sharing the apk. I see the problem is with OneSignal. So would request you to check if there are any updates from them.

Code (CSharp):

1.         <receiver android:name="com.onesignal.GcmBroadcastReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
2.             <intent-filter>
3.                 <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
4.                 <category android:name="com.folokto.nitropongsportbet"/>
5.             </intent-filter>
6.         </receiver>

The above section missing android:exported flag.

 

OneSignal had an update, will you have the opportunity to check if this error is still there or tell me how to check it yourself if it's not difficult for you?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HAtEATfGwxewzYfSo3Smbdi6wgBhgelm/view?usp=sharing

 

Yes!
The issue still exists.
It should be

Code (CSharp):

1. <receiver android:name="com.onesignal.GcmBroadcastReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" android:exported="false or true">
2.             <intent-filter>
3.                 <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
4.                 <category android:name="com.folokto.nitropongsportbet"/>
5.             </intent-filter>
6.         </receiver>

Instead of

Code (CSharp):

1. <receiver android:name="com.onesignal.GcmBroadcastReceiver" android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND">
2.             <intent-filter>
3.                 <action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE"/>
4.                 <category android:name="com.folokto.nitropongsportbet"/>
5.             </intent-filter>
6.         </receiver>

 

Thanks, my mistake was not noticed in the past answer, put the android:exported flag. Already tried to download aab and Google accepted it, thank you very much!)))

 

Where is i add this code?

 

I would first suggest to update the unity notification package as they might have fixed it by now as the issue started sometime back.

If you don't find an update, you may need to create a custom AndroidManifest file under Assets/Plugins/Android folder (you can create with just a checkmark via player settings -> Publishing settings) and add the above lines.

Let me know how it goes!

 

Thanks @Voxel-Busters, you were right regarding AndroidNotifications plugin. We cannot update it because we need Android 4.4 support. So we simplified your solution and added adndroid:exorted="true" to both launcher activity as well as notification receiver:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.IO;
2. using System.Xml;
3. using System.Text;
4. using UnityEditor.Android;
5.  
6. #if UNITY_EDITOR && UNITY_ANDROID
7. public class AndroidPostBuildProcessor : IPostGenerateGradleAndroidProject {
8.  
9.   public void OnPostGenerateGradleAndroidProject(string basePath) {
10.     AndroidManifest androidManifest = new AndroidManifest(basePath);
11.  
12.     // For API 31+ support (Need explicit exported flag for entries having intent-filter tags)
13.     androidManifest.SetStartingActivityAttribute("exported", "true");
14.     androidManifest.SetAndroidNotificationsAttribute("exported", "true");
15.  
16.     androidManifest.Save();
17.   }
18.  
19.   public int callbackOrder { get { return 1; } }
20.  
21.   internal class AndroidManifest : XmlDocument {
22.     private const string AndroidXmlNamespace = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android";
23.  
24.     private XmlNamespaceManager nsMgr;
25.     private string filePath;
26.  
27.     public AndroidManifest(string basePath) {
28.       filePath = Path.Combine(basePath, "src", "main", "AndroidManifest.xml");
29.       using (var reader = new XmlTextReader(filePath)) {
30.         reader.Read();
31.         Load(reader);
32.       }
33.       nsMgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(this.NameTable);
34.       nsMgr.AddNamespace("android", AndroidManifest.AndroidXmlNamespace);
35.     }
36.  
37.     public void Save() {
38.       using (var writer = new XmlTextWriter(filePath, new UTF8Encoding(false))) {
39.         writer.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
40.         Save(writer);
41.       }
42.     }
43.  
44.     private XmlAttribute CreateAndroidAttribute(string key, string value) {
45.       XmlAttribute attr = CreateAttribute("android", key, AndroidManifest.AndroidXmlNamespace);
46.       attr.Value = value;
47.       return attr;
48.     }
49.  
50.     internal void SetStartingActivityAttribute(string key, string value) {
51.       XmlNode node = SelectSingleNode("/manifest/application/activity[@android:name='com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity']", nsMgr);
52.       if (node != null) {
53.         XmlAttributeCollection attributes = node.Attributes;
54.         attributes.Append(CreateAndroidAttribute(key, value));
55.       }
56.     }
57.  
58.     internal void SetAndroidNotificationsAttribute(string key, string value) {
59.       XmlNode node = SelectSingleNode("/manifest/application/receiver[@android:name='com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationRestartOnBootReceiver']", nsMgr);
60.       if (node != null) {
61.         XmlAttributeCollection attributes = node.Attributes;
62.         attributes.Append(CreateAndroidAttribute(key, value));
63.       }
64.     }
65.   }
66. }
67. #endif

p.s. It can also be further modified to add other plugins. Simply create a new method and use similar XML node search as Voxel-Busters did in his initial script.

 

Hi,
Could you please advice what can be the issue with my game's manifest file?
I'm using Unity 2021.3.12f1 and android:exported="true" is added, but still Google Play Console throws error when loading .aab

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.unity3d.player" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<application android:extractNativeLibs="true">
<activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity" android:theme="@StyLe/UnityThemeSelector" android:screenOrientation="portrait" android:launchMode="singleTask" android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density" android:resizeableActivity="false" android:hardwareAccelerated="false" android:exported="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
</activity>
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-mode" android:value="0" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-enable" android:value="True" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.launch-fullscreen" android:value="True" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.allow-resizable-window" android:value="False" />
</application>
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00020000" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="false" />
</manifest>

 

Share complete merged manifest file or an empty apk to look into.

 

Hi, sorry for delayed response. It seems I fixed the initial issue with the manifest - it was caused by obsolete asset that modified the manifest file.
But still can't pass Google Play validation when uploading .aab build. The error is the following:
Your APK cannot be analyzed using aapt. Error output:
Failed to run aapt dump badging:
AndroidManifest.xml:208: error: ERROR getting 'android:value' or 'android:resource' attribute for meta-data: error print resolved resource attribute

Here is full manifest file

Code (CSharp):

1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2. <manifest
3.     xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
4.     android:versionCode="31"
5.     android:versionName="1.03"
6.     android:installLocation="0"
7.     android:compileSdkVersion="31"
8.     android:compileSdkVersionCodename="12"
9.     package="com.my.game"
10.     platformBuildVersionCode="31"
11.     platformBuildVersionName="12">
12.  
13.     <uses-sdk
14.         android:minSdkVersion="26"
15.         android:targetSdkVersion="31" />
16.  
17.     <supports-screens
18.         android:anyDensity="true"
19.         android:smallScreens="true"
20.         android:normalScreens="true"
21.         android:largeScreens="true"
22.         android:xlargeScreens="true" />
23.  
24.     <uses-feature
25.         android:glEsVersion="0x20000" />
26.  
27.     <uses-permission
28.         android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
29.  
30.     <uses-permission
31.         android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
32.  
33.     <uses-feature
34.         android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
35.         android:required="false" />
36.  
37.     <uses-feature
38.         android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch"
39.         android:required="false" />
40.  
41.     <uses-feature
42.         android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct"
43.         android:required="false" />
44.  
45.     <uses-permission
46.         android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" />
47.  
48.     <uses-permission
49.         android:name="com.android.vending.BILLING" />
50.  
51.     <queries>
52.  
53.         <intent>
54.  
55.             <action
56.                 android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.VIEW_LEADERBOARDS" />
57.         </intent>
58.  
59.         <intent>
60.  
61.             <action
62.                 android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.VIEW_ACHIEVEMENTS" />
63.         </intent>
64.     </queries>
65.  
66.     <uses-permission
67.         android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
68.  
69.     <uses-permission
70.         android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
71.  
72.     <application
73.         android:label="@ref/0x7f0b0027"
74.         android:icon="@ref/0x7f0a0000"
75.         android:extractNativeLibs="true"
76.         android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory">
77.  
78.         <activity
79.             android:theme="@ref/0x7f0c0009"
80.             android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity"
81.             android:exported="true"
82.             android:launchMode="2"
83.             android:screenOrientation="1"
84.             android:configChanges="0x40003fff"
85.             android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
86.             android:resizeableActivity="false">
87.  
88.             <intent-filter>
89.  
90.                 <action
91.                     android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
92.  
93.                 <category
94.                     android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
95.             </intent-filter>
96.  
97.             <meta-data
98.                 android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity"
99.                 android:value="true" />
100.         </activity>
101.  
102.         <meta-data
103.             android:name="unity.splash-mode"
104.             android:value="0" />
105.  
106.         <meta-data
107.             android:name="unity.splash-enable"
108.             android:value="true" />
109.  
110.         <meta-data
111.             android:name="unity.launch-fullscreen"
112.             android:value="true" />
113.  
114.         <meta-data
115.             android:name="unity.allow-resizable-window"
116.             android:value="false" />
117.  
118.         <provider
119.             android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
120.             android:exported="false"
121.             android:authorities="com.my.game.androidx-startup">
122.  
123.             <meta-data
124.                 android:name="com.unity3d.mediation.unityadsadapter.UnityAdsModuleInitializer"
125.                 android:value="androidx.startup" />
126.  
127.             <meta-data
128.                 android:name="com.unity3d.mediation.UnityMediationSDKModuleInitializer"
129.                 android:value="androidx.startup" />
130.  
131.             <meta-data
132.                 android:name="com.unity3d.services.identifiers.UnitySharedLibraryInitializer"
133.                 android:value="androidx.startup" />
134.         </provider>
135.  
136.         <activity
137.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030007"
138.             android:name="com.unity3d.services.ads.adunit.AdUnitActivity"
139.             android:configChanges="0x40000fff"
140.             android:hardwareAccelerated="true" />
141.  
142.         <activity
143.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030011"
144.             android:name="com.unity3d.services.ads.adunit.AdUnitTransparentActivity"
145.             android:configChanges="0x40000fff"
146.             android:hardwareAccelerated="true" />
147.  
148.         <activity
149.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030011"
150.             android:name="com.unity3d.services.ads.adunit.AdUnitTransparentSoftwareActivity"
151.             android:configChanges="0x40000fff"
152.             android:hardwareAccelerated="false" />
153.  
154.         <activity
155.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030007"
156.             android:name="com.unity3d.services.ads.adunit.AdUnitSoftwareActivity"
157.             android:configChanges="0x40000fff"
158.             android:hardwareAccelerated="false" />
159.  
160.         <activity
161.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030010"
162.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.common.api.GoogleApiActivity"
163.             android:exported="false" />
164.  
165.         <meta-data
166.             android:name="com.google.android.play.billingclient.version"
167.             android:value="4.0.0" />
168.  
169.         <activity
170.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030010"
171.             android:name="com.android.billingclient.api.ProxyBillingActivity"
172.             android:exported="false"
173.             android:configChanges="0x5b0" />
174.  
175.         <service
176.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.nearby.exposurenotification.WakeUpService"
177.             android:permission="com.google.android.gms.nearby.exposurenotification.EXPOSURE_CALLBACK"
178.             android:exported="true" />
179.  
180.         <receiver
181.             android:name="com.amazon.device.iap.ResponseReceiver"
182.             android:permission="com.amazon.inapp.purchasing.Permission.NOTIFY"
183.             android:exported="true">
184.  
185.             <intent-filter>
186.  
187.                 <action
188.                     android:name="com.amazon.inapp.purchasing.NOTIFY" />
189.             </intent-filter>
190.         </receiver>
191.  
192.         <activity
193.             android:theme="@ref/0x7f0c0007"
194.             android:name="com.google.android.play.core.common.PlayCoreDialogWrapperActivity"
195.             android:exported="false"
196.             android:stateNotNeeded="true" />
197.  
198.         <activity
199.             android:theme="@ref/0x01030010"
200.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.internal.SignInHubActivity"
201.             android:exported="false"
202.             android:excludeFromRecents="true" />
203.  
204.         <service
205.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.RevocationBoundService"
206.             android:permission="com.google.android.gms.auth.api.signin.permission.REVOCATION_NOTIFICATION"
207.             android:exported="true"
208.             android:visibleToInstantApps="true" />  //[B]line 208, is error here? (according to play validation)[/B]
209.  
210.         <meta-data
211.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.version"
212.             android:value="@ref/0x7f070000" />
213.  
214.         <provider
215.             android:name="androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleOwnerInitializer"
216.             android:exported="false"
217.             android:multiprocess="true"
218.             android:authorities="com.my.game.lifecycle-process" />
219.  
220.         <activity
221.             android:theme="@ref/0x7f0c0008"
222.             android:name="com.voxelbusters.android.essentialkit.features.notificationservices.NotificationLauncher"
223.             android:exported="true" />
224.  
225.         <provider
226.             android:name="com.voxelbusters.android.essentialkit.common.FileProviderExtended"
227.             android:exported="false"
228.             android:authorities="com.my.game.essentialkit.fileprovider"
229.             android:grantUriPermissions="true">
230.  
231.             <meta-data
232.                 android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
233.                 android:resource="@ref/0x7f0e0000" />
234.         </provider>
235.  
236.         <receiver
237.             android:name="com.voxelbusters.android.essentialkit.features.notificationservices.AlarmBroadcastReceiver" />
238.  
239.         <receiver
240.             android:name="com.voxelbusters.android.essentialkit.features.notificationservices.BootCompleteBroadcastReceiver"
241.             android:exported="true">
242.  
243.             <intent-filter>
244.  
245.                 <category
246.                     android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
247.  
248.                 <action
249.                     android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
250.  
251.                 <action
252.                     android:name="android.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
253.  
254.                 <action
255.                     android:name="com.htc.intent.action.QUICKBOOT_POWERON" />
256.             </intent-filter>
257.         </receiver>
258.  
259.         <meta-data
260.             android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID" />
261.     </application>
262. </manifest>
263.  

 

Not sure but the error might be in this line. Can you try adding a direct version value here instead of ref and give a try. I'm not 100% sure if this is the issue but a wild guess. There is no enough info in the error log shared.

 

This does look like it would work, but the #if UNITY_EDITOR && UNITY_ANDROID is making everything gray, is this right?

 

That sounds to me like you haven't set Android as your build target.

 

This fixed my issue using the code above within AndroidManifestPostProcessor.cs under editor folder. I went to upload an update on Google Play last night, told me version 30 is obsolete, I changed minimum version to 31, attempted to use 33 as highest version, and kept getting an error in Java Player after build, so switched highest to 32, minimum to 31. Then got the error on Google Play about intent, services, activities and android:exported = "true", went through many articles, and this one did the trick. Did not have to tweak the code, just copied the code to the editor folder, did a new build, and it worked when I uploaded to Google Play. I am on 2020.3.16f for this project.

For those who need to update Android SDK for Unity, I used Android Studio, however it just updated under Studio, which Unity3D is using it's own SDK folders, I copied the folders from Studio platform to Unity3D platform folder, thou had issues with Java Player.

So I found this Windows CMD line which updated Android in the Unity3D SDK folders.

Open CMD from run or search CMD, run as Administrator, may work without, and update the path below to your JDK and SDK folders. Something wrong with version 33. So if you get a Java Player error after build, use max level 32.

When I went to Build with 31 selected, a msg came up to update during build, but it generated an error, so the commands below downloaded the updates for Android.

c:
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.16f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\OpenJDK\
set ANDROID_HOME=C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.16f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\
cd %ANDROID_HOME%SDK\tools\bin\
echo.> %USERPROFILE%\.android\repositories.cfg

cmd /C sdkmanager --update
cmd /C sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-31"
cmd /C sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-32"
cmd /C sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-33"


Enjoy your time and keep creating amazing works of art

 

Steps to resolve this solution:

Hi Guys, I find this generic solution for this problem and I hope it will for everyone as well.

Please follow each steps carefully in order to resolve this issue.

There are two major steps for this

Step 1:

* You can skip step 1 If you already update your SDK target level.

1.0: First you have to update your SDK target API level to 31,32 or 33 (any one)

1.1: Once you update it then go to > Edit > project settings >Player, then click on Other Settings and on the drop down menu of Target API Level select “Automatic (Highest installed)”






Then Follow this Steps 2:


2.0: go to > Edit > project settings >Player, then click on Publishing Settings and click on “Custom Main Manifest” Check box. It will create AndroidManifest.xml file the location as you see in below picture. Open this AndroidManifest.xml file in any editor.




2.1: Then you have to build you app once (means make .aab or apk file).

2.2: After that in the unity right click on Assets and click on this option “Show in Explorer”

2.3: Then follow this directory for your project “E:\Wasim\ROXO\HasteKing 1.05\Temp\gradleOut\launcher\build\intermediates\bundle_manifest\release\bundle-manifest “ here you will see other AndroidManifest.xml file just open it in any editor.

2.4: Copy the all the code and paste it into Custom Main Manifest Xml file that we created in step 2.0 . Once you paste all the code then you have to put the android:exported=”true” tag on that components where you will not find this tag. for example, in Activity, Service or Application components.

2.5: Then save it and build the final .aab for your app I hope it will 110% work for your cases as well.

 

Hello i am having similar issues here. I havent tried the script above but should i update my firedbase plugins? i really dont know stuff abt android

 

If the issue is related to export flags, try updating the plugins to latest. However, without any error logs or merged manifest or sample apk, I can't suggest any.

 

Hi all! I also encountered the problem described above. All the solutions that I saw in the discussions of this problem did not help me. The source of the problem was the Unity Mobile Notifications plugin.
I was helped by updating this plugin to the latest version. If the source of your problem is the same as mine, go to the Package Manager, find this plugin and update. Do the build itself NOT with a custom manifest.
Good luck and I hope my advice helps someone!
Note: my version of Unity is 2021.2.5f1

 

Hi there. I have the same issue. I have followed all the steps above but cannot publish the update of my app to the store. Please help me. I am really really frustrated.

 

Share either the final merged AndroidManifest.xml file or an empty apk without any scenes from your project to look into.

 

Thanks so much, it worked for me, i had to take multiple builds and solving line by line, but it worked...

 

Hello!
My turn to try to update our App to be able to publish it on Play Store for Android 12.
I spend 15 hours trying everything that I read on this thread, with no luck.
My last App version was developed on Unity 2018.4.36 so I just updated to 2019.1.0f1 because you said that this solved your problem.
It does not seem to solve mine. Maybe I need another version. Can you let me know which version of 2019 is working for you?

Many thanks

 

Hello Roxo,
continuing my questions. I would like to try your solution, but at the moment I have upgreaded to version 2019.1.0f1 and I don't have the option to create that custom manifest file. Do you happen to know which version of Unity introduced that option to create the custom manifest. I'm trying to stay as close to the version I have because going to far up will break for sure all my scripts. Thanks for your help

 

Voxel-Busters, I just wanted to thank you for providing the solution. I have been struggling with this issue for days. Thank you!!!!