UWP Build Failing

I have worked through a ton of errors trying to get my game up and running in a UWP build- it works fine in editor and on other platforms. But now I am pretty stuck.

I've tried upgrading to Unity 2017 latest beta as it looked like it solved some UWP issues, but no luck.
I am using VS 2017 and do have a warning after upgrading- in the Unity editor that says VS is missing required components- but there is no information as to what is missing and I am not sure if it is related.

Any point in the right direction greatly appreciated!

This is the error I don't understand:


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Failed running C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\il2cpp/build/UnityLinker.exe --api=NET_4_6 -out="C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\tempStrip" -l=none -c=link --link-symbols -x="C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Core.xml" -f="C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\il2cpp\LinkerDescriptors" -x "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName/Temp\StagingArea\Data/methods_pointedto_by_uievents.xml" -x "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName/Temp\StagingArea\Data/UnityEngine.xml" -x "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\preserved_derived_types.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\il2cpp\LinkerDescriptors\mscorlib45.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\il2cpp\LinkerDescriptors\System45.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Accessibility.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\AI.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Animation.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\AR.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\AssetBundle.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Audio.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Cloth.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Core.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\CrashReporting.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Director.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\GameCenter.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Grid.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\ImageConversion.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\IMGUI.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Input.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\JSONSerialize.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\ParticlesLegacy.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\ParticleSystem.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\PerformanceReporting.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Physics.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Physics2D.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\ScreenCapture.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\SharedInternals.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\SpriteMask.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\SpriteShape.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\StyleSheets.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Terrain.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\TerrainPhysics.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\TextRendering.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Tilemap.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UI.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UIElements.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UNET.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityAnalytics.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityConnect.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityWebRequest.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityWebRequestAudio.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityWebRequestTexture.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\UnityWebRequestWWW.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Vehicles.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Video.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\VR.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Web.xml" -x "C:\Program Files\Unity 2017.3.0b8\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\MetroSupport\Whitelists\Wind.xml" -x "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Assets\link.xml" -d "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp-firstpass.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\Assembly-CSharp.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript-firstpass.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\Assembly-UnityScript.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\UnityEngine.UI.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\DOTween.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\PlayMaker.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\ES2.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\TextMeshPro-1.0.55.2017.1.0b12.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.CJK.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.MidEast.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.Other.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.Rare.dll" -a "C:\Users\Public\Documents\Unity Projects\Projects\GameName\Temp\StagingArea\Data\Managed\I18N.West.dll"

stdout:
Fatal error in Unity CIL Linker
System.InvalidProgramException: Failed to resolve [UnityEngine]System.Resources.NeutralResourcesLanguageAttribute.
at Unity.IL2CPP.AssemblyDependenciesComponent.ResolveWindowsRuntimeReferences(AssemblyDefinition assembly)
at Unity.IL2CPP.AssemblyDependenciesComponent.CollectAssemblyDependencies(AssemblyDefinition assembly)
at Unity.IL2CPP.AssemblyDependenciesComponent.GetReferencedAssembliesFor(AssemblyDefinition assembly)
at UnityLinker.UnityLinkContext.ResolveReferences(AssemblyDefinition assembly)
at UnityLinker.Steps.UnityResolveFromXmlStep.GetAssembly(LinkContext context, AssemblyNameReference assemblyName)
at UnityLinker.Steps.UnityResolveFromXmlStep.ProcessAssemblies(LinkContext context, XPathNodeIterator iterator)
at Mono.Linker.Steps.BaseStep.Process(LinkContext context)
at Mono.Linker.Pipeline.Process(LinkContext context)
at UnityLinker.UnityDriver.Run()
at UnityLinker.UnityDriver.RunDriver()
stderr:

UnityEngine.Debug:LogError(Object)
UnityEditorInternal.Runner:RunProgram(Program, String, String, String, CompilerOutputParserBase) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:128)
UnityEditorInternal.Runner:RunManagedProgram(String, String, String, CompilerOutputParserBase, Action`1) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/BuildUtils.cs:73)
UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:RunAssemblyLinker(IEnumerable`1, String&, String&, String, String) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:89)
UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:StripAssembliesTo(String[], String[], String, String, String&, String&, String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, IEnumerable`1) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:82)
UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:RunAssemblyStripper(String, IEnumerable, String, String[], String[], String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, RuntimeClassRegistry) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:204)
UnityEditorInternal.AssemblyStripper:StripAssemblies(String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, RuntimeClassRegistry) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/AssemblyStripper.cs:114)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPBuilder:Run() (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:152)
UnityEditorInternal.IL2CPPUtils:RunIl2Cpp(String, String, IIl2CppPlatformProvider, Action`1, RuntimeClassRegistry, Boolean) (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/BuildPipeline/Il2Cpp/IL2CPPUtils.cs:34)
PostProcessUAPIl2Cpp:RunIL2CPP() (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/PostProcessUAPIl2Cpp.cs:378)
PostProcessWinRTrocess() (at C:/buildslave/unity/build/PlatformDependent/MetroPlayer/Extensions/Managed/PostProcessWinRT.cs:231)
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)

 

I think there are still problems with using .NET 4.6 API compatibility level.. probably want to stick with IL2CPP and .NET 2.0 subset

atleast that seems to be the issue i've had.. not sure if it is the same as yours though.

 

I can't make c# project at all because of compiling errors.

My environments are like the following.

visual studios : 2017 community (15.4.0)
unity : 2017.2.0f3-MRTP
Windows : 10.0.17025

Scripting Runtime Version & Api Compatibility : .NET 4.6
Scripting Backend : .NET
Compilation Overrides: Use Net Core

Working on Editor is fine. but I can't compile for Player

I choose "Use Net Core" which means that unity uses Microsoft compiler and .Net Core

But some of class like System.threading.ThreadPool is not available.

Recent Windows Fall update announces UWP supports .Net standard 2.0


All theses problem is from unity itself? or any ideas?

 

@Tautvydas-Zilys

Thank you for your response.

All my assumption is from this article( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/gaming/missing-dot-net-apis-in-unity-and-uwp)

even though I use .Net backend not Mono ( of course I can't), Unity use their own .Net flavor for compiling?

Unity Documentation says

When Compilation Overrides is set to:

• None - C# files are compiled using Mono compiler.
• Use .Net Core - C# files are compiled using Microsoft compiler and .NET Core, you can use Windows Runtime API, but classes implemented in C# files aren’t accessible from the JS language. Note: when using API from Windows Runtime, it’s advisable to wrap the code with ENABLE_WINMD_SUPPORT define, because the API is only avaible when building to Universal Windows Platform, and it’s not available in Unity Editor.
• Use .Net Core Partially - C# files not located in Plugins, Standard Assets, Pro Standard Assets folders are compiled using Microsoft compiler and .NET Core, all other C# files are compiled using Mono compiler. The advantage is that classes implemented in C# are accessible from the JS language. Note: You won’t be able to test .NET Core API in Unity Editor, because it doesn’t have access to .NET Core, so you’ll be able to test the API only when running Universal Windows App.

It says "Use .Net Core" use Microsoft compiler and its library instead of Mono Compiler

and There is a SDK option you can choose in unity build settings. I don't understand what this is for


Anyway I tired to compile with IL2CPP. compile is okay. but I can't open its project sin file. error message says "
The application which this project type is based on was not found"

 

@Tautvydas-Zilys Thank you so much. you save my ass.

The reason IL2CPP build is not opened in VS is that VS dosen't have C++ compiler. if I install it, the problem will be gone.

But I still have a question. New visual studio 2017 supports UWP with .net standard 2.0. so is there anyway to select that library when I compile thorugh unity not using "Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform, Version 5.0.0"

sorry to bother you. but I have no one to ask. sorry T.T

 

@Tautvydas-Zilys anyway thanks for your response.

I love to use IL2CPP. but building UWP application for windows mixed reality with IL2CPP doesn't work.

The official manual also doesn't recommend it too. T.T

 

@Tautvydas-Zilys yeah. you are right. IL2CPP is working perfectly. I didn't install "VC++ 2017 v141 toolset (x86,x64)" module in VS.