Questions tagged [android]
Android is an operating system for mobile devices developed and maintained by Google, Inc. This tag should contain specific programming questions about Android.
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Texture loading issue with open gl es on android
I'm programming an app with OpenGL ES on Android in Java. The app uses 9 textures during a render loop pass. A depth, position, normal, albedo, noise, SSAO, SSAO blur and two image textures for the ...
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Unity AAB build breaks with "split application binary" checked
I am currently encountering a challenge similar to the one described by a fellow Unity developer in this forum thread.
I am using Unity version 2022.3.10f and configuring asset bundles while building ...
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com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.compressassetsworkaction
When I build with asset size of above 5gb, it shows "com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.compressassetsworkaction" in unity. How to resolve it?. It's a video file. When I use low ...
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Building Android .aab from Unity
I have a VR game developed in Unity for Oculus and I want to create an Android App Bundle to upload it to the play store as a mobile game too. When I go into build I select this options:
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For Google Play, what kinds documentation can I provide to prove I have permission to use a third party's music in my game?
I'm working on an indie rhythm game for Android that uses pre-existing music. We got the OK from the original artist to use said music on the condition that we release the game for free. However, ...
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How to keep music playing continuously when switching scenes? [duplicate]
I added music to my game, but it restarts when transitioning between scenes. I want it to play continuously without interruption. What should I do?
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"Unable to create keystore" message from Unity for Android
I want to build a project with a release aab version.
Unity asks me to create a keystore, and when I create one, it show this message:
Android/2023.1.911/Editor/2023.3.0a6/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/...
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How to adjust resolution to display only in portrait mode for both phones and tablet devices?
I am facing an issue where I'm able to adjust the resolution for different phones like Android and iOS but not for tablet devices.
Is there any way to set it, for all kinds of devices, to display only ...
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How to send camera feed to Python script in Unity?
I have an image recognition code in Python and I need the input image to come from the Webcam in Unity. I've seen the Python Scripting package and the method of using a websocket and take the app as ...
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Unity Compute Shader InterlockedMin Max not work on Android
I have a Compute Shader which uses InterlockedMin() and InterlockedMax().
The Compute Shader works very well on my PC (AMD ...
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Unity Burst Compiler failed — could not load System.Diagnostics.Tracing
I am using Unity 2023.3.f1
When building an Android app I get the following. I have zero idea what this means.
I've tried searching elsewhere but found nothing to fix it.
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Jagged peak artifacts on terrain
My terrain rendering shows these jagged peaks along the edges of some hills:
Why do these occur, and how can I fix this?
Here is the code I use to initialize my surface and draw a frame:
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GooglePAD and Chunking to Reduce .aab Size
I would like to upload a large Android game to the Play Store. My .aab file is about 1.3 GB in size. When I try to upload it to the Play Store I get the following error message:
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Unity fails to build Android player, gives ambigous error
I'm trying to build an android player, (worked like a charm yesterday), and I'm getting a single error when it fails
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list of il2cpp breaking features
as you may know, il2cpp build does not work like mono build or playing just in the editor.
there are some c# features or libraries/plugins that make il2cpp doesn't work properly.
most of the time ...
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Cannot find game library when trying to port game to android
I've been working on a project of mine(a game with SDL3 + OpenGL ES 3.2), and as of right now I want to port it to android with android NDK, I compile my game as a library(compiles and links correctly,...
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Unity 2021/2022 laggy/stuttering Android performance compared to Unity 2020
I have been working for quite a lot of time with the Unity 2020.3 LTS releases and everything seems to be running smoothly when building for the Android platform. I recently decided to upgrade the ...
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Using Maps SDK for Android in Unity
I just started a project on Unity, where I'm a total beginner.
I want to use Google Maps road data from Unity for my mobile game, and I've first looked at using the Maps SDK for Unity. Unfortunately ...
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How to make custom godot export template for android on linux?
I want to make custom godot export templates for android to use them instead of official export templates on linux. These templates are intended to not include 3d editor, 3d nodes or advanced ...
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How to improve performance of LiBGDX Android app?
After creating a few bodies and a map with collisions, the app performance clearly goes down. However, RAM and CPU don't seem fully stuck, but the game experience is horrible nonetheless.
GameScreen ...
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Custom TextMeshPro Shader doesn't render on Android
I wanted to make build of a project using custom shader for TextMeshPro text assets. It renders nicely on PC but It gives me block instead when build for the meta Quest 2. For me it looks like it ...
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Sprite Asset Optimisation
I am writing a game for Android which combines open world questing and an RPG party development playstyle, and as such, I am finding it a very tight balancing act to get more content into that game ...
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Android TMX library no tile animation
Did anyone use this library? I am wondering if this library has a possibility to display tile animation? When I try to show my "abc_main.tmx" map (created in Tiled application) the tile with ...
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Position buttons near selected building in zoomed view
I am developing my first libGDX game. There is a TextureRegion (map) on which buildings are drawn. There is an implementation of camera movement and a zoom ...
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Animate buttons sliding in
I am developing my first libGDX game.
I want to animate the buttons on the stage, so they transition into view instead of just popping into appearance. For example, each button should slide in from ...
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Google Play requires new apps to have API level 33 (starting on Aug, 21, 2023). Can these apps be installed and played on phones with lower API's?
Today (March 21, 2023), Google sends out an email to developers as follows:
Starting August 31, 2023:
New apps and app updates must target API level 33 to be submitted to Google Play (Wear OS must ...
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"Build Disabled For Android" shown when using command line for build
I use my build server to build my game on GitHub merges. One of the errors I face is:
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Notification function doesn't work as intended in Godot
I have a situation where _notificaion doesn't work as intended.
I have three scenes: game scene (named Puzzle), main menu scene (...
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Gradle build failed after adding ads
There is problem with Android building. After adding ads, when I click on build, it shows the following error:
Issue with Android dependencies detected: The SDK has resolved to an incompatible ...
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What is the "Built-in Texture2D"? How to reduce its size or remove it?
I am building an APK in Unity. The build log says this:
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Use Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator in Android game
I am writing an Android game. I wonder if there is a possibility to use this sprite generator https://sanderfrenken.github.io/Universal-LPC-Spritesheet-Character-Generator/#?body=Body_color_light&...
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Unity saving file on Android
I'm attempting to save player data into a Saves folder like so:
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Android Specifications : What are the integer values for "small" screen size, "normal" screen size, ldpi, mdpi, hdpi?
Android has this document where they define thee terms for screen size, and pixel density such as screenSize="small", "ldpi". Here is the link to that document:
https://developer....
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How to modify AndroidManifest.xml or any other config files to build the APK for ONLY foldable phones?
I want to build an APK in Unity for ONLY foldable phones.
There is a tutorial from Samsung website, but it only tells us how to dynamically resize the app in case of a foldable phone. Unfortunately, ...
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Can't play my .apk on Pico VR due to Copyright Verification error
I’m learning to use Unity to create VR applications for my company to use internally. I created an app that worked great on the Quest 2, and decided to try to do this for Pico as well. I followed a ...
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Unity App working on one phone but crashes on another with the same API level
I built a Unity AR app which worked on my phone. However, on sharing the APK to another phone with the same Android version, it crashes on startup. I've tried increasing the target API level to max, ...
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WebViewControl.java:122 cannot find symbol when packaging Unreal 4 game for Android
Whenever I try to package my project for Android I get this.
Z:\app\src\main\java\com\epicgames\ue4\WebViewControl.java:122: error: cannot find symbol
My setup:
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Duplicate class errors when building app larger than 150mb with Android App Bundles
I have been trying to get Asset Bundles to work since my app is larger than 150MB, but the Google -> Build Android App Bundle... step keeps failing on me.
I am ...
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UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.InvalidKeyException
Unity version 2020.3.20f1.
I am getting this error in the console. The game is working fine in Unity but not in the apk. In apk the scene is loading finely but throwing this error and the characters ...
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Mobile device heat up. What time before it heats up is considered good? Android/IOS Unity [closed]
could not find anything that answers this in a detailed way ?
I managed to optimise the game to the point that the device heat up(real heat up and frame drop) only after 90 min of continuous gameplay. ...
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How to solve andriod build problem?
I downloaded Unity 2021.3.6f1 from Unity Hub for Windows and Android Build but Unity didn't download the gradle which is required for Android build so i download gradle 7.5 and linked it to unity but ...
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Libgdx table contents are expanding beyond widget bounds
I have a libgdx table that initially looks like this...
And I'd like the last cell to expand so that the logical bounds fill the widget bounds. As soon as I set the last cell to expandX it looks like ...
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How to hide the TouchScreenKeyboard's input field in Unity on Android?
Unity for Android suggests that you can hide the TouchScreenKeyboard's input field with the command TouchScreenKeyboard.hideInput. Superficially this looks like it ...
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How to increase performance of Android AR scene
I'm wondering how to improve speed on this scene for AR on Android, since it's still sluggish. From what I could see, Unity instanced the particle system meshes automatically (is that correct?).
I'm a ...
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Google Play Games achievements have 0xp
I'm currently working on adding achievements to an existing game. Achievements are not published yet.
When unlocking an achievement, we have system popup that says it gained 0xp. Every achievement ...
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How to shade the whole Google Map except for radii?
I am implementing line-of-sight into a strategy game I am developing, and I would like to shade the map darker outside of the LoS of the player and their structures (fog of war). The trick is, this is ...
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Can you please try my game? [closed]
I have a game on Google Play finally. I have zero budget. Can you please try it and tell me what you think? Thank you.
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Can I use Libgdx to create a game that runs on multiple platforms?
I created my first game using Libgdx and Android Studio. The game runs smoothly on my Android phone. How can I run it on an Apple phone with IOS or a computer with Linux etc.?
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Error using Asset Manager for loading files from Android temp directory (libgdx)
I'm creating a game for Android using libgdx and Google Firebase for storage. In my Loading screen I download a file from Google Firebase Storage and store it in a temp file. After the dowload ends ...
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