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Scofield3
Honored Guest
9 years ago

Ovrpulgins XML Manifest causing issues. HELP!

The Ovrpulgins XML Manifest asks for READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. This causes a permissions check when the app starts (for photos / media / data, you know the scary one). I have no Idea how to fix it. I hav...
Gear VR
manifestfile
ovrplugin
runtime permission
Unity 5
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vrdaveb
Oculus Staff
9 years ago
Looks like READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE is only needed for some pre-Marshmallow OSes. Unfortunately, it is in Unity's current template AndroidManifest.xml, so you would have to hack it out in the staging area copy as described here: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/1174614/modifying-androidmanifest-for-gearvr.html. Also be sure to build with API level 23 or higher.