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jaemoonc
Explorer
4 years ago
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removing android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE results in black screen on apk build

Hi! I am having issues submitting my games on App Lap. When I tried to execute my game on the quest2, it shows nothing but black screen after splash screen. (It's different than a 'three dots' pro...
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Quest 2
UE4.26
  • jaemoonc's avatar
    jaemoonc
    4 years ago
    I think I have found a solution to this problem.
    I have separated my Map into multiple chunks, then loaded it in runtime sequentially, then built a (singleton)reference to the object.
    In this way, I was able to solve the problem effectively. No more black screen in shipping build!
    thank you all.
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jaemoonc
Explorer
4 years ago

Hi, I had no luck trying your solution, due to the following reasons.

 

- I can't use UE4.27, due to project-specific reason.

- Tried your solution without ManifestRequirementsOverride.txt on UE4.26, but it didn't work.


thanks for your time , 🙂

  • pro_zac's avatar
    pro_zac
    Meta Employee
    4 years ago

    Don't worry about using 4.27. You should be able to get this working with 4.26. Worst case, you ask for an exception from the review team as noted in the other thread.

     

    Out of curiosity I built one of my 4.26 projects and took a look at the manifest. I packaged a shipping build with "for distribution" enabled and signed with a keystore. When I inspect the android manifest in <Project>/Intermediate/Android, I see that it includes "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" but not "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE".

     

    Is it possible you are trying to remove the read permission but it wasn't included to begin with? This may only be relevant to your VR template project.