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travislarson1188
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March 24, 2023
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App Distribution Upload Issues: DevPost

  • March 24, 2023
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Hi,

Posted this earlier in the general Forum and discovered this may be a better place for help.
I'm attempting to Upload a build to my Alpha Channel via the Meta Quest Developer Hub but it keeps failing.
Below is the Error message:
Error: An unexpected error occurred
{"cliErrorType":"UNEXPECTED_ERROR","cliErrorMessage":"File or directory 'D:\\**\\' was not included into executable at compilation stage. Please recompile adding it as asset or script."

I'm assuming this means I need to add the Directory and or filepath to the assets within my Unity Project but I'm not finding much in the way of how to actually do so. Please let me know if anyone has any ideas of how to do so or if you've encountered this error and found a solution.
Below is a screenshot of the error message.

 

 

 










The App is developed for PC and the build is for the Rift S. Once this is all good I plan on making a Quest Build as well.

Best regards,

    Best answer by MADVF

    assuming the build of your project is in   z:\myprj\build\   and the exe  is    z:\myprj\build\launcher.exe    below the command in full that (usually) works for me

    ovr-platform-util  upload-rift-build --app-id <yourappid> --app-secret <yourappsecret> --build-dir "z:\myprj\build\" --launch-file "z:\myprj\build\launcher.exe" --channel ALPHA --version "1.0"

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    MADVF
    New Participant
    March 24, 2023

    I got the same problem many times ... to go straight to the solution (and it always works) ... You have to use something called "ovr-platform-util.exe", You can find it somewhere around on developer @ oculus ... open cmd (command prompt, best if You open it as administrator) ... then:

    1) go to the drive\directory where You have the folder of You project

    2) type a command like this

    ovr-platform-util upload-rift-build --app-id <id of your app> --app-secret <app secret of your app> --build-dir <path-to-build-dir> --launch-file <path-to-launch-file> --channel LIVE --version <build-version>

    3) just wait and boom, done

     

    PS I wrote LIVE in the example, in Your case You should replace LIVE with ALPHA

     

      travislarson1188Author
      New Participant
      March 24, 2023

      Hi MAD-VF,

      Thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try and let you know how it goes,

      Best regards

        travislarson1188Author
        New Participant
        March 26, 2023

        Unfortunately I get the same error when using the CMD+OVR-Utility. I've attached the CMD Prompt, Powershell Prompt as well as the relevant Error from the Logs created. Still claims I need to include the file or directory at the compiler stage as either an asset or script. The error occurs just after beginning the upload and finding the files. Let me know if anyone has encountered this themselves. Thanks!

        CMP PromptError LogPowershell Prompt

          MADVFAnswer
          New Participant
          March 26, 2023

          assuming the build of your project is in   z:\myprj\build\   and the exe  is    z:\myprj\build\launcher.exe    below the command in full that (usually) works for me

          ovr-platform-util  upload-rift-build --app-id <yourappid> --app-secret <yourappsecret> --build-dir "z:\myprj\build\" --launch-file "z:\myprj\build\launcher.exe" --channel ALPHA --version "1.0"

            gamedev2025
            New Participant
            February 4, 2025

            I might add couple of details here 
            Prerequisites : 
            Step 1 :Download OVR Util from here : Platform Command Line Utility 
            Step 2 : Place the .exe that downloads to a directory where you can/want to run command prompt(It is imperative that you run the command prompt interface where the ovr-platform-util.exe is downloaded/stored)
            Step 3 : Follow MAD-VF 's solution, it is pretty self explanatory.
            IMPORTANT Remove the "<" and ">" from the prompt when filling your own details in App ID and App secret

            travislarson1188Author
            New Participant
            March 27, 2023

            Thanks MAD-VF, that did the trick. Appreciate the help!

              rachelgomez2022
              Inspiring
              March 27, 2023

              To resolve this issue, follow these steps:


              Verify the size of the IPA. The maximum file size limit for all binaries is 2048 MiB, which is a little over 2 GB.


              If the IPA size is within the file size limit and is reproducible, follow these steps:


              Check your Info.plist file and confirm whether CFBundleDisplayName contains any <array> delimiters.


              Note: App Distribution doesn't accept CFBundleDisplayName values that are arrays.
              Remove the <array> delimiters and rebuild your app. The upload should succeed.


              If you are still experiencing issues, contact Firebase Support.


              If the IPA size is over the file size limit, make any necessary changes to decrease the file size.


              If decreasing the IPA file size doesn't resolve the issue, contact Firebase Support and ask about using Testflight.

               

              Regards,

              Rachel Gomez

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