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freddyisreadytoresearch
New Participant
December 8, 2025
Question

Widget disappearing when building apk

Hello,
i am currently developing my first unreal engine meta quest project with unreal engine 5.5 for meta quest 3.

In this project i am using a widget to display some text. When i debug this game with the meta horizon link, everything works perfectly. However when i built it as an apk, the widget disappears, and i only see the passthrough mode.

what could be the problem?

it looks in the editor like this




    4 replies

    GATORSAURU5
    Meta Employee
    December 8, 2025

    Hello there!

    Have you looked over our documentation on setting up widgets? I will link our documentation on setting up widgets with the interaction SDK in Unreal below. 
     
    I would also recommend reviewing Unreal Engine's documentation on build Operations. This goes over their best practices for cooking, packaging, deploying, and running your app or game.

    Meta documentation on Creating a UI Widget with UMG : https://developers.meta.com/horizon/documentation/unreal/unreal-isdk-getting-started#creating-a-ui-widget-with-umg

    Unreal Engine 5.5 documentation on Build Operations :
    https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/build-operations-cooking-packaging-deploying-and-running-projects-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.5

    If these do not resolve your issue, please let me know so I may assist you further!

    freddyisreadytoresearchAuthor
    New Participant
    December 15, 2025

    Hello there,

    i checked the Widget Documentation - and it works perfectly. When i ru nthe application in the Meta XR Simulator or via Meta Horyzn Link, the widget is perfect

    But still the problem remains the same, when I build the .apk, the widget disappears

    freddyisreadytoresearchAuthor
    New Participant
    January 5, 2026

    hello, I still need help please.

    The problem is still there, i checked all the links you mentioned.
    For my task, it is required to have the text centered in the middle of the screen

      GATORSAURU5
      Meta Employee
      January 9, 2026

      To best continue investigating your issue, go to https://metahorizondevelopers.atmeta.com/s/ and file a ticket with our technical support specialists. They will be best equipped to continue supporting you with your widget disappearing.

      You may also go to your Developer Dashboard > Account (on the left hand side) > Contact us. 

      Please let me know if have any additional questions, I will answer them to the best of my ability. 

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