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November 13, 2024
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AndroidManifest hell

Well it seems Unreal's support for processing manifests is as bad as Unity's....

Trying to upload a build, get the following error:

 

It seems you can only ADD permissions via UE5 project settings, so I do that to produce the following:

 

The offending permissions should be removed, but it seems they're not. What's going on?

Thanks!

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    November 13, 2024

    Fixed it. Removed all my 'remove' permission lines, and created a file called AndroidSanitizePermissions_UPL.xml in Intermediate/Source:

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <root xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <androidManifestUpdates>
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    </androidManifestUpdates>
    </root>

     

    ...then amended [MyProject].Build.cs in the same folder to include the lines:

    var manifest_file = Path.Combine(ModuleDirectory, "AndroidSanitizePermissions_UPL.xml");
    AdditionalPropertiesForReceipt.Add(new ReceiptProperty("AndroidPlugin", manifest_file));


    ...and all is good!

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    OafAuthorAnswer
    New Participant
    November 13, 2024

    Fixed it. Removed all my 'remove' permission lines, and created a file called AndroidSanitizePermissions_UPL.xml in Intermediate/Source:

     

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <root xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <androidManifestUpdates>
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
    <removePermission android:name="com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION" />
    <removePermission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    </androidManifestUpdates>
    </root>

     

    ...then amended [MyProject].Build.cs in the same folder to include the lines:

    var manifest_file = Path.Combine(ModuleDirectory, "AndroidSanitizePermissions_UPL.xml");
    AdditionalPropertiesForReceipt.Add(new ReceiptProperty("AndroidPlugin", manifest_file));


    ...and all is good!

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