The code I have for a compass feature works when I execute the app using the Unity Remote application connected via USB to the PC. However, if I build an APK, it behaves differently; in fact, it does nothing.
App that I mean: enter image description here My app executing... and it is working as expected enter image description here
But if I build the apk, when I run it, it ask me for location permission. enter image description here
However, it does nothing, and for some reason, it says that what I originally declared as enabled in the Start function in Unity is stopped when I check it in the Update function. enter image description here
And this would be the code:
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Android;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class Compass_Behaviour : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] Transform Compass;
[SerializeField] Text Text01;
[SerializeField] Text Text02;
[SerializeField] Text Text03;
[SerializeField] Text Text04;
[SerializeField] Text Text05;
[SerializeField] float currentHeading;
[SerializeField] float storedHeading = 0f;
void Start()
{
Text01.text = "Check Location Approval";
Text02.text = "Check Location.Status";
Text03.text = "Check if Compass Stopped";
Text04.text = "Check currentHeading";
Text05.text = "Check StoredHeading";
Permission.RequestUserPermission(Permission.FineLocation);
Invoke("_LocationAskPermission", 1f);
Input.location.Start();
Inputpass.enabled = true;
}
void _LocationAskPermission()
{
if (Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(Permission.FineLocation))Text01.text = "FineLocation Approved";
else
Text01.text = "FineLocation Denied";
}
void Update()
{
if(Input.location.status == LocationServiceStatus.Stopped || !Input.location.isEnabledByUser)
{
Text02.text = "location.status stopped";
Input.location.Start();
}
if(!Inputpass.enabled)
{
Text03.text = "Compass.enable stopped";
Inputpass.enabled = true;
}
currentHeading = Inputpass.trueHeading;
Text04.text = "currentHeading: " + currentHeading.ToString();
if (currentHeading != storedHeading)
{
if (currentHeading > storedHeading+5 || currentHeading < storedHeading-5)
{
Compass.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, -currentHeading, 0f);
storedHeading = currentHeading;
}
Text05.text = "storedHeading: " + storedHeading.ToString();
}
}
}
I am not quite sure why the code works or doesn’t in different scenarios, but I think it has something to do with the manifest.xml file that Unity creates. I have been experimenting with it.
This was created by Unity as a temporary file; however, I copied it and made it permanent. The key feature, I guess, is the "<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />".
The part that says uses-feature is only to verify if a device is capable of executing the required hardware. This ensures the app works if it depends on that hardware.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android=";
package="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate"
android:installLocation="preferExternal"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0.2" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="29"
android:targetSdkVersion="35" />
<supports-screens
android:anyDensity="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt5" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030000" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.vulkan.version"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.location.gps"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct"
android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
<permission
android:name="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION" />
<application
android:appCategory="game"
android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory"
android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false"
android:extractNativeLibs="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/app_icon"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<meta-data
android:name="unity.splash-mode"
android:value="0" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.splash-enable"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.launch-fullscreen"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.render-outside-safearea"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="notch.config"
android:value="portrait|landscape" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.auto-report-fully-drawn"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.auto-set-game-state"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.strip-engine-code"
android:value="false" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.game_mode_config"
android:resource="@xml/game_mode_config" />
<activity
android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerGameActivity"
android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true"
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:resizeableActivity="true"
android:screenOrientation="fullUser"
android:theme="@style/BaseUnityGameActivityTheme" >
<intent-filter>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.lib_name"
android:value="game" />
<meta-data
android:name="WindowManagerPreference:FreeformWindowSize"
android:value="@string/FreeformWindowSize_maximize" />
<meta-data
android:name="WindowManagerPreference:FreeformWindowOrientation"
android:value="@string/FreeformWindowOrientation_landscape" />
<meta-data
android:name="notch_support"
android:value="true" />
</activity>
<receiver
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationManager"
android:exported="false" />
<receiver
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationRestartReceiver"
android:enabled="false"
android:exported="false" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<meta-data
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.exact_scheduling"
android:value="0" />
<provider
android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
android:authorities="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.androidx-startup"
android:exported="false" >
<meta-data
android:name="androidx.emoji2.text.EmojiCompatInitializer"
android:value="androidx.startup" />
<meta-data
android:name="androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleInitializer"
android:value="androidx.startup" />
</provider>
</application>
</manifest>
The code I have for a compass feature works when I execute the app using the Unity Remote application connected via USB to the PC. However, if I build an APK, it behaves differently; in fact, it does nothing.
App that I mean: enter image description here My app executing... and it is working as expected enter image description here
But if I build the apk, when I run it, it ask me for location permission. enter image description here
However, it does nothing, and for some reason, it says that what I originally declared as enabled in the Start function in Unity is stopped when I check it in the Update function. enter image description here
And this would be the code:
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.Android;
using UnityEngine.UI;
public class Compass_Behaviour : MonoBehaviour
{
[SerializeField] Transform Compass;
[SerializeField] Text Text01;
[SerializeField] Text Text02;
[SerializeField] Text Text03;
[SerializeField] Text Text04;
[SerializeField] Text Text05;
[SerializeField] float currentHeading;
[SerializeField] float storedHeading = 0f;
void Start()
{
Text01.text = "Check Location Approval";
Text02.text = "Check Location.Status";
Text03.text = "Check if Compass Stopped";
Text04.text = "Check currentHeading";
Text05.text = "Check StoredHeading";
Permission.RequestUserPermission(Permission.FineLocation);
Invoke("_LocationAskPermission", 1f);
Input.location.Start();
Inputpass.enabled = true;
}
void _LocationAskPermission()
{
if (Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(Permission.FineLocation))Text01.text = "FineLocation Approved";
else
Text01.text = "FineLocation Denied";
}
void Update()
{
if(Input.location.status == LocationServiceStatus.Stopped || !Input.location.isEnabledByUser)
{
Text02.text = "location.status stopped";
Input.location.Start();
}
if(!Inputpass.enabled)
{
Text03.text = "Compass.enable stopped";
Inputpass.enabled = true;
}
currentHeading = Inputpass.trueHeading;
Text04.text = "currentHeading: " + currentHeading.ToString();
if (currentHeading != storedHeading)
{
if (currentHeading > storedHeading+5 || currentHeading < storedHeading-5)
{
Compass.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, -currentHeading, 0f);
storedHeading = currentHeading;
}
Text05.text = "storedHeading: " + storedHeading.ToString();
}
}
}
I am not quite sure why the code works or doesn’t in different scenarios, but I think it has something to do with the manifest.xml file that Unity creates. I have been experimenting with it.
This was created by Unity as a temporary file; however, I copied it and made it permanent. The key feature, I guess, is the "<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />".
The part that says uses-feature is only to verify if a device is capable of executing the required hardware. This ensures the app works if it depends on that hardware.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android/apk/res/android"
package="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate"
android:installLocation="preferExternal"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0.2" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="29"
android:targetSdkVersion="35" />
<supports-screens
android:anyDensity="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:smallScreens="true"
android:xlargeScreens="true" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt5" />
<supports-gl-texture android:name="GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030000" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.vulkan.version"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.location.gps"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct"
android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS" />
<permission
android:name="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION" />
<application
android:appCategory="game"
android:appComponentFactory="androidx.core.app.CoreComponentFactory"
android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false"
android:extractNativeLibs="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/app_icon"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<meta-data
android:name="unity.splash-mode"
android:value="0" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.splash-enable"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.launch-fullscreen"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.render-outside-safearea"
android:value="True" />
<meta-data
android:name="notch.config"
android:value="portrait|landscape" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.auto-report-fully-drawn"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.auto-set-game-state"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="unity.strip-engine-code"
android:value="false" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.game_mode_config"
android:resource="@xml/game_mode_config" />
<activity
android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerGameActivity"
android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density"
android:enabled="true"
android:exported="true"
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:resizeableActivity="true"
android:screenOrientation="fullUser"
android:theme="@style/BaseUnityGameActivityTheme" >
<intent-filter>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity"
android:value="true" />
<meta-data
android:name="android.app.lib_name"
android:value="game" />
<meta-data
android:name="WindowManagerPreference:FreeformWindowSize"
android:value="@string/FreeformWindowSize_maximize" />
<meta-data
android:name="WindowManagerPreference:FreeformWindowOrientation"
android:value="@string/FreeformWindowOrientation_landscape" />
<meta-data
android:name="notch_support"
android:value="true" />
</activity>
<receiver
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationManager"
android:exported="false" />
<receiver
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.UnityNotificationRestartReceiver"
android:enabled="false"
android:exported="false" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<meta-data
android:name="com.unity.androidnotifications.exact_scheduling"
android:value="0" />
<provider
android:name="androidx.startup.InitializationProvider"
android:authorities="com.UnityTechnologies.Mobile3DTemplate.androidx-startup"
android:exported="false" >
<meta-data
android:name="androidx.emoji2.text.EmojiCompatInitializer"
android:value="androidx.startup" />
<meta-data
android:name="androidx.lifecycle.ProcessLifecycleInitializer"
android:value="androidx.startup" />
</provider>
</application>
</manifest>
1 Answer
Reset to default 0You're checking if user has permission immediately (1s) after Requesting for permission, try a Coroutine instead of invocation
Example code
Permission.RequestUserPermission(Permission.FineLocation);
Invoke("_LocationAskPermission", 1f); // Change to StartCoroutine(WaitForPermissionRoutine())
private IEnumerator WaitForPermissionRoutine()
{
var timeOut = 10;
bool hasPermission = Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(Permission.FineLocation);
while (timeOut > 0 || hasPermission)
{
hasPermission = Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(Permission.FineLocation);
timeOut -= Time.deltaTime;
yield return null;
}
// Additional checks...
if (!hasPermission))
{
// log error
yield break;
}
Input.location.Start();
Inputpass.enabled = true;
// ...
}