AndroidManifest.xml file locations

Questions & Answers
1

I have searched here and all across the net and I’m not finding a definitive answer to this question:

Are AndroidManifest.xml files required to be in the Assets->Plugins->Android folder only?

The reason I am asking is because I have multiple plugins I purchased from the asset store that have their AndroidManifest outside of the main Plugins folder and they don’t seem to be merged after I build (gradle or internal). Using Unity 2018.4.26f1 (currently the latest LTS). TIA

2

according to this post, the “.androidlib” suffix has to be used in the android library folder for it to work in any folder on the application:

https://forum.unity.com/threads/unity-does-not-recognize-android-plugin-library-if-it-is-not-inside-the-plugins-android-folder.771449/

This is the official documentation about it:

Hope this helps people surfing 4 this error =)