Custom android manifest results build error

Hello.

Without custom android manifest, I can build my version and nothing happens.

But, when I try to add, ad declaration

< uses-permission android:name=“com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID” />

to the manifest file, I get the following error when I try to build.

Any help appriciated.

Desperate bump.

There is this honkin’ big thread here:

Has a bunch of things to try… and here’s my usual cribsheet:

How to troubleshoot build failures:

Obviously, if there is actionable data, clues or information within any of the errors, fix those problems. Each error entry may have more information than can fit in the console log so select each error and read the expanded view below it.

If that gives you nothing worthwhile (look to Google! You’re never the first one!), then…

First, make a blank project with a single blank scene and prove that it builds successfully.

If the blank project does NOT build, go fix your Unity installation or your other tools, such as Android SDK, NDK, JDK, etc. It may even be necessary to change to a different version of Unity3D. It is generally best to stay with LTS versions of Unity3D.

Until you can build a blank project to the target platform, don’t fiddle with anything else.

Once you can build a blank project, now bisect the problem by bringing over parts of your current project and building it one subsystem at a time, perhaps stubbing things out that might trigger compiler errors.

Most often things that prevent building are third-party libraries such as Firebase.

Once you identify the subsystem, go to the documentation for it and make sure you are doing it correctly.

It may also be helpful to work through a tutorial or two for whatever subsystem is making the build fail.

Android build not building:

Circa July 2022 here have been reports of Unity’s installer failing to install the Android Tools.

Here was how I brought up Unity2020.3.41 and the Android SDK 31 on October 30, 2022 (edited on August 23, 2023 to include Android SDK 33…) (and again for SDK34):

Android Gradle errors and other related stuff:

Each of those errors you sent in the screenshot has a full error message if you click on them.

Please, share with us the full error message so we can help you.

Configure project :unityLibrary
Variant ‘debug’, will keep symbols in binaries for:
** ‘libunity.so’**
** ‘libil2cpp.so’**
** ‘libmain.so’**
Variant ‘release’, symbols will be stripped from binaries.

Configure project :launcher
Variant ‘debug’, will keep symbols in binaries for:
** ‘libunity.so’**
** ‘libil2cpp.so’**
** ‘libmain.so’**
Variant ‘release’, symbols will be stripped from binaries.
WARNING: We recommend using a newer Android Gradle plugin to use compileSdk = 35

This Android Gradle plugin (8.3.0) was tested up to compileSdk = 34.

You are strongly encouraged to update your project to use a newer
Android Gradle plugin that has been tested with compileSdk = 35.

If you are already using the latest version of the Android Gradle plugin,
you may need to wait until a newer version with support for compileSdk = 35 is available.

To suppress this warning, add/update
** android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=35**
to this project’s gradle.properties.

Task :unityLibrary:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:packageReleaseResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:writeReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseLibraryResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseRFile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseResources
Task :unityLibrary:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:packageReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:writeReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:copyReleaseJniLibsProjectOnly UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseLibraryResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:prepareReleaseArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseRFile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseAssets
Task :unityLibrary:processReleaseJavaRes UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mapReleaseSourceSetPaths UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseMainManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processApplicationManifestReleaseForBundle UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:checkReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:packageReleaseResources
Task :launcher:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseManifestForPackage UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:extractReleaseVersionControlInfo UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:desugarReleaseFileDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseResources
Task :launcher:mergeExtDexRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseAssets
Task :launcher:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseJavaResource UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:writeReleaseAppMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:collectReleaseDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:configureReleaseDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:parseReleaseIntegrityConfig UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:validateSigningRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseResources FAILED
Task :unityLibrary:configureCMakeRelWithDebInfo[arm64-v8a]
62 actionable tasks: 10 executed, 52 up-to-date

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

*** What went wrong:**
Execution failed for task ‘:launcher:processReleaseResources’.
> A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask$TaskAction
** > Android resource linking failed**
** ERROR: F:\Unity Projects\My Grocery Store\Library\Bee\Android\Prj\IL2CPP\Gradle\unityLibrary\build\intermediates\merged_manifest\release\processReleaseManifest\AndroidManifest.xml:8:5-10:31: AAPT: error: unexpected element found in .**


*** Try:**
> Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
> Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
> Run with --scan to get full insights.
> Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

BUILD FAILED in 17s

UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent (int,intptr,bool&)


CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed.
F:\Unity6\6000.0.32f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\OpenJDK\bin\java.exe -classpath “F:\Unity6\6000.0.32f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\Tools\gradle\lib\gradle-launcher-8.4.jar” org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain “-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m” “bundleRelease”

Environment Variables:
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DriverData = C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
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OS = Windows_NT
ANDROID_NDK_ROOT = F:\Unity6\6000.0.32f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\NDK
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stderr[

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

  • What went wrong:
    Execution failed for task ‘:launcher:processReleaseResources’.

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask$TaskAction
Android resource linking failed
ERROR: F:\Unity Projects\My Grocery Store\Library\Bee\Android\Prj\IL2CPP\Gradle\unityLibrary\build\intermediates\merged_manifest\release\processReleaseManifest\AndroidManifest.xml:8:5-10:31: AAPT: error: unexpected element found in .

  • Try:

Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace.
Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.
Run with --scan to get full insights.
Get more help at https://help.gradle.org.

BUILD FAILED in 17s
]
stdout[

Configure project :unityLibrary
Variant ‘debug’, will keep symbols in binaries for:
‘libunity.so’
‘libil2cpp.so’
‘libmain.so’
Variant ‘release’, symbols will be stripped from binaries.

Configure project :launcher
Variant ‘debug’, will keep symbols in binaries for:
‘libunity.so’
‘libil2cpp.so’
‘libmain.so’
Variant ‘release’, symbols will be stripped from binaries.
WARNING: We recommend using a newer Android Gradle plugin to use compileSdk = 35

This Android Gradle plugin (8.3.0) was tested up to compileSdk = 34.

You are strongly encouraged to update your project to use a newer
Android Gradle plugin that has been tested with compileSdk = 35.

If you are already using the latest version of the Android Gradle plugin,
you may need to wait until a newer version with support for compileSdk = 35 is available.

To suppress this warning, add/update
android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=35
to this project’s gradle.properties.

Task :unityLibrary:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:packageReleaseResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:writeReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseLibraryResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseRFile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseResources
Task :unityLibrary:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:packageReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:writeReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:mergeReleaseNativeLibs NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:copyReleaseJniLibsProjectOnly UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseLibraryResources
Task :unityLibrary:GoogleMobileAdsPlugin.androidlib:prepareReleaseArtProfile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseRFile UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseJavaWithJavac UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibRuntimeToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:bundleLibCompileToJarRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseAssets
Task :unityLibrary:processReleaseJavaRes UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mapReleaseSourceSetPaths UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseMainManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseManifest UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processApplicationManifestReleaseForBundle UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:checkReleaseAarMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:packageReleaseResources
Task :launcher:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseManifestForPackage UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:extractReleaseVersionControlInfo UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:checkReleaseDuplicateClasses UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:javaPreCompileRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:desugarReleaseFileDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseResources
Task :launcher:mergeExtDexRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseShaders UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:compileReleaseShaders NO-SOURCE
Task :launcher:generateReleaseAssets UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseAssets
Task :launcher:processReleaseJavaRes NO-SOURCE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseJavaResource UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:mergeReleaseJniLibFolders UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:writeReleaseAppMetadata UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:collectReleaseDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:configureReleaseDependencies UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:parseReleaseIntegrityConfig UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:validateSigningRelease UP-TO-DATE
Task :launcher:processReleaseResources FAILED
Task :unityLibrary:configureCMakeRelWithDebInfo[arm64-v8a]
62 actionable tasks: 10 executed, 52 up-to-date
]
exit code: 1
UnityEditor.Android.Command.WaitForProgramToRun (UnityEditor.Utils.Program p, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.String command, System.String args, System.String workingdir, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg, System.Text.Encoding inputEncoding) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools.RunJava (System.String args, System.String workingdir, System.Action1[T] progress, System.String error) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0) UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, Unity.Android.Gradle.AndroidGradle androidGradle, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.String[] extraArguments, System.Action1[T] progress) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
Rethrow as GradleInvokationException: Gradle build failed
UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, Unity.Android.Gradle.AndroidGradle androidGradle, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.String extraArguments, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.TasksCommon.RunGradleTask (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context, System.String workingDirectory, System.String taskName, System.String extraArguments, UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.IPostProcessorTask owner, UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.ProgressHandler progress) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.TasksCommon.RunLauncherGradleTask (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context, System.String taskName, System.String extraArguments, UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.IPostProcessorTask owner, UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.ProgressHandler progress) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildGradleProject.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <5e2908a8533d4f289879381d3d0403ff>:0)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr, Boolean&)


There is an error in your AndroidManifest.xml as it says in this error message:

A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.res.LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask$TaskAction
Android resource linking failed
ERROR: F:\Unity Projects\My Grocery Store\Library\Bee\Android\Prj\IL2CPP\Gradle\unityLibrary\build\intermediates\merged_manifest\release\processReleaseManifest\AndroidManifest.xml:8:5-10:31: AAPT: error: unexpected element found in .

Please, try removing the extra space before uses-permission. Like this:
<uses-permission android:name=“com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID” />

I debugged w chatgpt and seems like i had many problems regarding the manifest file!

Thanks for your help. You can close the topic.