Will AndroidProjectFiles be back in Unity 2023.3 cycles?

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Hi. Unity 2023.3.0b4 removed some properties of AndroidProjectFiles class.

Related release note is here:

My project is depend on LauncherManifest and UnityLibraryManifest (for modifying manifest on multiple build settings), so I want to know whether it will be reverted or removed permanently.

Thanks.

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As soon as Google fixes External Dependency Manager, we’ll reexpose those properties.

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Thanks for reply. In that case, should I manually update ExternalDependencyManager to latest version? it is installed as dependency of other packages (like IronSource).

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Once it’s fixed, yes

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I only became aware of this issue today, during an attempt to upgrade to version 2023.2.13. As someone responsible for maintaining a package that relies on these previously public APIs, I must express that the removal in a patch version is highly problematic. It violates semantic versioning principles and undermines trust in Unity’s versioning system.

I would greatly appreciate it if you could give careful consideration before making similar decisions in the future.

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I am sorry, it happened, but if we wouldn’t do that, majority of Unity Android projects would stop working, if those projects have External Dependency Manager inside.

Small update: The fixes for External Dependency Manager started being worked on. Once the fixes will become public, we’ll bring back those APIs.

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@Tomas1856
Hi. Any news for this issue? the API is still non-public in 6000.0.1f1.

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Sorry, still no news, as far as I know there’s ongoing discussion with Google.

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