Update Android SDK to ANY API Level in 5 minutes.

[@zadeh79]

Really wish Unity would just update the SDK on command. I really hate it when program functions are arbitrarily just broken and people have to work around it. Thanks for the Tut.

[@vinnysh5664]

Really wish people did more tutorials the way that you do. Thank you so much!

[@TheDuckter]

Thank you so much! Unity's broken SDK API system was driving me crazy as I couldn't upload my game because the API level was not supported but now you have helped me fix this issue, have a great day man! :D

[@evenprime1658]

Simple and straight to the point.

[@fulgencejuniorlohore5217]

Thanks buddy! I was facing this issue on the Android SDK and thanks to you I can now move on! Keep it up please It was really useful!

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome mate glad it was helpful. Good luck with your game making!

[@fulgencejuniorlohore5217]

@@Flarvain Thanks again! Will let you know when it released!

[@lyndoniousprime]

Subbed to the patreon, such a good video saved me heaps of time versus working it out

[@amineaitboulman1967]

This was useful, really clear explanation, thank you sir !

[@Flarvain]

Glad it was useful! Welcome to the channel :)

[@mohanadworld8509]

@@Flarvain Thanks But it dosent work ?unity start make build but fail to export ?i think we should do somthing in build tools

[@merlynguevara2612]

Very helpful, informative, and well put together!

[@Flarvain]

Thanks merlyn!

[@SkizzoTheYeep]

This could not have explained any better, thanks.

[@Flarvain]

Thanks mate!

[@SkizzoTheYeep]

@@Flarvain Also, my game is for VR Meta Quest Applab and this STILL FIXED IT!

[@tafman]

Oh brother, you're a genius and a life saver... Have been trying to solve this API Level problem for a week now and no positive result yet until i watched this your video.... Thanks much for this.... I'm definitely subscribing 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟

[@Flarvain]

Thanks tafman, glad the tutorial helped you out :)

[@tafman]

@@Flarvain It's my pleasure 🤝🏽. Please after solving the API Level problem, i encountered another one saying "compilation failed; see the compiler error output for details. See the console for details." Please is there any possible solution for this from your side? Thanks in advance 🤝🏽

[@김승종-o3p]

Thanks!!! I spent a day because of this trouble. You saved me.

[@lanceroygames]

Dude great video! You helped save me a 4 day headache!

[@arbaazkhan5988]

Awsm bro ...Been looking for it from past two days..And your method worked

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@random_precision_software]

Thanks ! Ive subbed and looking forward to more content !!

[@Flarvain]

Thanks!

[@takealready]

Thank you this still works in 2022.

[@Flarvain]

Yep! Should keep working into 2023 too :) glad it helped!

[@EgoPingvina]

Ну наконец-то нормальный гайд, который действительно помог, спасибо!

[@henrig8708]

this was great! thank you so much! so well explained and demonstrated

[@Flarvain]

Thanks henri, appreciate the comment! :)

[@dudubertol]

THANK YOU SO MUCH GUY! I'm becaming crazy trying this alone! Tyyyyy

[@irtezamasud1079]

Dude take

[@Stinger-rq4gy]

Thank you for this video, thanks for making these

[@ASLWordOfTheDay]

Perfect! Exactly what I needed, thank you!

[@Orsonster]

even though this is outdated, this is exactly what i need. (i subbed)

[@Flarvain]

Thanks orsonster, ive considered making a new version of it, but its all still the same haha. Welcome to the channel!

[@Orsonster]

@@Flarvain although sometimes unity fails to build a grade daemon... any idea why?

[@Flarvain]

@@Orsonster hmmm, that isnt necessarily going to be tied to the api level issue. What kind of error message is it giving you?

[@Orsonster]

@@Flarvain well im not sure, but i have an idea, i use unity 2019.4.17f1, which is an older version, what im going to do, is copy android api 31 from 2022 version of unity, and then uninstall it, for this version of the api will have command-line-tools, in my case, unity needs.

[@Orsonster]

@@Flarvain and when it did build correctly, google said it was having a data issue with android NDK

[@md.nurulaminoly3429]

Thank you so much. it's really great way to fix it out.

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words :)

[@preenxus3425]

Ohh. Many thanks. It's a very helped me! You saved my day!!

[@Flarvain]

Not a problem, glad it was useful for you!

[@anlozge1788]

Great video as always! One little question tho, when we installed API level 30 and 31 it does support below that too, right?

[@Flarvain]

Thanks mate, itll support all versions you have installed which would likely be lower versions too yeah :)

[@AliGilani8]

You are a life saver.

[@basiccomponents]

Thank you so much, would've never done it without this!

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@SherwinIRL]

Thank you for this guide / tutorial 💜

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome! Thanks for the comment :)

[@marcoseliasmep]

Thanks for the video, I did that in the past but it is not working to me now :( Using Unity 2020.3 I am having troubles building with Android 13 SDK. Android sucks, they force updating the app with newer SDKs all the time. Sometimes we must update the engine and... Guess what... It comes with a lot of new problems and known issues that may breake certain games. It is so frustrating working with this platform. :(

[@loomabox2823]

Absolutely agree 😒

[@christianbalsero251]

I love you, man, sincerely

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome. Im glad it helped :)

[@andrej1668]

It works! Thank you.

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@qweasdy-pc6ql]

Great Tutorial! Subscribed!

[@Flarvain]

Thanks!

[@GamesOfVaibhav]

Very quick and very usefull!

[@Flarvain]

Thanks! Welcome to the channel :)

[@pixel0088]

Thank you! Seved me a day😀

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@krishnasoni4829]

Thank you very much Sir ❤❤

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@guillermemathaeus]

Thanks bro, you helped me a lot!

[@Flarvain]

Happy to help! Welcome to the channel :)

[@hugomarcoux3504]

You saved me a lot of time, thks!

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome! Welcome to the channel :)

[@YAS-vm8ko]

There are revisions next to API level. Are these important for our cases. Thank you :) I am also wondering if I need to chance NDKs so on, is it enough to chance SDK in normal condition?

[@Flarvain]

Morning YAS, apologies for the late reply. The ndk version downloads generally come with a compatible version directly from the hub. From a mobile perspective ive only ever been stopped on the sdk as they raise the minimum required level there quite frequently for an aab file. Thanks!

[@Guru1106]

After copying platform files, can I uninstall android studio to save space on sdd? Thanks for the Video

[@Flarvain]

Yeah. Once its copied out you could get rid of it if you want :)

[@Robot_ManYT]

Thanks so much, had a lot of trooble with the android SDK

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome :)

[@lanangyudistira]

i have build trouble when i use api 31,32,33 but it's not error when i use api 30. when i checked the android studio i have that api. but still error

[@Flarvain]

Hi lanang, i believe that might be a change in whats in the api level itself as opposed to the method of downloading that api level

[@אמיתישלם]

thank u so much man you made my day

[@Flarvain]

This comment made my night, thank you :)

[@1234yokee]

Thank verry so much. You save my life

[@Flarvain]

No problem naymyo. Good luck with your app!

[@dl8684]

sadly mine says it cant copy since its from another program? any other way. I need api 31+

[@Flarvain]

Thats strange, we havent had anyone having that issue, what version of unity are you using. And are you sure youve unchecked using unitys inbuilt version

[@galaxydev5953]

Thank you very much you helped me

[@Flarvain]

Youre welcome! Glad it was helpful

[@ilyasbenyahia2694]

So useful, Thanks a lot

[@Stinger-rq4gy]

If I get stuck on this process can I ask for your help?

[@ansqad226]

i did all you said but unity is still not accepting my android 33

[@Flarvain]

Hi Ans Qad, i believe that might be a change in whats in the api level itself as opposed to the method of downloading that api level. Youd be best checking some google play documentation about changes specific to 33 that might mean you need to update your code

[@ansqad226]

@@Flarvain i upgraded unity from 2020 lts to 2021 lts now your method is working

[@funwithsripu9251]

Will this work in Android 14 API 34,tonuse Android 21 (lollipop) version developed App?

[@playnews695]

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[@Flarvain]

Thanks play news! Appreciate the feedback :)

[@rohitvishwakarma9261]

Hi @Flarvain, Do you know anything about this error java.io.IOException: Can't read [/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2020.3.15f2/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer/SDK/platforms/android-33/optional/android.car.jar] (Can't process class [android/car/Car$CarServiceLifecycleListener.class] (Unsupported version number [55.0] (maximum 54.0, Java 10))) See the Console for details.

[@ghazalihichame]

Thank you dear, but I can't build with unity 2018, I should change something like gradle or jdk ...? Thank you

[@Flarvain]

Hey there, yeah i think 2018 is past LTS so its very likely youll need to upgrade your project. Make sure you take a backup of it first because youll be jumping quite a few major versions. Good luck!

[@ghazalihichame]

@@Flarvain Thank you very much, sorry I am not a developer 😭.

[@Elmorwen]

Android SDK just breaks and fails to build if I do this.

[@aaimamajeed9174]

hi i'm having the same issue kindly help

[@Flarvain]

Hi aaima, can you let me know specifically the issue your still having? Thanks!

[@Flarvain]

@Aaima in the comments is fine or you can come join the discord where you can post screenshotd etc in the code help area :)

[@imperator0183]

Hi my brother how are you? Bro , i build apk and try to install it to my android phone but apk shows error (writes app not installed) this problem is being some andorid devices. İf i try your api level update tactic, my problem will solution? maybe?

[@Flarvain]

Not one that ive come across before. Keep in mind that as you update api levels older phones will no longer be supported so one reason could be that the phone your using isnt compatible with that version of api level

[@imperator0183]

@@Flarvain i should be update api levels? how i can it?

[@azeemshafique825]

I have copied and paste the API 29,30 and 31 folder in my platform folder but I can't see the updated API level in the inspector while drop downing the target API level.

[@Flarvain]

Hey there azeem, are you running on an old version of unity. I think they limit the versions choosable by version of unity aswell

[@Funnygamingclips]

Great. It worked for me also. Just to download 2gb of Android studio was annoying 😑😑

[@Flarvain]

Haha. Yeah, some things cant be escaped unfortunately. I prefer it over playing with unitys method of getting them. Welcome to the channel!

[@amalam4717]

after using 35 it gives build error

[@user-bo6hw3km6b]

hi, for some reason I build my project to Android Studio and now I cant update my SDK, anybody know how can I fix this?

[@dersimheimervall2629]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@morneerasmus1789]

Thank you!

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@TheHeadphonesAreNeeded]

new sub W vid

[@TwiceBox]

Very helpful

[@Flarvain]

Thanks!

[@ListonJiu]

Awesome

[@realreddog8866]

Hi, I have been through all this video as thought it would solve a strange problem. My game used to work fine when testing on an Android phone but after installing Google mobile ads it no longer opens when I test on my device. If I remove the Google Ads then it runs fine. The apk builds fine either way! any idea what's going on?

[@shyamsubin]

your admob id is empty in manifest file, so before each compile make sure you fill in admob id in admob settings in unity. Also you may export the project to android studio and fill in admob id in android studio.

[@ayushagrawal737]

thank you for the video, for me after clicking update android sdk in unity, it automatically get updated and build get completed

[@joaosouza-gk2mf]

muito obrigado!!

[@populargamesonline]

Is this works for Unity 2019.4.6f1 version?

[@Flarvain]

Hey there. The version of unity wont have an impact on the this as these are tools used by every version of unity.

[@populargamesonline]

@@Flarvain Im asking because i already done that update for API 31, but after publishing i expirience many crashes in statistics on Android 11 devices. Almost every 11device crashed, when i turned back API to 30 it was ok.

[@plejader_]

Can you install and use your app on an Android 12 device? I tried on a Pixel 4a and can't open the app. Same thing on the emulator.

[@Flarvain]

Are you making a aab file or an apk file? If you're looking to put the install file directly onto a phone you need to create it as an apk, there may also be some phoke settings to allow you to install from untrusted sources. Aab files are the wrapped up apk that handles different bit installs (32 bit, 64 etc). But a normal phone doesnt know how to handle that. Happy to help further over on the discord if needed :) discord.gg/Rascj5vXP8

[@plejader_]

@@Flarvain yes i know that. I build abb file and put it on Google Play Beta Tests, and when I open it on Pixel 4a on Android 12 i have this: Targeting S+ (version 31 and above) requires that one of FLAG_IMMUTABLE or FLAG_MUTABLE be specified when creating a PendingIntent.

[@Flarvain]

Hmmm. Not one ive come across before. Looked through some forums and it looks like unity staff have said its not related to core unity. Are you using any other plugins like admob for example? That appears to be an error coming up recently for them, ive always used unityads though so i havent needed to tackle this one.

[@abhishektyagi3941]

Now getting this error "CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed." for api level greater than 29 and for 29 it is working perfectly

[@Flarvain]

Make sure your version of unity is capable of building higher than level 29. You may need to update your project to a newer version if its old

[@abhishektyagi3941]

@@Flarvain Yes Now I am using the latest version of unity and error resolved. Thankyou

[@Jimaniki]

Thank you

[@tyronemcclanahangames5148]

I love you so much

[@Flarvain]

Xoxox

[@howchen8529]

It keeps telling me grade build failed after I did this for some reason T_T

[@Flarvain]

Hmmm, could you join the discord server and shoot through some screen shots of your error message. Im at work but i should be able to help triage :)

[@sheheryarahmed438]

Same issue. Did you manage to solve it?

[@howchen8529]

@@sheheryarahmed438 I think I chose android 10 or sth to make it work in the end Can't really help here

[@hickeyninetwo]

sensei 🙏

[@ashenonekenobi421]

Thanks

[@taigorocortez7035]

Gracias

[@tursturis]

thanks.

[@kevinsihaloho4431]

if only i found this video faster..

[@Flarvain]

I know right, people always tend to over complicate these things!

[@hatfansr563]

Execuse me, sir What about 2018?

[@Flarvain]

Hey hatfan, what do you mean? For unity 2018.x.x? If so the steps will still be the same, however i dont think unity will have a high enough api option built in for you to publish to google play. I would recommend updating to the latest lts (long term support) version, which should be 2020.x.x or 2021.x.x hope that helps mate, welcome to the channel!

[@hatfansr563]

@@Flarvain thanks for the fast response. In Unity 2018, there's no recommend SDK, so I just copy SDK Path from Android Studio directly, and if it error. I can't solve it 😢

[@Flarvain]

Hmm ill have to redownload unity 2018 to check but it definitely does exist to tell you the location, it wont look the same as in 2020.x.x or 2021.x.x but it should still be within one of the menus in preferences. Again though, i think you will need to update to a higher version before you are able to publish to the play store. Im not sure if 2018 even had aab files built in? Its likely something else will fail on a version that old though

[@sweekarkhadka4595]

Oh so it is over here wasted my life for this...

[@Flarvain]

Hahah. I feel your pain, did you go down the keytool route? XD

[@sweekarkhadka4595]

@@Flarvain yeah

[@Flarvain]

Ahh, well im glad you found this then! Should make it alot easier. Welcome to the channel mate :) If you have any questions come join us on the discord!

[@sweekarkhadka4595]

@@Flarvain yeah mate joined your discord

[@cansvr]

Hello, do you know how to solve "A failure occurred while executing com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.Workers$ActionFacade" error? When i build android on unity it is successful but when i check the Build App Bundle(Google Play), it throws this error. I signed and entered password carefully.

[@Trombonaut]

Great video, thanks 🎁

[@Flarvain]

Thanks trombonaut, love the profile pic haha

[@PineappleBrain]

Very useful video, thankyou!

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@black-out2841]

thank you

[@Flarvain]

You're welcome!

[@MichaelSapir]

Amazing tutorial,thanks you

[@monstermike]

Thank you