[Question] How to automate android dependency resolution using Unity -executeMethod?

[srichakradhar]

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• Unity editor version: 2022.2.9f1
• External Dependency Manager version: 1.2.176
• Source you installed EDM4U: .unitypackage (from googleads-mobile-unity)
• Features in External Dependency Manager in use: Android Resolver
• Plugins SDK in use: Admob
• Platform you are using the Unity editor on: Mac

[REQUIRED] Please describe the question here:

I tried running android resolver using /Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.2.9f1/Unity.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity -batchmode -quit -projectPath "${PWD}" -executeMethod Google.JarResolver.GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve I ended up with the error:

Aborting batchmode due to failure:
executeMethod class 'PlayServicesResolver' could not be found.
Argument was -executeMethod Google.JarResolver.GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve

I got the same error when I tried using just GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve also. Is it possible to run the android resolver from command line the way I did? Is there any other approach using which I can achieve this?

[NVentimiglia]

The execution method is incorrect.

/Applications/Unity/Hub/Editor/2022.2.9f1/Unity.app/Contents/MacOS/Unity -batchmode -quit -projectPath "${PWD}" -executeMethod GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve

[chkuang-g]

@NVentimiglia Thank you for the answer

@srichakradhar If you were using GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve and it still cannot find PlayServicesResolver, chances are that your Google.JarResolver.dll is not enabled.

If you import through .unitypackage, these EDM4U libraries were shipped disabled. They are enabled by default in .tgz. The reason is to prevent compiler error when two versions of libraries are enabled at the same time, which prevent VersionHandlerImpl.dll from properly disable the older version.

If this is your case, a couple of potential quick solution is available:

• Just open the project once and wait for VersionHandler to enable those editor libraries properly. Alternatively, you can enable them manually if VersionHandler, for any reason, did not start properly.
• Remove EDM4U from Assets folder and install it through .tgz. All editor libraries are enabled by default in this case since there is no need to handle different version of EDM4U
• If you are setting up CI and you need to import EDM4U and run Resolve as part of the setup stage, try to run Google.VersionHandler.UpdateNow first, which should enable those libraries, before running GooglePlayServices.PlayServicesResolver.MenuResolve. This is how Firebase Unity SDK repo setup and build testapps.

Let me know if this helps.

Shawn

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