Unity Android Build – Required API Level 30

Posted on October 8, 2021 by admin

Android SDK missing required platform API

Ran into the above issue while trying to build a Unity project. Android studio had the correct version installed, why was it not able to use API level 30?

Ok So hit Update Android SDK. Unity Launches a PowerShell window and tries to upgrade the Android SDK level, but fails with

“Unable to install additional SDK platform. Please run the SDK Manager manually to make sure you have the latest set of tools and the required platforms installed.”

Looks like there was a bug with the space in the path to the command Unity was running.

https://forum.unity.com/threads/android-sdk-29-unable-to-install-additional-sdk-platform-issue-workaround.963626/

Looks like there are a couple of work arounds for this. I had Android Studio installed so I opened up that folder and copied that platform version to my unity folder.

Copy Android platform from Android Studio to Unity Folder

Android Studio folder should be in AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platforms

Unity Project folder should be “C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2020.3.19f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\platforms”

You should now be able to build the project in Unity now with the appropriate API version.

Unity – Rotate Player by Dragging Finger on Screen

Posted on August 3, 2021 by admin

C# Code for rotating a player in Unity by swiping on the screen.

This is actually really simple to do. Create a script called PlayerRotation or something, then put in the following code.

 
 public float speed;
 void Update()
    {
        // Touch controls for rotation
        if (Input.touchCount > 0 && Input.GetTouch(0).phase == TouchPhase.Moved)
        {
            Vector2 touchDeltaPosition = Input.GetTouch(0).deltaPosition;
            // Rotate Player.  Could change Rotate to Translate to move the player.
            transform.Rotate(0, touchDeltaPosition.x * speed, 0);
   

    }

Assign the Script to the player and specify the speed in the Unity Inspector. The public float speed variable will increase or decrease how fast you rotate around. You can also set it to a negative number to rotate the opposite direction you drag with your finger.

no permissions (user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?)

Posted on December 28, 2020 by admin

While trying to use ADB on a Linux Computer, I received the following error from “adb devices”

no permissions (user in plugdev group; are your udev rules wrong?);

Not exactly sure what causes the above error, but the information in the following Stack Exchange link was helpful.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53887322/adb-devices-no-permissions-user-in-plugdev-group-are-your-udev-rules-wrong

I was able to get around the issue by putting the USB option to “File Transfer Mode” from the notifications menu

How to Restore Pixel to Factory Image

Posted on December 18, 2020 by admin

Restoring a Pixel to the factory image is a pretty straight forward operation if you are familiar with fastboot and adb. This guide assumes you have fastboot already installed and setup in your user path. If not you can refer to the following link for more information.

WARNING – THESE STEPS WILL DELETE ALL USER DATA OFF THE DEVICE.

https://developers.google.com/android/images#instructions

1. Download OTA Image

Go to the following link and download the Factory Image for your device

https://developers.google.com/android/images

Extract the file and then open a terminal or command prompt in that directory.

2. Boot up Pixel in recovery

You can do this with “adb reboot recovery” or with the volume key to boot into the Android boot menu.

3. Flash Image

On Windows you can flash the firmware with

flash-all.bat

Or on Linux

./flash-all.sh

Should take it a couple of minutes to complete.

Next we can lock bootloader with

fastboot flashing lock

You will need to confirm the lock on your phone.

Android Alert Dialog .setNegativeButton

Posted on November 14, 2020 by admin

If you want the Negative button to not execute any command when clicked, you can specify null

            .setNegativeButton("Cancel", null)

or if we want to run stuff when Cancel is clicked

            .setNegativeButton("Cancel") { dialog, which ->
                variable = true
                Toast.makeText(this, "Cancel hit!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()}
            .create()?.show()

Android Button – Remove Shadow and Border from Button with Image on it

Posted on November 11, 2020 by admin

We can remove the border and shadows from a button by adding the following style code in your activity_main.xml file. Or what ever your XML file is.

style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"

Code for button. We are setting an image as the background.

  <Button
        android:id="@+id/button"
        style="?android:attr/borderlessButtonStyle"
        android:layout_width="48dp"
        android:layout_height="48dp"
        android:background="@drawable/gear"
        android:onClick="launchSettings"
        android:textSize="12sp"/>

Comparison of buttons. One on the left still has the shadow on it

Difference between border and borderless buttons

More info here

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28756035/how-to-remove-button-shadow-android
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27867284/remove-shadow-effect-on-android-button/30856094

Getting Android WiFi state in Kotlin

Posted on November 5, 2020 by admin

In Kotlin you can request if the WiFi adapter is on or off with the following code
This changes the text on a textbox, replace with your textbox.

wifiManager = this.applicationContext.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE) as WifiManager
textBox.text = "WiFi State = ${wifiManager.wifiState}"

The important part is

wifiManager.wifiState

It will return a number from 0-4 which indicates if it is on or off.

0 = WiFi is being disabled
1 = WiFi Disabled
2 = WiFi is being enabled
3 = WiFi is Enabled
4 = Error

https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/net/wifi/WifiManager#WIFI_STATE_DISABLED:kotlin.Int

Android Things – How To Forget all Networks with ADB

Posted on October 26, 2020 by admin

https://developer.android.com/things/hardware/wifi-adb

The following command will remove all saved networks from your Android Things devices.

adb shell am startservice -n com.google.wifisetup/.WifiSetupService -a WiFiSetupService.Reset

Kotlin, Launching Settings Activity is Showing Main Activity

Posted on October 3, 2020 by admin

The problem is that the code in SettingsActivity is not tied to the settings_activity.xml file. So it is using the activity_main.xml instead. It does in fact switch activities, the header at the top shows that it is in the Settings, but it shows the same information on the Main Activity. Problem showed up after copying and pasting code.

Check the following line under the initial onCreate function

override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)  // <-- Should be R.layout.settings_activity

The setContentView line should reflect the Layout XML file under res -> layout -> settings_activity.xml

You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.

Posted on September 25, 2020 by admin

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21814825/you-need-to-use-a-theme-appcompat-theme-or-descendant-with-this-activity

You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity.

Looks like if you get the above error resolved by adding the following to the Android Manifest file.

android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light

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