By default, Unity restricts certain Android devices known to run Unity applications sub-optimally from using the Vulkan graphics API. However, your testing might reveal that some restricted devices actually run your application better with Vulkan API than with OpenGLES3 API. Alternatively, you might want to further restrict some devices to run your application with Vulkan API. Using Allow and Deny Filter Lists, you can fine tune which devices you want to allow to run your application with Vulkan API.
With Allow Filter List, you can allow certain devices to use Vulkan as the default graphics API to run your application. Alternatively, with the Deny Filter List, you can limit certain devices from using the Vulkan API to run your application. The restricted devices use a fallback graphics API set in the Player settingsSettings that let you set various player-specific options for the final game built by Unity. More info
See in Glossary to run your application. If you don’t include an alternative graphics API, such as OpenGLES3, in your Player Settings, your application won’t launch on any devices that meet the rejection criteria. If you set the same values in both Allow and Deny Filter Lists, Unity ignores the criteria defined by those values.
If a device is included in both the Allow and Deny Filter Lists, the Allow Filter takes precedence and the device uses the Vulkan API. You can use these lists to restrict a large category of poorly performing devices from using the Vulkan API, while still allowing those devices within the category that perform better using Vulkan API. Although you can restrict the use of Vulkan API on a group of devices, you can use the Allow Filter List to enable particular devices from that group to still use Vulkan.
To allow Android devices to always use Vulkan API, use the following steps:
Android devices that meet the specifications defined in the parameter values will always use Vulkan API for Unity applications.
To restrict Android devices from using the Vulkan API, use the Deny Filter List and follow the same steps as earlier.
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