AndroidPreferredInstallLocation

Description

Options for preferred storage location for the application installation on Android devices.

These options indicate whether the application should be installed on an internal or external storage of the Android device. You can pass a value from this enum to PlayerSettings.Android.preferredInstallLocation.

using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Build;

public class PreferredInstallLocationSample : MonoBehaviour
{
    [MenuItem("Build/Preferred Install Location Sample")]
    static void BuildPreferredInstallLocationSample()
    {
        PlayerSettings.SetScriptingBackend(NamedBuildTarget.Android, ScriptingImplementation.IL2CPP);
        PlayerSettings.Android.targetArchitectures = AndroidArchitecture.ARM64;

        // Set preferredInstallLocation to PreferExternal
        // This allows your app to be installed on external storage (SD card)
        PlayerSettings.Android.preferredInstallLocation = AndroidPreferredInstallLocation.PreferExternal;

        var options = new BuildPlayerOptions();
        options.scenes = new[] { "Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity" };
        options.locationPathName = "Build/AndroidBuild.apk";
        options.target = BuildTarget.Android;
        options.targetGroup = BuildTargetGroup.Android;
        BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer(options);
    }
}

Properties