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Gradle templates
Override the Android App Manifest

Gradle template variables

You can use the following variables in custom GradleAn Android build system that automates several build processes. This automation means that many common build errors are less likely to occur. More info
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template files:

Variable Description
ABIFILTERS Specifies the Application Binary Interfaces (ABIs) that your application should support. For example, armeabi-v7a, arm64-v8a. Gradle creates application builds for the specified ABIFILTERS values only.
APIVERSION The API version to build for. Unity sets the and TARGETSDKVERSION to the same value (Target API Level in the Android Player Settings).
APPLICATIONID Android Application ID. For example, com.mycompany.myapp.
APPLY_PLUGINS Specifies a list of Gradle plug-insA set of code created outside of Unity that creates functionality in Unity. There are two kinds of plug-ins you can use in Unity: Managed plug-ins (managed .NET assemblies created with tools like Visual Studio) and Native plug-ins (platform-specific native code libraries). More info
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to use during the build process.
BUILDTOOLS The SDK build tools to use.
BUILD_SCRIPT_DEPS Specifies a list of dependencies and repositories required during the build process.
DEPS The list of project dependencies. This is the list of libraries that the project uses.
DIR_UNITYPROJECT The directory of your Unity project.
EXTERNAL_SOURCES The build script required to produce build artifacts such as, GameActivity and Swappy native libraries.
GOOGLE_PLAY_DEPENDENCIES Specifies the Google Play services your application requires. For example, com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:23.2.0.
IL_CPP_BUILD_SETUP The build script required to produce build artifacts related to IL2CPPA Unity-developed scripting back-end which you can use as an alternative to Mono when building projects for some platforms. More info
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, such as libil2cpp.so.
LAUNCHER_SOURCE_BUILD_SETUP Unity’s internal build script.
LIBSDKTARGET The target API level the Unity library supports.
MINIFY_DEBUG Indicates whether to minify debug builds.
MINIFY_RELEASE Indicates whether to minify release builds.
MINSDKVERSION The minimum API version that supports the application.
NAMESPACE The namespace of the application, which is the same as the application ID.
NDKPATH Specifies the Android Native Development Kit (NDK) installation folder path set in the Android section of Preferences > External Tools.
PACKAGING_OPTIONS Specifies the required APKThe Android Package format output by Unity. An APK is automatically deployed to your device when you select File > Build & Run. More info
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packaging options.
PLAY_ASSET_PACKS Specifies the asset packs to include in your application.
SIGN Complete the signingConfigs section if this build is signed.
SIGNCONFIG Indicates whether the build is signed. If this property is set to signingConfig.release, the build is signed.
SOURCE_BUILD_SETUP Unity’s internal build script.
SPLITS Indicates whether your application supports multiple APK builds.
SPLITS_VERSION_CODE Build script that sets version code for split APKs.
TARGETSDKVERSION The API version to target. Unity sets the and APIVERSION to the same value (Target API Level in the Android Player Settings).
USER_PROGUARD Specifies a custom ProGuard file to use for minification.
VERSIONCODE The internal version number for the application. It’s used to indicate how recent the application version is, where higher number denotes a more recent version.
VERSIONNAME The application version number expressed as a string. This version number is visible to the users.

Custom settingsTemplate.gradle files can also contain the following variables:

Variable Description
INCLUDES The list of Android Library plug-ins to include in the Gradle project.

Custom gradleTemplate.properties files can also contain the following variables:

Variable Description
ADDITIONAL_PROPERTIES Contains additional properties for the application. This includes:
• The Gradle template version.
• The path to the Unity project.
• If the application uses the Android App Bundle publishing format, a flag that indicates to keep native libraries compressed.
JVM_HEAP_SIZE The maximum size of the Java virtual machine (JVM) heap.
STREAMING_ASSETS The list of files in the Steaming Assets folder that Gradle shouldn’t compress.

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Gradle templates
Override the Android App Manifest