[XR Plugin Management] AndroidManifest.xml not found in unityLibrary/AndroidManifest.xml

[itssidhere]

Describe the bug
When I enable Ar core in my project and try to export using the plugin. I think unity distributes the AndroidManifest.xml and there is not AndroidManifest.xml in the unityLibrary folder so the plugin throws a file not found exception

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Enable AR core functionality by import Ar Foundation and Ar core google
2. Create basic AR scene
3. export in debug mode

Screenshots

Unity (please complete the following information):

• OS: Windows 11
• Version 2022.2

Additional context
The project successfully builds when building from Unity but cannot be exported!

[kemalbayikk]

I am facing with the same issue. Any updates?

[guoguoguilai]

The same issue. How to solve this?

[timbotimbo]

Looks like Unity broke their own code.

Based on info from this unity forum topic.
The XR Plugin Management package included a change in 4.3.1.

[4.3.1] - 2022-10-14
Clean up AndroidManifest.xml every XR build to prevent conflicts with other configurations.

Was reported to Unity here, and on may 5th it was said to be fixed in the next version.

So in short, downgrade XR Plugin Management to 4.2.2 or lower.
Or wait for Unity to release a newer version like 4.3.4.

[Update]
Unity fixed this in XR plugin management 4.4

[kemalbayikk]

Downgrading Unity version to 2021.3.22f1 solved issue for me

[Kashif-Asghar60]

I am experiencing the same error. As a newcomer to the Unity environment, I was following a 4-year-old YouTube tutorial. However, when I attempt to export for Android (debug/release), I encounter an error stating that the AndroidManifest file cannot be found. Unfortunately, I am unsure how to resolve this issue.

After following a suggestion from @kemalbayikk, I downgraded to version 2021.3.22f1, but the error persists.
I'm using demoapp (cube) project in unity.

Using unity on M1 mac

[Ahmadre]

Looks like Unity broke their own code.

Based on info from this unity forum topic. The XR Plugin Management package included a change in 4.3.1.

[4.3.1] - 2022-10-14
Clean up AndroidManifest.xml every XR build to prevent conflicts with other configurations.

Was reported to Unity here, and on may 5th it was said to be fixed in the next version.

So in short, downgrade XR Plugin Management to 4.2.2 or lower. Or wait for Unity to release a newer version like 4.3.4.

Thanks Timbo. I faced the same problem. Maybe we should notice these somehow in Changelog or so (if we for example tackle 2022.2.0.)

[timbotimbo]

I Added a note to the Readme and removed the package from the example project, as the example doesn't use AR ayway.