Crash after “Application ID ( 232323232323) must be a numeric value.”

[qbit86]

When I export to Gradle project and build APK in Android Studio, I get this error in run time and then application crashes:

E/ValidateServiceOp(7463): Application ID ( 232323232323) must be a numeric value. Please verify that your manifest refers to the correct project ID.
D/AndroidRuntime(8305): Shutting down VM
V/AlarmManager(2657): waitForAlarm result :8
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: A fatal developer error has occurred. Check the logs for further information.
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zze$zza.zzc(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zze$zza.zzv(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zze$zze.zzauc(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.google.android.gms.common.internal.zze$zzd.handleMessage(Unknown Source)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:145)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6917)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1404)
E/AndroidRuntime(8305): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1199)

Looks like the problem is in leading space in app id. But this space in AndroidManifest is intentionally added via template XML:

<!-- the space in these forces it to be interpreted as a string vs. int -->
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID"
    android:value="\ 232323232323" />

This does not happen when I build via Gradle directly without exporting; or if I use internal legacy build system.

Plugin: 0.9.36, Unity: 2017.2.0f2

[ximera91]

I'm having the same issue, did you manage to solve it?

[khaledElshimy]

replace "\ " with "\u003

before:
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID" android:value="\ 232323232323" />
after:
<meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.games.APP_ID" android:value="\u003232323232323" />

[jyrkive]

Thanks @khaledElshimy, your workaround helped in my project. 👍

[hazarartuner]

Thank you @khaledElshimy it worked for me too 👍 🎉 When I updated the Unity version to 2018.2, this bug occurred. if there are anybody having the same issue, you should find the AndroidManifest.xml in your project and do what @khaledElshimy says to do 😄

[jyrkive]

Yeah, updating to Unity 2018.2 was the trigger for us as well. The other development branch which uses Unity 2018.1 is still unaffected.

[exzizt]

@hazarartuner Your solution worked for me as well. However, which "AndroidManifest.xml" file needed to be changed exactly? I found a lot of those "AndroidManifest.xml" files in my project. I changed one or two and it didn't work. Then, I finally searched and changed every single one I could find and it worked.

[alkubo]

@exzizt , i think it's the GooglePlayGame AndroidManifest.xml, which is in "Assets/GooglePlayGames/Plugins/Android/GooglePlayGamesManifest.plugin/" folder

[Jbrandan]

I did not work Unity 2018.2.0f2 (64-bit) plugin 0.9.50

[alphadogware]

The AndroidManifest.xml file is recreated on build, so why would changing the value in that file make any difference? i tried this anyway and it didn't work for me, the file got overwritten when I built again for android.

[ChristianTellefsen]

You can update the template file that generates the manifest.

Assets\GooglePlayGames\Editor\template-AndroidManifest.txt

[alphadogware]

I just tried updating the template file and still got the same error.