Oculus Quest 2 Unity

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Oculus Quest 2 Unity Walkthrough
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Solution#1:
– Place your file into some sdcard folder (by browsing there with Explorer), for example:”This PCQuestInternal shared storageDownloadmyfile.txt”
– Add script to load file:
var t = File.ReadAllText('/sdcard/Download/myfile.txt');
– From Unity menu select: Oculus/Tools/Create store-compatible AndroidManifest.xml
– Modify Assets/Plugin/Android/AndroidManifest.xml, add this line after </application> :
<uses-permission android:name='android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE' />
– Build & Run *Note: run fails, due to missing launch action.. so run the app manually in device (from library/unknown sources)
– Allow Read permissions when you start the app

Optional:
– You can enable LAUNCHER, to make Build & Run work, by replacing this line:
<category android:name='android.intent.category.INFO'/>
with:
<category android:name='android.intent.category.LAUNCHER'/>
– Can also disable permission request (while doing tests), by modifying this line:
meta-data android:name='unityplayer.SkipPermissionsDialog' android:value='false'
into:
meta-data android:name='unityplayer.SkipPermissionsDialog' android:value='true'
– Can also add Write permissions:
<uses-permission android:name='android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE'/>

My AndroidManifest.xml:
https://gist.github.com/unitycoder/a8a827311ea0837b06af6ccde85effec

Solution#2: (temporary fix)
check what permissions the app has:
adb shell dumpsys package <package_name>
then add permissions
adb shell pm grant <package_name> android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
adb shell pm grant <package_name> android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Resources:
– https://developer.oculus.com/distribute/latest/concepts/publish-mobile-manifest/
– https://forums.oculusvr.com/developer/discussion/78412/accessing-local-files

Tags: file, oculus, permissions, quest, read, sdcard, unity, vr

10 Comments + Add Comment

Hasn’t worked for me.
I followed the instructions closely, replaced the manifest file with the example provided. I built and run, and then closed the app and opened it from ‘Unknown sources’. I believe it throws an error when running the line
string testLoadString = File.ReadAllText(“/sdcard/Download/test.txt”);
Although I don’t know how to see the error once it is not in Unity. Note that, even when I had not included the line
meta-data android:name=”unityplayer.SkipPermissionsDialog” android:value=”true”
it still didn’t ask for permissions when running the app.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This worked perfectly on Quest 1, BUT not on Quest 2.
Any idea if the path changed on Quest 2?
Can pay 50$ via paypal for any insight leading to the solution 🙂
Thanks
Felix
Any news on if Quest 2 directory has changed? On if there are any new steps involved.
I had video file read problems in 2019.1 and it seems to be an Android 10 bug.
It was solved for me by using Unity 2019.2.
https://issuetracker.unity3d.com/issues/android-video-player-cannot-play-files-located-in-the-persistent-data-directory-on-android-10?_ga=2.2188601.882680562.1607255200-1472655325.1605534586

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