Update your com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3 Maven dependency to an Android 14 compatible version! Your current com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3 library is incompatible with targetSdkVersion 34 (Android 14), which introduces a backwards-incompatible change to broadcast receivers. As a reminder, from August 31, 2024, Google Play requires all new app releases to target Android 14. Update to the latest library version dependency to avoid app crashes.

[rico345100]

Describe the bug
Possible related:
#3315

Uploading my game built with Unity 2021.3.43f1 or 2022.3.45f1 used EDM4U 1.2.182, Google rejects my upload with:

Update your com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3 Maven dependency to an Android 14 compatible version! Your current com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3 library is incompatible with targetSdkVersion 34 (Android 14), which introduces a backwards-incompatible change to broadcast receivers. As a reminder, from August 31, 2024, Google Play requires all new app releases to target Android 14. Update to the latest library version dependency to avoid app crashes.

So I opened up mainTemplate.gradle and found Play Core 1.10.3 is used.

apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
**APPLY_PLUGINS**

dependencies {
    implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
// Android Resolver Dependencies Start
    implementation 'com.google.android.play:core:1.10.3' // Assets/GooglePlayPlugins/com.google.play.core/Editor/PlayCoreDependencies.xml:3
    implementation 'com.google.games:gpgs-plugin-support:0.10.14' // Assets/GooglePlayGames/Editor/GooglePlayGamesPluginDependencies.xml:11
// Android Resolver Dependencies End
**DEPS**}

Deleting all custom gradle files and create them again doesn't work, force resolve, either.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Build a game with Unity 2021.3.43f1 or 2022.3.45f1
2. Upload ABB to Google Play Console
3. Upload rejected by Google

Expected behavior
(Probably) Play Core related stuff needs to be updated and Google accepts my update.

Versions

• Unity version: 2021.3.43f1 or 2022.3.45f1
• Google Play Games Plugin for Unity version: 0.10.14

Additional context
Also using Unity Ads 4.4.2 and Unity IAP 4.12.2

[hippogamesunity]

+1
The best option is to revert and do nothing till Nov 1 (extended period while we can still publish updates).

[mii-47]

https://discussions.unity.com/t/how-to-successfully-sdk30-and-gradle-7-x/855384/24

I resolved the issue by using the PatchPlayCoreLibrariesGradlePostProcessor.cs attached to this thread to remove com.google.android.play:core after the build.