Azure DevOps – Android Unity build w/ Itch.io publishing – with walkthrough video

Video

This will guide you through the steps of setting up Azure DevOps pipeline for building a Unity Android project.

Requirements

• Have a Azure DevOps account.
• Unity editor installed.
• Unity Android modules installed.

Notes

• Butler won’t upload if there are multiple builds in the same folder. (WebGL and Android), so delete one or just clean out the build folder.
• Set “JDK” system level environmental variable to “2.182.1” to get the build to start.
• Set “Android_Home” system level environmental variable to [android_folder/sdk]. Example [C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2021.3.14f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK]

Steps

1. Install Android modules if missing.
2. Locate Android SDK in [C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\[Editor_Version]\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK].
3. Create Android_Home system level environmental variable with path from step 2.
4. Create JDK system level environmental variable with value of 2.182.1 or what ever the missing JDK version is.
5. Restart service Azure Pipelines Agent.
6. Add Android Signing and Aligning task.
7. Disable signing option in Android Signing and Aligning task since we don’t have the certificates needed right now.
8. Edit PowerShell script for the Butler publishing from whatever channel ie WebGL to Android.
9. Remove any other builds in the Azure Agent build folder ie [C:\agent\_work\1\b] since it will prevent butler from publishing the build.
10. Execute the pipeline to test.

References

• https://medium.com/medialesson/continuous-integration-for-unity-3d-projects-using-azure-pipelines-e61ddf64ad79
• https://www.unitydevops.com/docs/unity-build-task/