Setting Up the Niantic SDK for Unity

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  • Platform category: Unity 2022.3.62f2 and Unity 6000.0.58f2
  • Device type & OS version: Android
  • Host machine & OS version: Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.26100 Build 26100
  • ARDK version: Niantic Lightship AR Plugin 3.17.0-2512092207 and Niantic Lightship Meta Plugin 3.17.0-2512092207

Description of the issue:

Hi,

I am following the “Set up Unity for VR development” guide to set up my environment in Unity. I have followed all the instructions on the page, but when I add the package Niantic Lightship AR Plugin 3.17.0-2512092207 on Unity 2022.3.62f2 I encounter four errors.

The errors are listed below:

  • Unable to import newly created asset : Assets/XR/Settings/AuthBuildSettings.asset
    UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStackTrace ()

  • System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Niantic.Lightship.AR.Editor.Auth.AuthEditorSettingsUpdater’ threw an exception. —> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Niantic.Lightship.AR.Editor.Auth.AuthEditorGatewayAccess’ threw an exception. —> UnityEngine.UnityException: Creating asset at path Assets\XR/Settings\AuthBuildSettings.asset failed.
    at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEditor.AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(UnityEngine.Object,string)

  • Unable to import newly created asset : Assets/XR/Settings/AuthBuildSettings.asset
    UnityEngine.StackTraceUtility:ExtractStackTrace ()

  • System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. —> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for ‘Niantic.Lightship.AR.Editor.LightshipSDKProjectValidationRules’ threw an exception. —> UnityEngine.UnityException: Creating asset at path Assets\XR/Settings\AuthBuildSettings.asset failed.
    at (wrapper managed-to-native) UnityEditor.AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(UnityEngine.Object,string)

I have also tried setting up the environment using Unity 6000.0.58f2 but I ran into 6 errors after adding the package Niantic Lightship Meta Plugin 3.17.0-2512092207.

The errors are listed below:

  • Failed to find entry-points:
    Mono.Cecil.AssemblyResolutionException: Failed to resolve assembly: ‘Niantic.Lightship.MetaQuest.Editor, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’ —> System.Exception: Failed to resolve assembly ‘Niantic.Lightship.MetaQuest.Editor, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’ in directories: C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\6000.0.58f2\Editor\Data\MonoBleedingEdge\lib\mono\unityjit-win32

  • Library\PackageCache\com.meta.xr.mrutilitykit@cd43822b3134\Core\Scripts\DestructibleMeshComponent.cs(498,52): error CS0118: ‘Editor’ is a namespace but is used like a type

  • Library\PackageCache\com.meta.xr.mrutilitykit@cd43822b3134\Core\Scripts\BuildingBlocks\InstantContentPlacement\Scripts\SpaceLocator.cs(169,41): error CS0118: ‘Editor’ is a namespace but is used like a type

  • Library\PackageCache\com.meta.xr.mrutilitykit@cd43822b3134\Core\Scripts\SceneDecorator\Editor\MaskEditor.cs(29,31): error CS0118: ‘Editor’ is a namespace but is used like a type

  • Library\PackageCache\com.meta.xr.mrutilitykit@cd43822b3134\Core\Scripts\SceneDecorator\Editor\ModifierEditor.cs(29,35): error CS0118: ‘Editor’ is a namespace but is used like a type

  • Library\PackageCache\com.meta.xr.mrutilitykit@cd43822b3134\Core\Scripts\SceneDecorator\Editor\SceneDecorationEditor.cs(34,42): error CS0118: ‘Editor’ is a namespace but is used like a type

I would really appreciate help in resolving these issues and setting up my environment.

Thank you.

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Hi Amish,

Thank you for reaching out. I sincerely apologize for the delay in response as our system wasn’t propagating replies.

For the “Editor is a namespace but is used like a type” error, one thing you can try is downgrading the Addressables package to version 2.3.6. After downgrading, please close Unity, delete the PackageCache folder, and then reopen the editor.

Let me know if you have any additional questions or need further clarification—I’m happy to help.

Kind regards,
Maverick L.