This section will help you set up Android development from Unity on your Windows PC or macOS. The requirements are not specific to augmented reality; these are the same steps required by anyone building any Android app from Unity. The process is also well-documented elsewhere, including the Unity documentation at https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/android-sdksetup.html.
The steps include the following:
- Install Java Development Kit (JDK)
- Install Android SDK
- Install USB device drivers and debugging
- Configure the Unity external tools
- Configure the Unity player settings for Android
OK, let's get going.
You may already have Java installed on your machine. You can check by opening a terminal window and running the java -version
command, as shown next (macOS):
You can see that this machine is running Java version 1.8.0, or more commonly, JDK 8 (the 1.
prefix is unspoken). You should have the current version. If you do not have Java or need to upgrade,...