Unity apps don't show up on GearVR Oculus app

Hi,

I've been trying to get a unity project onto my GearVR running on Galaxy S7. I've not been able to get any app running on the GearVR (including the Unity VR Samples app). The .apk installs, tells me I need to connect my GearVR but then the app won't show in the library.

I've got the android SDKs installed and the JDK which is linked set up in my Unity editor.

I've created the OSIG file and added it to the project folder.

I've tested saving the .apk file to my project folder and then running with build and run. I get up to the stage where it tells me to connect to my headset and then the app won't show in the library.

I've also tested loading the .apk directly on to the GearVR internal folder. When I open it using the file directory I get the same issue: it installs and then it doesn't show in the library. I can tell it's installed because when I try to run the .apk again it tells me I'll be updating the already existing app. Oculus asks me if I want the app to grant access to the device storage, I've clicked yes each time.


Has anyone else had this issue and been able to solve it?

 

None of the apps I've tested showed up in the Oculus library, they are in the Apps section on the device (I've got a Galaxy Note 4&5) and launch like any other app but show the "Insert device" message until you put the device in the HMD. Does your app play in the HMD after you launch it, or does the Oculus app launch instead? In other words, is the problem you're talking about only that the app doesn't show in the Oculus Gear VR library?

 

Hey Eric,

Thanks for the reply. I can see the apps in my device list but when I open them they just open the Oculus App instead and from there I'm not sure how to get them running.

 

One other thing is that when I use Gala Launcher I can see one of my installed unity apps in there, the thumbnail shows a screen from the game itself. When I open it I still get the same issue of going straight to the oculus app.

I've tried loading one of the apps onto a galaxy note with the gearvr innovator edition and i get the same issues.

I'll try setting up unity 5.1 on another computer and see if that can solve the issue. On the computer I've been using I'm running 5.3.2f1

 

as a quick update I got an app installed and working from one of my other computers.

That one only has 1 version of Unity installed on it (5.3.1f1) while my main computer has 3 versions (4.6.9f, 4.7.1f, & 5.3.2f1) - I need at least one of the 4.x versions to run faceplus.

I noticed in the crash log that I'm getting lines like this (even though I'm running it from 5.3.2f1):
04-29 15:14:18.115 17527 17720 I Unity : Unity v4.6.9p3, Oculus Integration v0.1.3.0, OVRPlugin v0.0.0.0.
04-29 15:14:18.115 17527 17720 I Unity :
04-29 15:14:18.115 17527 17720 I Unity : (Filename: ./artifacts/AndroidManagedGenerated/UnityEngineDebug.cpp Line: 56)
04-29 15:14:18.115 17527 17720 I Unity :
04-29 15:14:18.115 17527 17720 I Unity : Unity Version: 4.6.9p3


Is it possible that the multiple installs are causing the issue?

 

Uninstalling 4.6x unfortunately hasn't fixed the issue. The exact same project from one computer which works causes a crash from the other computer

 

Facing this issue it goes straight to the vr gear app and doesn't show my app running.

 

It happens just after when i insert my device in vr gear