[LFW PAID] Unreal Android fixes for Google Play 2026: target API 36, Billing 8, 16 KB pages

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Hi all. I run Barbed Wire Glove Games, a small studio. I shipped my own Unreal Engine 5 game, Trigonix, on Google Play and the App Store. This month I got it through Google Play’s 2026 requirements on UE 5.6: target SDK 36, Play Billing Library 8 and 16 KB memory pages.

If your Unreal game is stuck on those checks and you’d rather hand it off, I do it as fixed-price work:

  • API 36 update (target SDK 36 + 16 KB pages on your engine version, signed .aab, tested on an Android 16 emulator): $95
  • API 36 + Billing 8 (the above plus Play Billing 8 for in-app purchases, with ads and other plugins updated): $185
  • Engine upgrade + update (when your version can’t reach API 36): $345

You get a signed .aab, a list of what changed, and a walkthrough of the upload. Your Play account and signing key stay yours. I also fix general Unreal bugs (C++ and Blueprints) and Android packaging problems.

Portfolio: Trigonix on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BWGGames.Trigonix) and PoolKit, my C++ pooling plugin (PoolKit - Actor, Widget & FX Pooling for Unreal Engine 5 by Barbed Wire Glove Games).
Hire me on Upwork: https://www.upwork.com/freelancers/~01876c95155d01cd67
Or send me a message here.

Google’s extension for the API 36 and Billing 8 rules ends November 1, 2026. I use AI-assisted tools to work faster, and I build and test every change myself.

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Really? epic support became so bad that now we have to pay for something EPIC should do. I’m struggling on this for a month now and i got no clue on how to fix that issue.

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Agreed, Epic should have shipped this in 5.7. This is what we changed on our 5.6 game for API 36 and Billing 8. 5.7 ships the same old Billing 7.1.1, so the steps are the same:

  • Target SDK 36, plus NDKAPILevelOverride=android-26 so minSdk doesn’t jump to 35.
  • Billing: copy Engine/Plugins/Online/Android/OnlineSubsystemGooglePlay into your project’s Plugins folder, set billing to 8.3.0 in its UPL, and update the 4 onProductDetailsResponse callbacks in GooglePlayStoreHelper.java (they now get a QueryProductDetailsResult; call getProductDetailsList() on it).
  • Manifest (we add these through our project’s UPL): android:appCategory="game" and android:enableOnBackInvokedCallback="false".

If it still fails, paste the exact Play Console message or build error here and I’ll tell you what it points to. No charge for that.

Or if you don’t want to deal with it, hire me on Upwork, link above.