UNREAL 5.0.3 RECEIVER_EXPORTED error in gameactivity.java.template for 34+ api

[araz01 (Araz Studio)]

hi, im facing a simple issue, where the build seems to fail upon not recognizing the “symbol” for RECEIVER_EXPORTED, i thought id ask if someone has expereinced the same and knew the issue:

\GameActivity.java:768: error: cannot find symbol
registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN), RECEIVER_EXPORTED);

this is the error, cannot find symbol, and it occurs when i change the
//registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN));
to
registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN), RECEIVER_EXPORTED);
in the gameactivity.java.template in UE_5.0\Engine\Build\Android\Java\src\com\epicgames\unreal

which is needed to build for android sdk 34+ and above, the issue seems to be the unreal engine 5.0.3 doesnt recognize the symbol, i dont have enough experience to pinpoint the exact issue, but i heard it could be occur from many places.

however this works for later engine versions, just for 5.0.3 it throws a little erroar.

[araz01 (Araz Studio)]

after trying many methods including:

public static final int RECEIVER_EXPORTED = 0;

IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN);
registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, filter, RECEIVER_EXPORTED);

i seemed to still get crash regardless of build success, it seems the issue might be in the ndk for this one. need to do more tests to see.

[araz01 (Araz Studio)]

great news, fixed it, just comment out the segment in GameActivity.java.tempalte in the engine folder:

folder: UE_5.0\Engine\Build\Android\Java\src\com\epicgames\unreal

/*
@Override
public void onStart()
{
super.onStart();

	if (!BuildConfiguration.equals("Shipping"))
	{
		// Create console command broadcast listener
		Log.debug( "Creating console command broadcast listener");
		consoleCmdReceiver = new ConsoleCmdReceiver(this);
		//registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN));
		registerReceiver(consoleCmdReceiver, new IntentFilter(Intent.ACTION_RUN), RECEIVER_EXPORTED);
	}

//$${gameActivityOnStartAdditions}$$
Log.debug(“==================================> Inside onStart function in GameActivity”);
}
*/

your done. running 19 sdk to 35 in unreal 5.0.3, im so glad the fix was so simple, thankfully i really didnt wanna update who engine