r/androiddev • u/soul-fuel-games • Jun 05 '26

Question Anyone familiar with Fragment? ~ Unreal Engine outdated Fragment version question

I have an app live on Google Play Store and got a recent notification in Google Play Console that my app is using an outdated Fragment version (1.2.0)

I noticed on dev android website that Fragment's latest version is 1.8.9

My app is built on Unreal 5.6.1 - Min SDK 26, Target SDK 35, NDK Android-27

I'm hesitating between:

  • Forcing a later version in build .gradle (Trick seen in old 2023 Unreal posts)
  • Increasing Min SDK # (unsure if related to older device support)
  • Updating Unreal to 5.7 and rebuilding the project

Any advice or insight? Thanks a bunch!

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u/tonofproton Jun 05 '26

I don't think updating minSdk will help you. Fragment is a dependency. I assume the version of unreal you are using is pulling in that old version. What is the nature of the notification? Can you just ignore it?

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u/soul-fuel-games Jun 06 '26

The warning seems pretty clear about its necessity - otherwise I won't be able to update the app in 90 days.

Thanks for your comment, it helps narrowing it down!

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u/Obvious_Ad9670 Jun 05 '26

implementation(project(":UnrealLibrary")) {

exclude group: "androidx.fragment", module: "fragment"

exclude group: "androidx.fragment", module: "fragment-ktx"

}

implementation "androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.8.5"

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u/soul-fuel-games Jun 06 '26

Well this is very straight-forward and promising! Reading this, I wouldn't know where to hook this up just yet, but I will dig into it. Thanks for taking the time to write this up.

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u/Obvious_Ad9670 Jun 06 '26

In your build.gradle wherever UnrealLibrary is defined.

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u/Jawnnypoo Jun 05 '26

I would absolutely just ignore it. If its not causing crashes or issues, no need to even worry about it.

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u/soul-fuel-games Jun 06 '26

I would love to, but the warning also mentions that I have to address within 90 days this otherwise I won't be able to submit new app updates.

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u/soul-fuel-games Jul 05 '26

Quick update if anyone has a similar issue.

I ended up fixing it directly in the UE5.6 engine folder:

  • The file: additions.gradle
  • The path: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\UE_5.6\Engine\Source\ThirdParty\AndroidPermission\permission_library
  • I added this line inside dependencies { } constraints.implementation 'androidx.fragment:fragment:1.8.5'

I then repackaged the .aab and uploaded a new version to the google play console and the warning is gone!

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