# googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver

Unity plugin which resolves Android & iOS dependencies and performs version management

Repository: https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/unity-jar-resolver
Language: C#
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: unity-plugin, unity, android-resolver, ios-resolver, jar-resolver, android-dependency, cocoapods, unity-android, unity-ios, unity-package-manager
Last push: 2026-08-17T21:46:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 69, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3884, "days_push": 16, "days_rel": 51, "gap_med": 131, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1472, forks 371 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:49.367680+00:00)

## What it is
External Dependency Manager for Unity (EDM4U) is a Unity plugin that resolves Android (AAR/JAR) and iOS (CocoaPods, Swift Packages) dependencies and manages transitive dependency versions. It also handles Unity Package Manager scoped registries for packages that ship native dependencies.

## Use cases
- resolve android aar dependencies in a unity project
- manage cocoapods dependencies for ios builds in unity
- fix duplicate or conflicting transitive dependencies in unity
- add scoped registries to unity package manager
- install external dependency manager for unity via openupm
- resolve ios dependencies when building unity game for iphone

## When to choose
- your unity project or package needs android libraries (AARs) or iOS CocoaPods/Swift Packages
- you maintain a UPM package that depends on native mobile dependencies
- you need automated version management of transitive mobile dependencies in Unity

## When to avoid
- your project targets only desktop or web platforms with no native mobile dependencies
- you use a non-Unity engine or build pipeline
- you need general-purpose dependency management outside Unity

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: dependency-audit, package-manager, build-tool, plugin-system
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform
- tags: unity-plugin, dependency-resolution, cocoapods, gradle, aar, upm, version-management, edm4u, game-development, android, ios

## Member repositories
- googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.367680+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:41.536206+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:49.367680+00:00, sha 11ebb2587203)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.