ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.53.0

New APIs and capabilities

• Added support for Swift Package Manager (SPM) on iOS (Alpha).
  • CocoaPods remains the default dependency manager.
  • Dependencies are resolved using SPM only when explicitly configured.
  • Added -ObjC linker flag injection for iOS builds.

Other changes

• Upgraded External Dependency Manager for Unity (EDM4U) to v1.2.187.
• Fixed a compilation error for Unity 6.3 compatibility.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.52.0

Other changes

• Switched the lighting from Progressive CPU to Progressive GPU for the Geospatial and PersistentCloudAnchors samples within ARF6.
• Verified this version of ARCore is compatible with Android 16 MR1.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.51.0

Known issues

• None.

New APIs and capabilities

• None.

Deprecations

• None.

Other changes

• None.

Bug fixes

• Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.50.0

Breaking & behavioral changes

• ARCore's targetSdkVersion has been updated to Android API level 36. If your app does not specify a targetSdkVersion, your app's targetSdkVersion will become 36 due to manifest merging. Specifying a Target API Level in your Unity project's Project Settings > Player > Android > Other Settings will override ARCore's targetSdkVersion value.

Bug fixes

• Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.49.0

Known issues

• None.

Breaking & behavioral changes

• None.

New APIs and capabilities

• None.

Deprecations

• None.

Other changes

• None.

Bug fixes

• Various bug fixes and performance improvements.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.48.0

New APIs and capabilities

Support for Unity 6 and AR Foundation 6 is fully released

ARCore Extensions for Unity's AR Foundation now has support for AR Foundation 6.
Use the following installation methods to obtain a compatible version of ARCore
Extensions for AR Foundation:

• Through Add package from git url...: Use https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-unity-extensions.git#arf6,
• Through Add package from tarball...: Use a release denoted by arf6 from the releases page.

To upgrade your project from AR Foundation 5 to AR Foundation 6, see the
following guide.

Breaking & behavioral changes

• SDK no longer supports deployment targets for iOS versions < 13.0

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.47.0

New APIs and capabilities

Beta Support for Unity 6 and AR Foundation 6

ARCore Extensions for Unity's AR Foundation now has beta support for AR Foundation 6 to give support for Unity 6.
Use the following installation methods to obtain a compatible version of ARCore
Extensions for AR Foundation:

• Through Add package from git url...: Use https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-unity-extensions.git#arf6,
• Through Add package from tarball...: Use a release denoted by arf6 from the releases page.

To upgrade your project from AR Foundation 5 to AR Foundation 6, see the
following guide.

Note: ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation continues to use deprecated AR Foundation 5 symbols. Obsolete function warnings will appear in the Unity Editor.

Bug fixes

• Fixed Cloud Anchor Sample's plane being non-transparent for Unity 6

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.46.0

Known issues

• Selecting Android API level 35 or Automatic (Highest installed) as the target SDK for ARCore projects in Unity versions below 6, causes a known incompatibility issue. For a workaround, please see this post on Unity Discussions to add Android 15 support to your Unity project.

Breaking & behavioral changes

• ARCore's targetSdkVersion has been updated to Android API level 35. If your app does not specify a targetSdkVersion, your app's targetSdkVersion will become 35 due to manifest merging. Specifying a Target API Level in your Unity project's Project Settings > Player > Android > Other Settings will override ARCore's targetSdkVersion value.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the camera's far plane being set too close in the ARCore Extensions SDK's Geospatial sample for ARF 5. The far plane now matches the one in the ARF 4 scene.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.45.0

New APIs and capabilities

Support for AR Foundation 5

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation now officially supports AR Foundation 5.
When using AR Foundation 5 (the verified version on Unity versions 2022 and 2023), use the following installation methods to obtain a compatible version of ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation:

• Through Add package from git url...: use https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-unity-extensions.git#arf5,
• Through Add package from tarball...: use a release denoted by arf5 from the releases page.

Projects remaining on AR Foundation version 4 can use the following installation methods:

• Through Add package from git url...: use https://github.com/google-ar/arcore-unity-extensions.git#arf4,
• Through Add package from tarball...: use a release denoted by arf4 from the releases page.

To upgrade your project from AR Foundation 4 to AR Foundation 5, see the migration guide.

Custom scripting symbols such as ARCORE_USE_ARF_5 from the beta support are no longer used.

ARCore Extensions for AR Foundation v1.44.0

Bug fixes

• Fixed situations where the normal vector of vertical planes would sometimes face away from the camera. google/model-viewer#4771.