Sidekick SDK

The Sidekick SDK is available to developers who:

  • Publish releases as an APK, rather than an Android App Bundle (AAB).
  • Need access to Sidekick, but use an incompatible anti-tampering solution. If you have other questions, request support.

To add Sidekick SDK, add the com.google.android.play:sidekick to your dependencies. Make sure that you include Google's Maven repository (maven.google.com) as one of your listed repositories.

For example, in your module's build.gradle.kts file, add the following:

dependencyResolutionManagement {
  repositories {
    google()
    // Other repositories
  }
}

dependencies {
  // Other dependencies
  implementation("com.google.android.play:sidekick:*")
}

Games using multiple processes

If your game activities run in a separate process (use the android:process attribute in your AndroidManifest.xml's <application> tags), you must update the manifest by adding the following content providers. No other code changes are needed.

<application>
  [...]
  <provider
      android:name="com.google.android.play.deku.DekuContentProvider$Process1"
      android:authorities="insert.your.package.name.here.deku.contentprovider1"
      android:exported="false"
      android:process=":insert_name_of_process1_here" />

  <provider
      android:name="com.google.android.play.deku.DekuContentProvider$Process2"
      android:authorities="insert.your.package.name.here.deku.contentprovider2"
      android:exported="false"
      android:process=":insert_name_of_process2_here" />

  [...] <!-- Up to 5 processes ($Process1, $Process2, ..., $Process5) -->
</application>