2 files changed, 15 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/platform/android/export/export.cpp b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
index da3ffab094..326e513261 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/export.cpp
+++ b/platform/android/export/export.cpp
@@ -806,8 +806,7 @@ class EditorExportPlatformAndroid : public EditorExportPlatform {
 
 		manifest_text += _get_xr_features_tag(p_preset);
 		manifest_text += _get_instrumentation_tag(p_preset);
-		String plugins_names = get_plugins_names(get_enabled_plugins(p_preset));
-		manifest_text += _get_application_tag(p_preset, plugins_names);
+		manifest_text += _get_application_tag(p_preset);
 		manifest_text += "</manifest>\n";
 		String manifest_path = vformat("res://android/build/src/%s/AndroidManifest.xml", (p_debug ? "debug" : "release"));
 
@@ -856,8 +855,6 @@ class EditorExportPlatformAndroid : public EditorExportPlatform {
 		int xr_mode_index = p_preset->get("xr_features/xr_mode");
 		bool focus_awareness = p_preset->get("xr_features/focus_awareness");
 
-		String plugins_names = get_plugins_names(get_enabled_plugins(p_preset));
-
 		Vector<String> perms;
 		// Write permissions into the perms variable.
 		_get_permissions(p_preset, p_give_internet, perms);
@@ -995,11 +992,6 @@ class EditorExportPlatformAndroid : public EditorExportPlatform {
 							encode_uint32(xr_mode_index == /* XRMode.OVR */ 1 && focus_awareness ? 0xFFFFFFFF : 0, &p_manifest.write[iofs + 16]);
 						}
 
-						if (tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "value" && value == "plugins_value" && !plugins_names.is_empty()) {
-							// Update the meta-data 'android:value' attribute with the list of enabled plugins.
-							string_table.write[attr_value] = plugins_names;
-						}
-
 						is_focus_aware_metadata = tname == "meta-data" && attrname == "name" && value == "com.oculus.vr.focusaware";
 						iofs += 20;
 					}
@@ -2003,6 +1995,7 @@ public:
 			String template_err;
 			bool dvalid = false;
 			bool rvalid = false;
+			bool has_export_templates = false;
 
 			if (p_preset->get("custom_template/debug") != "") {
 				dvalid = FileAccess::exists(p_preset->get("custom_template/debug"));
@@ -2010,7 +2003,7 @@ public:
 					template_err += TTR("Custom debug template not found.") + "\n";
 				}
 			} else {
-				dvalid = exists_export_template("android_debug.apk", &template_err);
+				has_export_templates |= exists_export_template("android_debug.apk", &template_err);
 			}
 
 			if (p_preset->get("custom_template/release") != "") {
@@ -2019,22 +2012,24 @@ public:
 					template_err += TTR("Custom release template not found.") + "\n";
 				}
 			} else {
-				rvalid = exists_export_template("android_release.apk", &template_err);
+				has_export_templates |= exists_export_template("android_release.apk", &template_err);
 			}
 
-			valid = dvalid || rvalid;
+			r_missing_templates = !has_export_templates;
+			valid = dvalid || rvalid || has_export_templates;
 			if (!valid) {
 				err += template_err;
 			}
 		} else {
-			valid = exists_export_template("android_source.zip", &err);
+			r_missing_templates = !exists_export_template("android_source.zip", &err);
 
-			if (!FileAccess::exists("res://android/build/build.gradle")) {
+			bool installed_android_build_template = FileAccess::exists("res://android/build/build.gradle");
+			if (!installed_android_build_template) {
 				err += TTR("Android build template not installed in the project. Install it from the Project menu.") + "\n";
-				valid = false;
 			}
+
+			valid = installed_android_build_template && !r_missing_templates;
 		}
-		r_missing_templates = !valid;
 
 		// Validate the rest of the configuration.
 
@@ -2414,6 +2409,9 @@ public:
 		print_verbose("- custom build enabled: " + bool_to_string(use_custom_build));
 		print_verbose("- apk expansion enabled: " + bool_to_string(apk_expansion));
 		print_verbose("- enabled abis: " + String(",").join(enabled_abis));
+		print_verbose("- export filter: " + itos(p_preset->get_export_filter()));
+		print_verbose("- include filter: " + p_preset->get_include_filter());
+		print_verbose("- exclude filter: " + p_preset->get_exclude_filter());
 
 		Ref<Image> splash_image;
 		Ref<Image> splash_bg_color_image;
diff --git a/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.h b/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.h
index ce6a3c96db..097a2391ee 100644
--- a/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.h
+++ b/platform/android/export/gradle_export_util.h
@@ -269,14 +269,6 @@ String _get_instrumentation_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset) {
 	return manifest_instrumentation_text;
 }
 
-String _get_plugins_tag(const String &plugins_names) {
-	if (!plugins_names.is_empty()) {
-		return vformat("    <meta-data tools:node=\"replace\" android:name=\"plugins\" android:value=\"%s\" />\n", plugins_names);
-	} else {
-		return "    <meta-data tools:node=\"remove\" android:name=\"plugins\" />\n";
-	}
-}
-
 String _get_activity_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset) {
 	bool uses_xr = (int)(p_preset->get("xr_features/xr_mode")) == 1;
 	String orientation = _get_android_orientation_label(_get_screen_orientation());
@@ -295,7 +287,7 @@ String _get_activity_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset) {
 	return manifest_activity_text;
 }
 
-String _get_application_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset, const String &plugins_names) {
+String _get_application_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset) {
 	bool uses_xr = (int)(p_preset->get("xr_features/xr_mode")) == 1;
 	String manifest_application_text =
 			"    <application android:label=\"@string/godot_project_name_string\"\n"
@@ -303,7 +295,6 @@ String _get_application_tag(const Ref<EditorExportPreset> &p_preset, const Strin
 			"        android:icon=\"@mipmap/icon\">\n\n"
 			"        <meta-data tools:node=\"remove\" android:name=\"xr_mode_metadata_name\" />\n";
 
-	manifest_application_text += _get_plugins_tag(plugins_names);
 	if (uses_xr) {
 		manifest_application_text += "        <meta-data tools:node=\"replace\" android:name=\"com.samsung.android.vr.application.mode\" android:value=\"vr_only\" />\n";
 	}