Support uid:// in more places

[KoBeWi]

Adds uid:// support for Image, FileAccess and ProjectSettings.

Fixes #99221
Supersedes #99278

[syntaxerror247]

This resolves my issue and seems to be a better solution, as it eliminates the need for manual conversions everywhere.

[reduz]

I guess at the end of the day, best solution is simplest solution

[syntaxerror247]

I got another issue now. It works in editor on PC but boot splash loading fails when I run my app on android.

[syntaxerror247]

In addition to the issue mentioned in my above comment, I'm also not able to create a gradle build for android. During export, I am getting these errors 👇

[KoBeWi]

@syntaxerror247 Please check again.

[syntaxerror247]

@KoBeWi Still same error with gradle export. Boot splash doesn't throw error now but icon is still not visible.

[KoBeWi]

Boot splash doesn't throw error now but icon is still not visible.

Eh, I'm not sure if it's related to UIDs anymore. The error you posted clearly says that res:// file is missing.

I can't locate where the gradle error comes from.

[syntaxerror247]

Eh, I'm not sure if it's related to UIDs anymore. The error you posted clearly says that res:// file is missing.

I’m still confident this issue is related to UIDs. Today, I compiled the engine with and without your PR. The boot splash error occurs in both variants, but in the latter, I can workaround it by setting the boot splash logo using 4.4 dev4 and then export with my custom build. This strongly suggests that the issue is related to UIDs.

Regarding the Gradle build issue: without this PR, I encounter problems with setting adaptive icons, but at least the build completes. However, with this PR, the build doesn’t even start and fails immediately.
I think I have an idea of where gradle build error might be coming from. I’ll investigate further on this one.

[syntaxerror247]

@KoBeWi I've fixed both issues in my fork, building on your work. I'll create a PR to supersede this one.

[KoBeWi]

@syntaxerror247 I don't see why your PR would supersede mine, just remove the changes except Android ones. This PR was already reviewed and approved, so it can be merged right now.

[syntaxerror247]

@KoBeWi I wasn't sure what to do, would it be possible to include my changes in this PR?

EDIT: I have updated my PR to only include fix for android issues.

[Repiteo]

Thanks!

[olivatooo]

is there a way to remove those uids? They are horrible for git based projects

[KoBeWi]

No.