Unity 6 Android build fails converting Firebase local Maven repository URI

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Unity 6 Android build fails with Cannot convert URI ... Firebase/m2repository to a file

Environment

• Unity: 6000.3.23f1
• Platform: Android
• Build: Release / AAB
• Gradle: 9.1.0
• Java: Unity bundled OpenJDK
• Firebase: Firebase Unity SDK
• Plugins: Firebase App + Firebase Crashlytics
• Google Mobile Ads: Installed
• OS: Windows

Problem

The Android release build fails during the Gradle build at:

:launcher:processReleaseNavigationResources

The exact error is:

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':launcher:processReleaseNavigationResources'.
> Cannot convert URI 'file:///E:/9. Queen Fashion Battle/Queen-Fashion-Battle/Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase/m2repository' to a file.

The problematic path is the Firebase local Maven repository generated inside the Unity project:

Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase/m2repository

Relevant Gradle output

> Configure project :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib

> Configure project :unityLibrary:FirebaseCrashlytics.androidlib

> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseApp.androidlib:processReleaseNavigationResources

> Task :unityLibrary:FirebaseCrashlytics.androidlib:processReleaseNavigationResources

> Task :launcher:processReleaseNavigationResources FAILED

Followed by:

Cannot convert URI
'file:///E:/9. Queen Fashion Battle/Queen-Fashion-Battle/Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase/m2repository'
to a file.

Additional warnings

There are also these warnings, although they do not appear to be the immediate cause of the build failure:

WARNING: minSdkVersion (25) is greater than targetSdkVersion (9)
for variant "debug".

WARNING: minSdkVersion (25) is greater than targetSdkVersion (9)
for variant "release".

These warnings are reported for:

FirebaseApp.androidlib
FirebaseCrashlytics.androidlib

There are also SDK permission warnings:

Exception while marshalling ... package.xml.
Probably the SDK is read-only

However, Gradle continues past these warnings and fails specifically when processing the Firebase local Maven repository URI.

What I have tried

• Rebuilding the project
• Regenerating Unity's Android build files
• Force resolving Android dependencies
• Cleaning Unity's generated build/cache directories
• Verifying that the Firebase local Maven repository exists at:

Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase/m2repository

The issue still occurs.

Expected behavior

Firebase's generated local Maven repository should be correctly recognized by the Gradle build, and the Unity Android release build should proceed normally.

Actual behavior

Gradle 9.1 fails to convert the generated Firebase file:// repository URI into a file:

Cannot convert URI 'file:///.../Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase/m2repository' to a file.

Question

Is this a compatibility issue between the Firebase Unity SDK's generated local Maven repository configuration and the newer Gradle/Android Gradle Plugin versions used by Unity 6000.3.23f1?

If so, is there a recommended fix or an updated version of the Firebase Unity SDK / External Dependency Manager that resolves this?

I can provide the complete Gradle project, mainTemplate.gradle, dependency resolver logs, or the generated Assets/GeneratedLocalRepo/Firebase contents if needed.