Unreal Engine 5 XAPK File Validation Failed

If you try to open your app and you encounter XAPK File Validation Failed Error that mean's that your project was not packaged correctly, the only solution to this problem is to package and upload a new version of your app.

First you need to clean the system of any trace of the previous package, before we start make a copy of your project, after that - go to - C:\Users\(your user name)\Documents\Unreal Projects\(your project)\ and delete de following folders: Saved, Intermediate, DerivedDataCache

Now, open your project in editor mode and go to Project Settings > Android > App Bundles make sure you have all the 5 boxes checked.

Next, go to Project Settings > GooglePAD and check the first 2 boxes.

In the Project Settings > Packaging > Project make sure you have the Build Configuration set to Shipping and the boxes Full Rebuild and For Distribution are checked.

Package Project and upload to the Google Play Console, the error should be gone.

That was all, this solution works also for the error > uproject file not found.

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