how to be happy with being single

literally everything i've read and everyone i've seen says that you should learn to love yourself if you want to be happy single and not desire a relationship. but i love myself more than i ever have in my life yet i still crave so hard for a relationship and am so unhappy. i just need someone to show me affection and love me and i want to stop feeling so. but i can't find any other advice than "love yourself, take yourself out on dates, love is a natural human need etc." i know all of those already..