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Dev Setup

Clone the ably-dotnet repo. and open unity folder.

Requirements

  1. Git - VCS for ably-dotnet
  2. Unity - Unity game engine (Currently using LTS 2020.3.19f1)
  3. Unity script editor - Visual studio (Official IDE)/ Visual studio code (Editor)/ Rider (Intellij IDE)
  4. Basics of unity Official Unity Manual and Unity Beginner Manual

Installation

1. Git -

2. Unity -

  1. Unity projects -
  • Unity projects are visible as a part of Unity Hub (list should be empty for none active projects)

  • Please note, for each unity project, a specific unity version is specified, it can be changed by clicking on the visible version and selecting dropdown menu of installed unity versions.
  1. Install specific unity version -
  • Click on the Installs menu-item from the left navigation bar to see the list of installed unity versions. In this image 2020.3.19f1 is installed, but the list will be empty if no versions are installed.

  • Click the ADD button in the top-right corner to install a new version of unity.

  • Select the most recent LTS version and click on NEXT to install the selected unity version.
  • Once installed, it should appear under the Installs menu-item tab.
  1. Install unity modules -
  • Unity modules are basically extra plugins to add build support for different platforms.
  • Click on ⋮ to open the menu for installing modules.

  • Click on the Add Modules option, to open the list of modules.

3. Visual Studio -

  • Visual studio community is free to use so it can be downloaded and installed using visual studio installer.
  • Download the official visual studio installer from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
  • Visual Studio installer is used to manage different versions of Visual Studio along with the necessary plugins and individual components for each version of Visual Studio.
  • Install and open the Visual Studio installer.
  1. Install Visual Studio
  • There are two tabs visible. One shows Installed Visual Studio versions and the other Available versions.

  • If you have no versions installed, a new window will open showing visual studio components that need to be installed
  • Under the 'Desktop and Mobile' header, click on .NET desktop development and ensure the checklist on the right nav bar match up to the below image.

  • Next, click on 'Game development with Unity' for unity editor scripting support.

  • In the Individual components tab on the right nav bar select the following components.

  • Finally, click the 'modify' button on the bottom-right to install visual studio with selected components.
  • You can follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBo5Cso-ufE for a more detailed guide on setting up Visual Studio for Unity.
  1. Update/Repair/Modify installed visual studio
  • If you need to change anything with Visual Studio, open the Visual Studio installer, where you should see the Visual Studio versions you have installed.

  • Click on Modify on the version you wish to change the original component installation as below.

  • Check the missing/broken components and click on Modify to install them again.

Setup

  • After cloning this project, open the Unity Hub.

  • Click on the ADD button and open this project under ably-dotnet\unity.
  • The default project layout should look as below:

  • The default layout displayed has the test runner missing. For a more optimized layout for development, we have a custom Unity layout found under ably-dotnet\unity\unity_editor_layout.wlt.
  • To apply our custom layout, you can click the selector named Default in the top-right corner.

  • Select Load Layout From File and choose the file ably-dotnet\unity\unity_editor_layout.wlt. The new layout should look like this:

  • We now have a test runner window in the bottom-left along with a user-friendly editor layout.

Running tests

Running EditMode tests

Via GUI

  • In the bottom-left corner in the test runner window, click on the EditMode tab.
  • All tests should be available and shown under EditMode.dll.
  • Double click on EditMode.dll to run the tests or right-click and Run the tests.

Via console

Unity.exe -batchmode -nographics -runTests -projectPath 'C:\Users\${UserName}\UnityProjects\ably-unity' -testResults editmode-results.xml -testPlatform editmode

Runing PlayMode tests

Via GUI

  • In the bottom-left corner of the test runner window, click on the PlayMode tab.
  • All tests should be available and shown under PlayMode.dll.
  • Double click on PlayMode.dll to run the tests or right click and Run the tests.

Via console

Unity.exe -batchmode -nographics -runTests -projectPath 'C:\Users\${UserName}\UnityProjects\ably-unity' -testResults playmode-results.xml -testPlatform playmode

Export unitypackage

Via GUI

  • Right click on Assets under the project window tab in the top-left corner.
  • Click on Export Package -> Export to export the standalone unity package.

Via Console

Unity.exe -batchmode -nographics -quit -projectPath 'C:\Users\${UserName}\UnityProjects\ably-unity' -exportPackage 'Assets' 'ably.unitypackage'

CI/CD for unity

Updating the Ably Unity Package

  • Currently, the latest Ably source code is imported as DLLs in Unity using Unity Plug-ins.
  • This is done as part of the release process by running ./unity-plugins-updater.sh 1.2.3 (linux/mac) / .\unity-plugins-updater.cmd 1.2.3 (windows) at the root.
  • This script is responsible for merging all dependencies into IO.Ably.dll and copying it to unity/Assets/Ably/Plugins/.