MixedRealityToolkit-Unity.assetpackage missing sharing services

[StephenHodgson]

The Sharing Service executable is missing from theunity asset package releases of the MRTK.

[NeerajW]

This is a tricky one as when creating asset packages the External folder really does not show up :)

[StephenHodgson]

Yeah, I think there is a way to do it though.
We might just need to include the extra setup steps in the GettingStarted doc.

I think in order to do it properly using an asset package, you can include a zip file with the package, and execute an unzip on import through an editor script. I've seen a few other asset packages that do just this.

[Lordinaire]

I totally agree with @HodgsonSDAS, it will be nice to add some extra steps in the documentation.

The zip solution can be great! And split the asset package in two parts : HTK base / External ?

[StephenHodgson]

Did a bit of research today. We would need to use .NET 4.x but unity does not support past 3.5 just yet.

There are some libraries we could use, but I don't know how we would do that to keep the licensing compatible.

[NeerajW]

Following up more internally with @matthejo

[StephenHodgson]

I actually got something working today using powershell via the cmd line.

Keep an eye out for a PR

[StephenHodgson]

Done. Next time we make a package we just need to make sure that zip file is in there.

I'd also like to look into triggering the HoloLens Project Settings & Capabilities Window as soon as a user imports the asset package for the first time.

[S-Hodgson-MMOARgames]

Repro Steps:

1. New Project
2. Import HTK asset package
3. HoloToolkit -> Sharing Service -> Launch Sharing Service

Also, the second message talking about manually coping some .exe is rather vague. It doesn't even give you a clue where to obtain it considering that external folder doesn't exist if you've only downloaded the asset package and not the whole HTK project.