C# XtraLife SDK for Unity

Downloading & Installing

Get the latest Unity SDK Release Packages you're interested in and import them into your Unity project. Only the core package will be necessary if you don't need Facebook integration, in app purchases, and push notifications features.

Read the CotC Unity SDK and Backend APIs documentations to get started.

Want to go further? Do not hesitate to check for our Game Template to inspire yourself with that extra-clean, simple, and fully commented sample of how to handle a persistent login logic and event messages. Plus, it gives you a quick way to test most of SDK's APIs via its sample scene. Last but no the least, you may even import this entire project into yours to plug your workflow on it and even reuse its default UI elements, it's originally designed for this!

Support

The Unity SDK is compatible with Unity 2018 and above.

Note: you can also use it with Unity 2017 if you change the Scripting Runtime Version to "Experimental (.NET 4.6 Equivalent") in your Unity project. Or alternatively, you can recompile this Unity SDK by selecting ".NET Framework 3.5" in the Target framework setting of the project.

Building the library

If you wish to use the SDK on a not provided platform or even experiment with your own code modifications, you may want to clone the present repository and build the library by yourself instead of importing repository's release packages.

Required components

The build system is currently made for Visual Studio 2019 on Windows. You may use Monodevelop too (to be able to build on Mac for example), but you'll be unable to build the CotcSdk-UniversalWindows part.

About the Universal Windows platform specific library: You'll have to use Visual Studio 2019 on Windows 10 in order to build the CotcSdk-UniversalWindows solution's project.

Building the CotcSdk solution

A few steps are involved to build the CotcSdk solution:

1. Open the solution: Just open solution's file (CotcSdk\CotcSdk.sln) with Visual Studio.

2. Set Unity engine/editor libraries references: In the Solution Explorer and for each of the 3 projects, unfold the project and then the References sub-menus, then check cautiously all UnityEngine and UnityEditor libraries references point to some Unity editor installation on your disk (e.g. C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2018.3.14f1\Editor\Data\Managed\UnityEngine.dll) and match the following:

   • CotcSdk: UnityEngine
   • CotcSdk-Editor: UnityEngine, UnityEditor
   • CotcSdk-UniversalWindows: UnityEngine

3. Select the build configuration: Select the active solution configuration you want to build (e.g. Release-Unity).

   Release configurations are lightweight optimized libraries designed to be used on production, while Debug configurations allow for more in-depth debugging.

4. Build the solution: Simply hit the Build > Rebuild Solution menu to generate the library; Each time you do so, the generated files can be found in the bin folders of their respective projects and are automatically copied/replaced in repository's corresponding Unity project Assets\Plugins, Assets\Plugins\Editor, and Assets\Plugins\WSA folders.

Additional Unity plugins

Some additional plugins may be necessary if you wish to open repository's Unity project in order to make it compile and work well:

• Download and install Visual Studio Tools for Unity (if not already installed thanks to the Unity editor installer).

• Download and import the Facebook SDK for Unity.

Packaging the library

In the Unity editor, click the CotC > Build Release Packages menu to generate Unity packages which can be found in the Release folder of the project and are ready to be imported into any other Unity project.

Using the library on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

In order to ensure the compatibility between Unity UWP projects and the CotcSdk library, a few steps are needed...

Manage Unity plugins

Basicly, because Windows Store Apps make use of specific runtime APIs, you'll need 2 different CotcSdk libraries:

• The standard library (Assets\Plugins\CotcSdk.dll): It will act as a placeholder for the UWP library to be able to compile the Unity project directly in the editor (there is no such concerns about the editor library part).

• The UWP compatible library (Assets\Plugins\WSA\CotcSdk.dll): To be able to build a Windows Store App for the Universal Windows Platform.

For this to work, a few steps are involved:

• Make sure the standard and the UWP compatible libraries are put in the correct folders (respectively Assets\Plugins and Assets\Plugins\WSA).

  It is crucial that both the standard and the UWP compatible libraries are identically named and share the same assembly version for the placeholder to work (e.g. CotcSdk.dll).

• In Unity editor, select the Assets\Plugins\CotcSdk.dll library file and make sure all platforms but WSAPlayer are ticked.

• Select the Assets\Plugins\WSA\CotcSdk.dll file and make sure the WSAPlayer platform is the only one ticked, then set Assets\Plugins\CotcSdk.dll as its placeholder.

For further informations, please check out official Unity's manual about Windows Store Apps plugins integration.

Enabling the Internet Client app capability

Don't forget to allow your app to access the Internet:

In Unity editor, click the Edit > Project Settings > Player menu and hit the Windows Store Apps settings tab, then in the Publishing Settings section search for Capabilities and tick the InternetClient capability. This will allow Unity to automatically add this capability in the Package.appxmanifest file generated with your Unity project's build for UWP.

Resolving Android libraries dependencies

If you plan to use several third party plugins in your project, you'll probably have to fetch multiple Android libraries. In order to help with managing complex plugins' dependencies, you may want to make use of the well known Play Services Resolver.

We don't distribute this plugin in our packages yet, but here are XtraLife plugins' dependencies configurations. Simply put a XtraLifeDependencies.xml file in any Editor folder of your project, depending on which plugin(s) you intend to use:

• In App Purchase

   <dependencies>
   	<androidPackages>
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.core:common:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.lifecycle:common:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.lifecycle:runtime:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0" />
   	</androidPackages>
   </dependencies>

• Push Notifications

   <dependencies>
   	<androidPackages>
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.core:common:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.lifecycle:common:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="android.arch.lifecycle:runtime:1.0.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26.1.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:support-compat:26.1.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:support-core-utils:26.1.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.google.android.gms:play-services-base:11.4.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.google.android.gms:play-services-basement:11.4.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.google.android.gms:play-services-gcm:11.4.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.google.android.gms:play-services-iid:11.4.0" />
   		<androidPackage spec="com.google.android.gms:play-services-tasks:11.4.0" />
   	</androidPackages>
   </dependencies>

About integration tests (aka unit tests)

Integration tests are a very useful tool to quickly test new features and ensure that no regressions are made whenever something is modified throughout the developement of this SDK. Each time you add a feature by yourself, you should add one or several integration test as well. Also, when modifying the library, please run all integration tests and check if anything has been broken.

Prerequisites before running integration tests

Before you run the tests, don't forget to set your game's API Key and API Secret credentials via the Assets\Cotc\Prefabs\CotcSdk.prefab prefab in order to be able to connect to the server and to read/write backend data.

Note that the CommunityTests > ShouldListNetworkUsers test needs a valid Facebook access token in order to successfully complete, thus if you want to run this test you'll need to replace the hardcoded one in the corresponding script (user_token string in Assets\Scripts\UnitTests\Tests\CommunityTests.cs).

You can get and generate new access tokens via the Facebook API Graph explorer.

Note that some tests may fail if the related backend data structures (game VFS keys, hooks/batches scripts, in app purchases products configuration, etc...) are missing from your game database. Please refer to the corresponding tests code comments in Assets\Scripts\UnitTests\Tests folder's scripts and the CotC Unity SDK documentation for the detailed setup in order to make those tests work. The following tests are affected:

• CloudTests.cs: ShouldLoginAndRunBatch (Batches/Hooks)

• GameTests.cs: ShouldFetchGameKey, ShouldGetBinaryFromGameVFS, ShouldRunGameBatchOnAnotherDomain, ShouldRunGameBatchWithoutParameter, ShouldRunGameBatchWithParameters (Batches/Hooks, GameVFS)

• GamerTests.cs: ShouldBeHooked, ShouldRunGamerBatch (Batches/Hooks)

• TransactionTests.cs: ShouldAssociateAchievementData, ShouldListAchievements, ShouldTriggerAchievement (Achievements)

• StoreTests.cs: ShouldPerformFakePurchase (InAppPurchases/Store)

Running integration tests

In Unity editor, open the Test Runner by clicking on Window -> Test Runner. In the PlayMode tab, you should be able to see all written tests after you've hit the Enable playmode tests button for the first time. You can run tests quickly in the editor by clicking the Run All or Run Selected buttons.

You can also run those tests on specific platforms devices via the PlayMode. To do this, click the Run all in player button instead; The targeted platform will be the current platform selected in project's Build Settings.

Testing on Android

If you want to run tests on an Android device, then complete the following steps:

1. First, you'll need to be able to build on Android.

   If not already done, you may need to get and install the specific ADB drivers for your device model.

2. On your Android device, enable the USB debugging option then plug it on an USB port of your computer.

   On some devices, you may have to switch to the Files Transfer mode in order to make the device visible to the computer.

3. Switch Unity project's target platform to Android in Build Settings.

4. On the Test Runner window, click the Run all in player (Android) button; All tests should be running on your device. When all of them are completed, a text indicating if the tests succeeded or failed will appear.

Writing new integration tests

In order to edit integration tests, check for the Assets\Scripts\UnitTests\Tests folder; Each script represents a separate group of tests. If you want to create a new group see further instructions, else just select the script you'd like to add your new test in and add a new method like the following:

[Test("Tests the outline functionality", "You must have setup the SDK properly")]
public IEnumerator ShouldReturnProperOutline(Cloud cloud) {
	Login(cloud, gamer => {
		CompleteTest();
	});
	return WaitForEndOfTest(); // This line waits for either CompleteTest or FailTest to be called
}

The Test annotation allows you to describe your test's goal. Optionally, if the test may fail because it requires additional configuration, you may also add another argument to the test annotation: requisite: "...".

Once your test is written, just return to the Unity editor, wait for a few seconds for the scripts to be compiled again, and then select your new test. Then, click the Run Selected button to only run the new test.

Creating a new group

A test group is associated to a separate test class to make things clearer. To get started, we suggest that you simply duplicate, rename, then edit an existing test class since the inheritance structure and imports are all important. Don't forget to add your new test class in the TestTypes Type array in the Assets\Scripts\UnitTests\Tests\RunAllTests.cs script.

Fail/Success of a test

In most cases, a test can fail due to:

• An error log in the console (Debug.LogError(...);)
• An uncatched code Exception
• A test timeout, classically while waiting for a request answer (the maximum timeout delay is 30 seconds by default)
• The conditionnal expression of an Assert valued to false
• A call to the FailTest(...) function
• Any function returning an error called in an ExpectSuccess(...) promise
• Not a single function returning an error called in an ExpectFailure(...) promise

A test can only succeed if it calls the CompleteTest() function, thus you should always and only call this function at the (successful) end of the test and you'll be unable to declare it as failed thereafter.

Be careful about the return WaitForEndOfTest(); instruction (which should always be at the end of your test) as it waits for either a CompleteTest() or a FailTest(...) function to be called. If none of them is called, your test will wait untill it fails due to a timeout.

Using unit tests with asynchronous functions

The CotcSdk contains mostly asynchronous functions wich consist in asking the server to send back data (and/or to perform a some actions before that). Testing features in such a way is done via the Promise functions, which let you call asynchronous functions and register callbacks (aka delegates) to be executed when the response is received.

Here is a sample:

[Test("Tests the outline functionality", "You must have setup the SDK properly")]
public IEnumerator ShouldReturnProperOutline(Cloud cloud) {
	Login(cloud, gamer => {
		CompleteTest();
	});
	return WaitForEndOfTest();
}

During this test, the Login(...) asynchronous function is called and an anonymous delegate is defined, which will call the CompleteTest() function only once server's response has been received. The WaitForEndOfTest() function call is here to ensure the test result isn't evaluated before we actually received server's response (right after the asynchronous function call).

You can easily call multiple asynchronous functions one after another by returning their results (which are always promises) and using ExpectSuccess(...) or ExpectFailure(...), like the following code snippet:

[Test("Tests the outline functionality", "You must have setup the SDK properly")]
public IEnumerator ShouldReturnProperOutline(Cloud cloud) {
	Login(cloud, gamer => {
		return Logout();
	}).ExpectSuccess(done => {
		CompleteTest();
	});
	return WaitForEndOfTest();
}

Or, witout the use of ExpectSuccess(...) / ExpectFailure(...) functions:

[Test("Tests the outline functionality", "You must have setup the SDK properly")]
public IEnumerator ShouldReturnProperOutline(Cloud cloud) {
	Login(cloud, gamer => {
		Logout(done => {
			CompleteTest();
		};
	});
	return WaitForEndOfTest();
}