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Platform-specific Settings in Unity

📖 Scenario: You are creating a simple Unity game that behaves differently on Windows and Android platforms. You want to set up platform-specific settings to show a message depending on the platform the game is running on.

🎯 Goal: Build a Unity script that detects the platform at runtime and displays a message specific to Windows or Android.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a C# script with a string variable for the message

Add a platform check variable

Use an if-else statement to set the message based on platform

Print the message to the Unity Console

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Games and apps often need to behave differently on various platforms like Windows, Android, or iOS. Detecting the platform helps customize user experience.

💼 Career

Understanding platform-specific settings is important for Unity developers to create cross-platform games and apps that run smoothly on different devices.

1

Create a string variable for the message

Create a public string variable called platformMessage inside a new C# class called PlatformSettings.

Unity

using UnityEngine;

public class PlatformSettings : MonoBehaviour
{
    // Create a public string variable called platformMessage
    // Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Use public string platformMessage; inside the class.

2

Add a platform check variable

Inside the PlatformSettings class, create a private variable called isWindows of type bool and set it to Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer.

Unity

using UnityEngine;

public class PlatformSettings : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string platformMessage;

    // Create a private bool variable called isWindows and set it to Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer
    // Your code here
}

Need a hint?

Use private bool isWindows = Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer;

3

Set the message based on platform

Inside the Start() method of PlatformSettings, use an if statement with isWindows to set platformMessage to "Running on Windows". Use else to set platformMessage to "Running on Android".

Unity

using UnityEngine;

public class PlatformSettings : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string platformMessage;

    private bool isWindows = Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer;

    void Start()
    {
        // Use if-else to set platformMessage based on isWindows
        // Your code here
    }
}

Need a hint?

Use if (isWindows) { platformMessage = "Running on Windows"; } else { platformMessage = "Running on Android"; } inside Start().

4

Print the platform message

Inside the Start() method, after setting platformMessage, add a line to print it to the Unity Console using Debug.Log(platformMessage);.

Unity

using UnityEngine;

public class PlatformSettings : MonoBehaviour
{
    public string platformMessage;

    private bool isWindows = Application.platform == RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer;

    void Start()
    {
        if (isWindows)
        {
            platformMessage = "Running on Windows";
        }
        else
        {
            platformMessage = "Running on Android";
        }
        // Print platformMessage to the console
        // Your code here
    }
}

Need a hint?

Use Debug.Log(platformMessage); to print the message.