Platform-specific settings in Unity - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to check if the current platform is Android.

Unity

if (Application.platform == [1]) {
    Debug.Log("Running on Android");
}

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ARuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer

BRuntimePlatform.IPhonePlayer

CRuntimePlatform.Android

DRuntimePlatform.OSXPlayer

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using the wrong platform enum like iPhonePlayer or WindowsPlayer.

Forgetting to use 'RuntimePlatform.' prefix.

Use RuntimePlatform.Android to check if the app runs on Android.

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medium

Complete the code to execute platform-specific code for iOS.

Unity

#if [1]
Debug.Log("Running on iOS");
#endif

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AUNITY_EDITOR

BUNITY_IOS

CUNITY_STANDALONE_WIN

DUNITY_ANDROID

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using UNITY_ANDROID instead of UNITY_IOS.

Confusing editor directives with platform directives.

The preprocessor directive UNITY_IOS is used for iOS platform-specific compilation.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to correctly detect if the platform is Windows standalone.

Unity

if (Application.platform == [1]) {
    Debug.Log("Running on Windows Standalone");
}

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ARuntimePlatform.LinuxPlayer

BRuntimePlatform.WindowsEditor

CRuntimePlatform.OSXPlayer

DRuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using WindowsEditor instead of WindowsPlayer.

Confusing OSXPlayer or LinuxPlayer with Windows.

RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer is the correct enum for Windows standalone builds.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a dictionary with platform names as keys and their build symbols as values.

Unity

var platformSymbols = new Dictionary<string, string> {
    {"Android", "[1]"},
    {"iOS", "[2]"}
};

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AUNITY_ANDROID

BUNITY_IOS

CUNITY_STANDALONE_WIN

DUNITY_EDITOR

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up the build symbols for Android and iOS.

Using editor or Windows symbols instead.

Use UNITY_ANDROID for Android and UNITY_IOS for iOS build symbols.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a platform check that logs a message for Android, iOS, or Windows.

Unity

switch (Application.platform) {
    case [1]:
        Debug.Log("Android platform");
        break;
    case [2]:
        Debug.Log("iOS platform");
        break;
    case [3]:
        Debug.Log("Windows platform");
        break;
}

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ARuntimePlatform.Android

BRuntimePlatform.IPhonePlayer

CRuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer

DRuntimePlatform.LinuxPlayer

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong enums like LinuxPlayer for Windows.

Mixing up Android and iOS enums.

Use RuntimePlatform.Android, RuntimePlatform.IPhonePlayer, and RuntimePlatform.WindowsPlayer for platform checks.