Customizing URL types directly from Unity

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Hey,

We have a requirement to set our game to respond to a custom URL scheme.

Normally, this is done in XCode using the Info->URL Types menu.

Is there any way to automate this so we won’t have to enter it every time Unity creates a new project ?

If not, does the new XCode manipulation project address this in any way ?

Thx
Lior

2

If you use any of the Prime31 plugins you’ll find a menu option to do ‘Info.plist Additions’. This has a section for CFBundle URL schemes - perhaps this is helpful?

3

We do not use Prime31, but I guess the Info.plist hint is good enough to try and see whether we can create some auto-patching process that will do what we need.

4

We’re adding custom url schemes using a PostProcessBuild method and PlistCS:

protected virtual void PostprocessXcodePlist() {

    // set plist path
    string plistPath = "...";
   
    // read plist
    Dictionary<string, object> dict;
    dict = (Dictionary<string, object>)Plist.readPlist(plistPath);
   
    // update plist
    dict["CFBundleURLTypes"] = new List<object> {
        new Dictionary<string,object> {
            { "CFBundleURLName", PlayerSettings.iPhoneBundleIdentifier },
            { "CFBundleURLSchemes", new List<object> { PlayerSettings.iPhoneBundleIdentifier } }
        }
    };
   
    // write plist
    Plist.writeXml(dict, plistPath);
   
}
5

Thanks, I already figured out that this info is stored in the Info.plist but i didn’t want to do this myself as i am not so familiar with the XCode project structure.

Is this project (PlistCS) proven and “battle-tested” so i can count on it working ?

Thanks for the link BTW :slight_smile:

6

I don’t know much about PlistCS, it was just the simplest thing I could find written in C# :slight_smile:

7

What should the plist path be set to? Is there a default value?

8

Look at http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Callbacks.PostProcessBuildAttribute.html

The second parameter is path to built project. Just append “/info.plist”.