How do i properly use Application.platform ?

Questions & Answers
1

working on a little mobile game… and i want to be able to use my desktop keyboard while also being able to use my joystick without creating separate methods?
this code below isnt working right. the UNITY_STANDALONE_WIN is grayed out. whats the best way to do this?

        Vector2 move = Vector2.zero;
        float MoveJoy = variableJoystick.Horizontal;

#if UNITY_IOS

        move.x = MoveJoy;

#endif

#if UNITY_STANDALONE_WIN

        move.x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

#endif
2

In Unity, try to change the build target from iOS to Standalone Windows and you’ll se the greyed (deactivated) part of the code being activated.

#if UNITY_STANDALONE_WIN
// Windows stuff
#endif

This piece of code is called preprocessing. It tells to the compiler that there is some part of your code that is needed only on some target (i.e : windows). When you’re on other target, it won’t compile the part of code which is preprocessed.