iOS Crash when use custom shader

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Hi everyone,

I am using a shader tht i downloaded somewhere and it work perfectly fine on my iPhone 4s.
But it is a little bit too much for my need, so i decided to duplicate it and make a mobile friendly version for better perf.

So i have CustomShader that work perfectly fine on Editor and my iPhone.
But if i try to duplicate and rename the shader to CustomShaderMobile (without changing anything inside the shader itself) it will crash on my iPhone!

I have absolutely no idea why…
I really didn’t change anything except the name…

So my shader name is CustomShderMobile and the path is exactly the same
Shader “ProjectName/CustomShderMobile”

Also, i am creating the shader at runtime with the function Find.
Material material = new Material(Shader.Find(“ProjectName/CustomShderMobile”));

Does that make any difference ?

I really don’t know whats happen because it is running fine in the editor…
Any help would be appreciated.

Best regards.

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You could try putting the shader into the “Resources” folder. If a shader isn’t assigned to any material and isn’t in the “Resources” folder Unity will optimize the build by not including it. So using Find to load it will fail.

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TheShane, thank you so much for taking time to answer!
What you explained is exactly what’s happened!
I moved my shader in the resource folder and now everything is working perfectly!
Thanks a ton!