Json Not serializing private fields marked with SerializeField

[Chris-Trueman]

I’m trying to get some fields to save to Json. If I leave the fields public they save no problem. If I mark them with SerializeField and have them private, they do not save. Is this a bug or intended?

[Peter77]

According to the documentation, it must be a bug.

@JSON Serialization Documentation

The API supports any MonoBehaviour-subclass, ScriptableObject-subclass, or plain class/struct with the [Serializable] attribute. The object you pass in is fed to the standard Unity serializer for processing, so the same rules and limitations apply as they do in the Inspector; only fields are serialized, and types like Dictionary<> are not supported.

Unity - Manual: JSON Serialization

If the same rules apply as they do in the Inspector, I’d expect it to serialize private fields via SerializeFieldAttribute.

[Chris-Trueman]

Hmm created a test project to see if it worked, and it does. Maybe something isn’t setup right in my other project.

[Chris-Trueman]

I feel quite stupid right now. Was trying to find out what was going on and I found that I’m not even using Json to save my information. Turns out I was using XML, switched over to Json and everything is working fine.