UnityPlayerForActivityOrService instantiated via Service?

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UnityPlayerForActivityOrService implies it can be used from a service, as UnityPlayer was capable in the past. However, there are several calls in UnityPlayerForActivityOrService that assume that passed context is bound to Activity, such as,

    public static boolean isInMultiWindowMode(Activity var0) {
        return PlatformSupport.NOUGAT_SUPPORT ? var0.isInMultiWindowMode() : false;
    }

Which fails if the UnityPlayerForActivityOrService is instantiated from a service.

How do I instantiate a UnityPlayer that is bound to a service (long-running and used as an overlay view via WindowManager) instead of an activity (which can be terminated by OS at any point if minmized).

2

These shouldn’t be called if context is not activity. It’s a bug if they are called.

3

Ok, should I submit a bug report?

There are only 2 ways to resume Unity → onResume function which assumes the context is an activity and will crash otherwise:

if (!MultiWindowSupport.isInMultiWindowMode(this.mActivity) || MultiWindowSupport.isMultiWindowModeChangedToTrue(this.mActivity)) {
            this.setupUnityToBeResumed();
        }

Second is resume() which is now deprecated. (but at least doesn’t call isInMultiWindowMode)

4

Unity doesn’t officially support instantiating from Service, the only case where it was somewhat supported is WallpaperService, for which we have automatic coverage which ensures it works.

I am not exactly sure about your case, could submit a bug with repro project attached, so we can investigate.

5

I am guessing here your WallpaperService tests are not failing because it’s using the deprecated resume() method. What happens when that’s gone?

I’ll create a sample project and attach it shortly.

6

Here is a sample project:

7

Could you please report via Unity’s bug reporter - Unity QA: Building quality with passion ? Thank you

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