Using external Libraries in Unity

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Good day,

I wrote my own .dll for Networking Operations that I now would like to use within Unity.
But I’m not quite satisfied by adding a new Reference to each new MonoBehaviour Class I write.
So, what’s the best way to this? Is it even recommended?

I used the Search, but I didn’t find any post exactly describing my problem here.

Edit: Since I’m bad at asking questions, here’s the same question, rephrased:
Did anyone ever use external Libraries in Unity over Visual Studio? If yes, how did you “install” them?

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What do you mean by “adding a new reference”? A code snipped showing the unsatisfactory bits would help.

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I’m talking about the ‘Add Reference’ Option in the ‘References’ Dropdown Menu within Visual Studio, under the Solution Explorer.

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We need more information. Is your library managed or unmanaged?

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What’s a managed Library? Maybe my missing knowledge about just those things results in giving too little information, sorry.

All I (usually) do is Build my libraries into a shared folder where all my projects get them from. Since I normally just use MonoGame this is what worked best for me during development.

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Are your libraries written in a managed language(C#) or an unmanaged language(C/C++/Rust)?

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Thanks for clearing that up.
Those libraries are all written in C#, using only the basic .NET System.* Namespace.

Edit: I could try to rephrase my question:
Did anyone ever use external Libraries in Unity over Visual Studio? If yes, how did you “install” them?

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In your case you can simply put your managed .dll in \Assets\Plugins and add “using yourLibraryNameSpace;” at the top of your scripts.

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Thanks! That’s just the answer I needed. Sorry for taking your time!

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