Buttons Issue

I make a set of buttons on UI during runtime. When I first make them, they do an animation, where they bounce, and when they stop, I want these buttons to be clickable (each button have a script called SampleButton(), which has this bool clickable variable, when they finish the animation, clickable become true). I have a script that is called when I press a button. in this Script, i would like to check is clickable is already true on this button. How do I make a reference to the button clicked on this function.

 

Give your SampleButton component from the clicked button as reference to the onClick function, so you can acces your boolean

 

Code (CSharp):

1. void Start () {
2.         PopulateList();
3.     }
4.  
5.     void PopulateList()
6.     {
7.         float posX = -2.5f;
8.         foreach (var obje in listCardsNeutrals)
9.         {
10.             GameObject newCard = Instantiate (sampleButton) as GameObject;
11.             SampleButton cardButton = newCard.GetComponent<SampleButton>();
12.             cardButton.nameLabel.text = obje.description;
13.             cardButton.icon.sprite = obje.icon;
14.             cardButton.button.onClick = obje.effect;
15.             newCard.transform.SetParent (UiCanvas);
16.             newCard.transform.position = new Vector3 ( posX, 15f, -10f);
17.             newCard.transform.localScale = new Vector3 ( 1f, 1f, 1f);
18.             posX += 2.5f;
19.         }
20.     }
21.  
22.     public void doEffect()
23.     {
24.             Debug.Log ("I want to poop right now");
25.     }

I made this. i got the obje.effect (the reference to the function onClick), and added to the instatieated button.OnClick. And then, when the button is pressed, it goes to doEffect() function. How do I do to check the boolean clickable in that function.

 

You can do a cool c# trick:

Code (CSharp):

1. cardButton.onClick = () => { obje.effect(cardButton);};

you just have to change the definition of effect function to suport Button input

 

Sorry but i'm a bit newbie at this. But what's the difference between "cardButton.button.onClick= obje.effect;" and the line you wrote (I didn't know how to write it correctly so Unity could recognize it, plus its the first time I see that line, so I don't understand what exactly does or how it helps me to look for clickable bool inside the SampleButton script in the button).

 

Well isn't effect a function?
That code is something called Anonymus Function https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb882516.aspx
Is like creating a function localy in which you have access to outside variables like cardButton.

The thing is, you can't give a function with parameter to onClick, you have to give one which has no input. With this method you can give input parameter to your onClick function. So in your obje component you define a function, let's call it OnSampleButtonClick, which takes as input a button (public void OnSampleButtonClick(SampleButton butt)). Here you can do you click logic + you can check is butt is clickable. Now every time a button is click the { obje.effect(cardButton);} is called. Imagine it like a normal function, but because it was created this way, this function knows who obje and cardButton is.

Is this clear enough?

 

Code (CSharp):

1. [System.Serializable]
2. public class goodCards {
3.     public string description;
4.     public Sprite icon;
5.     public Button.ButtonClickedEvent effect;
6. }
7. [System.Serializable]
8. public class badCards {
9.     public string description;
10.     public Sprite icon;
11. }
12. [System.Serializable]
13. public class neutralCards {
14.     public string description;
15.     public Sprite icon;
16.     public Button.ButtonClickedEvent effect;
17. }
18.  
19. public class CardManager : MonoBehaviour {
20.  
21.     public GameObject sampleButton;
22.     public List<goodCards> listCardsGoods;
23.     public List<badCards> listCardsBads;
24.     public List<neutralCards> listCardsNeutrals;
25.  
26.     public Transform UiCanvas;
27.  
28.     // Use this for initialization
29.     void Start () {
30.         PopulateList();
31.     }
32.  
33.     void PopulateList()
34.     {
35.         float posX = -2.5f;
36.         foreach (var obje in listCardsNeutrals)
37.         {
38.             GameObject newCard = Instantiate (sampleButton) as GameObject;
39.             SampleButton cardButton = newCard.GetComponent<SampleButton>();
40.             cardButton.nameLabel.text = obje.description;
41.             cardButton.icon.sprite = obje.icon;
42.             cardButton.button.onClick = obje.effect;
43.             newCard.transform.SetParent (UiCanvas);
44.             newCard.transform.position = new Vector3 ( posX, 15f, -10f);
45.             newCard.transform.localScale = new Vector3 ( 1f, 1f, 1f);
46.             posX += 2.5f;
47.         }
48.     }
49.  
50.     public void doEffect()
51.     {
52.         //if (this.sampleButton.clickable)
53.             Debug.Log ("I want to poop right now");
54.     }
55.  
56.     // Update is called once per frame
57.     void Update () {
58.  
59.     }
60. }
61.  

Complete script.

effect is not a function, or at least, not a function made by me. And effect have already a a designation to go to doEffect() function (and it does correctly). BTW I'm going to try what you wrote here, and i'll post again if i sucess, or if I did a mistake again.

Edit: it does no work, basically because effect is not a function, its a button event.