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Does Plugins folder have to be in the root level of the Project?

Discussion in 'Documentation' started by zee_ola05, Oct 6, 2015.

  1. zee_ola05

    zee_ola05

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    Does Plugins folder have to be in the root level of the Project (Assets/Plugins)?
     
    zee_ola05, Oct 6, 2015
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  2. master_rigel

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    It doesn't have to be in the root folder, but naming becomes tricky. For example, you can't have any capitalization, or special characters in the path from the room folder.
     
    master_rigel, Oct 6, 2015
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  3. liortal

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    Are you sure about that ?
    I think it does have to be at the root.

    Prior to Unity 5 (with its plugin inspector) you had to rely on these specially dssignated folders ("magic folders") for plugins, all under Assets/Plugins.

    In Unity 5 and above, there's more freedom since it will automatically detect if an asset is a plugin no matter where it is placed.

    There are some caveats to this, so the older restriction of pugting stuff under Assets/Plugins is still needed sometimes, for example: if you are using Android libraries (a folder, not the compiled .aar file).
     
    liortal, Oct 6, 2015
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  4. master_rigel

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    Indeed indeed. Good catch.
     
    master_rigel, Oct 6, 2015
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