How can I download files after boot?

Hi all,

I have an Android game which is very asset-heavy, and because of that I want to download most of its resources (images) during runtime, rather than have them part of the game's assets by default.

Is there a name for this process? How can I achieve this? I couldn't find a single tutorial on the matter.

Thanks in advance!

 

asset bundles,
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/AssetBundlesIntro.html


or if its just plain images for displaying, could load with webrequest
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityWebRequest-RetrievingTexture.html

 

Hi, thanks a lot!
WebRequests are awesome and perfect for my needs.

I implemented this by doing the following:

1. Checking against a list of filenames to see if I have them on my device or not
2. If not, use WebRequests to download them from online
3. Use SaveTextureToFile to save the downloaded image on the device
4. From onwards, use WebRequests again to access the saved texture (but this time the url is for where I saved the image locally, not the web server)