How to use UnityEventTools in script? "UnityEventTools is inaccessible due to its protection level"

I am trying to use UnityEventTools.AddPersistentListener in some code attached to a game object. I added a new C# script:

Code (csharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.UI;
5. using UnityEngine.Events;
6.  
7. public class GenerateMenu : MonoBehaviour
8. {
9.     void MyFunction()
10.     {
11.         UnityEngine.Events.UnityEventTools.
12.     }

However at this point it gives me an error: "UnityEventTools is inaccessible due to its protection level"

I am not really understanding how I can access AddPersistentListener. What am I doing wrong? Is it a namespace issue or do I need to inherit from a class or something? Can you please be very specific about how to solve this as I'm an amateur?

Thanks.

 

The method you're trying to access is declared within UnityEditor and not UnityEngine.

UnityEditor.Events.UnityEventTools.AddBoolPersistentListener

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEventTools.html
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Events.UnityEventTools.AddBoolPersistentListener.html

 

Thanks for the links.

It's annoying that none of these reference pages have examples, and all the other examples I have seen didn't quite mention how to add listeners that are on other objects such as a different component. It is a bit misleading to see all the mentions of UnityAction here, too, because you really don't need to make some new object here, the plain old method reference works just fine.

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. myComponentInstance.myEvent = new UnityEvent();
3. UnityEditor.Events.UnityEventTools.AddVoidPersistentListener(
4.     myComponentInstance.myEvent, someOtherObjectInstance.theirMethod);
5.