Question Runtime Changes to Default Sprite Asset not working in Standalone Build

I'm trying to change the Default Sprite Asset to display different inline sprites depending on the current input device. I'm using the solution Stephan_B suggests in this thread, and it works perfectly but only in the Unity Editor.

When the Default Sprite Asset is changed in a build, everything works fine except for the inline sprites actually swapping to reflect the Sprite Asset being changed. I have checked to make sure that all of my input device detection is working properly, and I even made sure that instance.m_defaultSpriteAsset in TMP_Settings.cs is being updated to the correct Sprite Asset when the input device is changed.

Any idea why this works in the Editor but not in a Build? Am I forgetting to rebuild some aspect of TextMeshPro or something?

 

Bumping this because I still can't seem to figure out the issue

 

That is not very conventional method to do it since we are editing the source code for text mesh pro but

• Edit TMP_Settings.cs in editor and also the cache file that you can find at C:\User\*UserName*\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.textmeshpro@*whateverversion*\Scripts\Runtime TMP_Settings.cs and edit around line 240 . So that when code edited unity registers as valid packet.
  
  
  Code (CSharp):

  1.         /// <summary>
  2.         /// Disables InternalUpdate() calls when true. This can improve performance when the scale of the text object is static.
  3.         /// </summary>
  4.         public static bool isTextObjectScaleStatic
  5.         {
  6.             get { return instance.m_IsTextObjectScaleStatic; }
  7.             set { instance.m_IsTextObjectScaleStatic = value; }
  8.         }
  9.         [SerializeField]
  10.         private bool m_IsTextObjectScaleStatic;
  After doing this you will be able to set default sprite at runtime via
  
  

  
  
  public TMP_SpriteAsset YOURSPRITE;
  
  TMP_Settings.defaultSpriteAsset = YOURSPRITE;
  
  

  
  
  There is couple of ways to do it but in my case it is not huge amount of sprites to change via

  playerInput.currentControlScheme;

  
  or
  

    InputSystem.onDeviceChange -= OnDeviceChange;

  
  
  After you detect which input you have you can simply get all Text and assign sprite at runtime without having any trouble as below. I am using 2 sprite asset with individual sprite sheet
  

Code (CSharp):

1.     private void SetControls(string ControlType)
2.     {
3.         //You can pass whatever variable is to conditions. In my case its just string of playerInput.currentControlScheme;
4.         //Get all TextMeshProUGUI gameobjects
5.         TextMeshProUGUI[] SpriteComponents = GameObject.FindObjectsOfType<TextMeshProUGUI>();
6.      
7.         //Set Default Sprites to Use
8.         if (ControlType == "Keyboard")
9.         {
10.             TMP_Settings.defaultSpriteAsset = KeyboardSprites;
11.             Debug.Log("Using Keyboard/Mouse Scheme");
12.         }
13.         else if (ControlType == "Gamepad")
14.         {
15.             TMP_Settings.defaultSpriteAsset = GamepadSprites;
16.             Debug.Log("Using Controller Scheme");
17.         }
18.  
19.         //Set Default assets of the components in runtime in hierarchy.
20.         foreach (var SpriteComponent in SpriteComponents)
21.         {
22.             SpriteComponent.spriteAsset = TMP_Settings.defaultSpriteAsset;
23.         }
24.     }
25. }

note : you can do this in several methods