Question Sprite asset not rendering when dynamically changing text

Hi,

I am trying to dynamically change the text field to change the sprite asset being rendered. My goal is to make a player health bar that changes as the text changes from:

PLAYER: < sprite name = "healthbar_0" >

to

PLAYER: < sprite name = "healthbar_1" >

I can get the text content to change correctly, but TextMeshPro renders the text literally and does not render the sprite asset. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this out of spec?

Thanks,
Wouter

 

To clarify: the sprite names are checked to be correct. When I type these exact strings into the text box during runtime, the sprite assets are being rendered correctly.
I feel like the TextMeshPro object needs a chance to parse the text field, which it isn't doing when I change the text at runtime.

 

I have now solved my problem by using

PLAYER: <sprite=0>

NOTE that using < sprite = 0 > (including spaces) does not work.