Using GetComponent with an interface within a DLL file

Hi,

I've been using gameObject.GetComponent<MyInterface>() throughout my project with no problems.

Recently I've been moving a bunch of code to DLL files and have noticed that visual studio highlights the above GetComponent code (during design time) as an error stating something along the lines of "cannot implicity cast MyInterface to Component". The exact same code works in my project, but not in the DLL file.

Can you use GetComponent with interfaces in DLL files? If so, how do I get it to work?

Thanks.

 

What version of Unity are you using?

 

v5.3.4f1 Personal. I think I just fixed it. I added the UnityEditor.dll, UnityEngine.Networking.dll, UnityEngine.UI.dll references to my library project, and I also removed and added UnityEngine.dll again. In addition, I am referencing the DLL's located in my Project/Library folder instead of the ProgramFiles\Unity.... etc folder that the Unity docs tell you to use. Don't know why its working now, but I'm not complaining!

 

You probably had an old UnityEngine.dll that didn't support interfaces.