jochenheckl / databinding

Data binding for Unity gameobjects. If you like MVVM User Interfaces, this is where to start.

Unity DataBinding

What is Unity DataBinding?

DataBinding is a method of connecting a data model with user interface components, allowing changes in one to automatically reflect in the other.

This package supplies the means that will enable you to implement declarative user interfaces (== user interfaces that are a function of the underlying data that defines it). It's like WPF for Unity Game Objects.

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title: High Level Overview
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graph LR
    DS[DataSource] -->|Property|CPB(Component Property Binding)
    DS -->|IEnumerable<> Property|CB(Container Binding)
    CPB -->|Property|V[View]
    CB -->|populate Children| V
    ET([Element
    Template]) -.->CB

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Tutorials

• Getting Started (Detailed Step by Step Tutorial - 5 minutes to complete)

  

  Create a simple scene showing a cube that randomly changes scale and color. This tutorial will make you familiar with fundamental ideas of this tool.

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• How to react to user input (Step by Step Tutorial - 5 minutes to complete)

  

  Starting from a simple scene that renders some input controls fill in the blanks that makes user input available to your application logic.

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• A look at ContainerBindings (Step by Step Tutorial - 5 minutes to complete)

  

  Concerning user interface tool sets: When it comes to handling not just static but dynamic content is where the wheat is separated from the chaff. Starting with some basic prefabs you will put together a nice little party panel for your characters in this tutorial.

databinding's Issues

UIDocumentView not available in Unity 2020.

Describe the bug

Compiler error in UIDocumentView.

Library/PackageCache/de.jochenheckl.unity.databinding@213b9ca09b/Runtime/Scripts/UIDocumentView.cs(11,30): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'UIDocument' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

To Reproduce

Attempt to add package to Unity 2020, any verison.

Expected behavior
No compiler errors.

Installing for source

Hi,
How do we install this library from source, I downloaded the zip from the repository, but have no idea how to proceed, do I need to compile it before including it into the unity project?

2-way bindings deprecated

I saw that the 2-way bindings are in the deprecated folder without any replacement. I definitely like the newer format as it is much simpler to the user. I was curious as to what the plan for 2-way bindings was and if you found a way to generalize the change events that come from Input UI.