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.

  Planned next steps:

  • Look into a Generic View<> component that limits the types of the datasourcedropdown to types derived from the generic type
  • Improve automatic tests
  • Add samples for new features
  • Update existing samples