SDK 4.0 with Unity for Windows Store compiler errors

Question

I just tried your new 4.0 build with the Windows Store within Unity support.  Can't get it to compile.  I followed your instructions in the readme.  I uncheck WSAPlayer after clicking App42-Unity3D-SDK-4.0.dll but when I try to compile I get "The type or namespace name 'com' could not be found" in every script that I try to use app42.  If I check WSAPlayer just to see what happens I don't get that error, although I do get other compiler errors.  And I did put the App42-Unity3D-SDK-WinRT-4.0.dll file in the Assets/plugins/metro folder.

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Hi Allan,
It seems that something is wrong when setting Windows Store Environment.
I presume you already put both the dlls (i.e. App42-Unity3D-SDK-4.0.dll and App42-Unity3D-SDK-WinRT-4.0.dll) in Assets/plugins and Assets/plugins/metro respectively .
Can you please share the compilation errors you are getting?

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Yes, I put both dll's into those respective locations.  The compilation error is simply that the namespace 'com' could not be found on any script that has:

using com.shephertz.app42.paas.sdk.csharp;    
using com.shephertz.app42.paas.sdk.csharp.game;   

It seems to be related to when I uncheck WSAPlayer from App42-Unity3D-SDK-4.0.dll.

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Hi Allan,
Can you please share your sample project on support@shephertz.com?

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I won't be able to email my project.  It's several gigabytes.

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Have you tried SDK sample and if yes then their also are you getting the same error message ?

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I tried your sample and it also doesn't work.  Same errors.  I noticed when I opened it up that it's defaulted to the Web Player platform.  I changed the platform to Windows Store and set it to 8.1 Universal.

It compiles fine if I leave it to Web Player.  But that's not going to work if we're trying to compile it for Windows Store.

Answer 1

Hello Allan,

It looks very strange because we have tested from our end and its working fine. Please make sure you have followed all the steps mentioned in the project readme. If you still getting any exception then please share your Unity version and OS details in which you are working on? It will help us to provide better support to you. Also if possible then share the exception screenshots at mailto:support@shephertz.com. It will help us to find the root cause of this issue.

Thanks,
Himanshu Sharma

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I followed every step.  I also opened your sample project and tried that.  Same errors.  I'll email some screenshots to that address.

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Hello Allan,

Thanks for sharing the screenshots with us. It seems like your project not able find the App42 Unity SDK dll. We have successfully tested the sample on Unity 5.0.1 p1. We are also looking for Unity 5.0.2f, once we tested from our end will get back to you.

Thanks,
Himanshu Sharma

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Does it not makes sense that WSAPlayer is unchecked for App42-Unity3D-SDK-4.0.dll.  And that's why Unity can't find it when the project is set to Windows Store?  You specifically told Unity to ignore that dll for that platform.

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Are you sure you changed the platform to Windows Store?  Because I can compile fine if the platform is set for anything else.

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Hello Allan,

This is the issue from Unity side and one of our customer also report this on Unity forum which you can find from here as well(http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/assets-plugins-metro-abc-dll-plugin-not-being-used-in-unity3d-5-0-2f1.328233/). To answer your query of "Does it not makes sense that WSAPlayer is unchecked for App42-Unity3D-SDK-4.0.dll"?Yes it will because Unity have some restriction on their side that you have to build application code on Visual Studio 2013 for Window Store apps. As a service provider, we do not bind our user to use Visual Studio 2013 to use our plugin that is why we follow the guideline provided by unity to uncheck WSPlayer from settings. To more instruction, please have a look at this manual (http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/WindowsUniversalApps-gettingstarted.html).
 
Also we are working on this issue, once we get a fix of this issue from Unity side will update this thread.
 
Thanks
Himanshu Sharma

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The problem does appear to be on the Unity side.  Unfortunately it doesn't appear they're very interested in fixing it.  You may want to pull your Windows Store version until they decide it's worth fixing.

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Just so you know, Unity is claiming that the problem is in your plugins.

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Hello Allan,

We are working on this issue with Unity and release the patch in the mid of next week. Once the patch will available for use, will update this thread . Thanks for your patience.
 
Thanks,
Himanshu Sharma

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According to Unity you guys need to recompile your plugin because they are not compatible with Unity 5.0.2 and upwards.  These are the instructions they had me follow.  And the current App42 version 4.0 still doesn't work.

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/windowsstore-plugins.html

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Hello Allan,

We have resolved this issue from our end, kindly download the latest version of App42 SDK and let me know if it helps.
https://github.com/shephertz/App42_Unity3D_SDK

Thanks,
Himanshu Sharma

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Appears to be fixed.  Thanks for your help!

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Should this App42 SDK also work on Unity 4.6.X (4.6.7)?