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gkngkc / UnityStandaloneFileBrowser

A native file browser for unity standalone platforms
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How to install the package to Unity project? #81

Closed thinium closed 4 years ago

thinium commented 4 years ago

Hi I am new to Unity and am trying to add this file browser package to my project. I tried 2 ways to add the package but failed: 1. Window->Package Manager -> Add package from disk -> choose "Package/manifest.json" Then I get "Please select a valid package.json file in a package folder. UnityEditor.GenericMenu:CatchMenu(Object, String[], Int32) (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/GUI/GenericMenu.cs:121)"

2. Window->Package Manager -> "Add package from git URL..." I pasted this URL: https://github.com/gkngkc/UnityStandaloneFileBrowser.git Then I get this error message:

Cannot perform upm operation: Unable to add package [https://github.com/gkngkc/UnityStandaloneFileBrowser/releases/download/1.2/]: Package name 'https://github.com/gkngkc/UnityStandaloneFileBrowser/releases/download/1.2/' is invalid. [InvalidParameter] UnityEditor.EditorApplication:Internal_CallUpdateFunctions() (at /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorApplication.cs:310)

What is the correct way to add this package? Thanks!

TheNotary commented 2 years ago

Astonishingly, this unanswered github issue is a top google hit. Do you happen to recall what the naming constraints are for Unity packages?

thinium commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the reply @TheNotary. I don't recall the error anymore. I guess it might had worked at the end (the project is over long time ago).

TheNotary commented 2 years ago

Looks like you may have gotten around the issue by adding the project from local hard drive. It turns out when adding from a github URL, the url you paste in needs to follow this form:

https://github.com/TheNotary/org.njax.SimpleWebsocketServer.git

Notice how it ends in .git and starts as a reversed domain name which is a common packaging convention in Java (and C#?). Great writeup on this question, you'd probably make a lot of points if you brought it to Stack Overflow though it probably has just as much reach here.