/// <summary>
/// Loads and creates a new UI element (e.g. SampleMessage : UIElement).
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="TUIElement">The UI element type.</typeparam>
/// <param name="uiCanvasLayer">The canvas layer.</param>
/// <param name="uiIndex">The UI index.</param>
/// <param name="parent">The parent of the UI element.</param>
/// <returns>The UI element.</returns>
public TUIElement Create <TUIElement>(
UICanvasLayer uiCanvasLayer = UICanvasLayer.Foreground,
UIIndex uiIndex = UIIndex.Start,
Transform uiParent = null,
string uiPath = UIConstants.UIResources)
where TUIElement : UIElement
{
if (uiCanvas == null)
{
var uiBackground = Utils.CreateCanvas(UICanvasType.Background);
var uiForeground = Utils.CreateCanvas(UICanvasType.Foreground);
uiCanvas = new UICanvas(uiBackground, uiForeground);
}
var name = typeof(TUIElement).Name;
var path = string.Format(uiPath, name);
var uiElement = Utils.LoadAndCreate <TUIElement>(path);
if (uiElement != null)
{
uiElement.transform.SetParent(uiParent ?? uiCanvas.GetCanvas(uiCanvasLayer), worldPositionStays: false);
if (uiIndex == UIIndex.Start)
{
uiElement.transform.SetAsFirstSibling();
}
else
{
uiElement.transform.SetAsLastSibling();
}
}
return(uiElement);
}
public TUIElement Create <TUIElement>(UILayer uiLayer = UILayer.Foreground, UIIndex uiIndex = UIIndex.Start, Transform parent = null)
where TUIElement : UIElement
{
parent = parent ?? uiLayers.GetLayer(uiLayer);
var uiElement = UIUtils.LoadAndCreateUIElement <TUIElement>();
uiElement.transform.SetParent(parent, false);
if (uiIndex == UIIndex.Start)
{
uiElement.transform.SetAsFirstSibling();
}
else
{
uiElement.transform.SetAsLastSibling();
}
return(uiElement);
}