GameLovers UI Service

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Why Use This Package?

Managing UI in Unity games often becomes a tangled mess of direct references, scattered open/close logic, and manual lifecycle management. This UI Service solves these pain points:

Problem	Solution
Scattered UI logic	Centralized service manages all UI lifecycle (load → open → close → unload)
Memory management headaches	Addressables integration with automatic asset loading/unloading
Rigid UI hierarchies	Layer-based organization with flexible depth sorting
Duplicated boilerplate	Feature composition system extends behavior without inheritance complexity
Async loading complexity	UniTask-powered async operations with cancellation support
No visibility into UI state	Editor windows for real-time analytics, hierarchy debugging, and configuration
Difficult testing	Injectable interfaces (IUiService, IUiAssetLoader) and built-in loaders enable easy mocking

Built for production: Used in real games with WebGL, mobile, and desktop support. Zero per-frame allocations in hot paths.

Key Features

• 🎭 UI Model-View-Presenter Pattern - Clean separation of UI logic with lifecycle management
• 🎨 UI Toolkit Support - Compatible with both uGUI and UI Toolkit
• 🧩 Feature Composition - Modular feature system for extending presenter behavior
• 🔄 Async Loading - Load UI assets asynchronously with UniTask support
• 📦 UI Group Organization - Organize UI elements by depth layers and in groups for batch operations
• 💾 Memory Management - Efficient loading/unloading of UI assets with Unity's Addressables system
• 🛠️ Editor Tools - Presenter Manager window for real-time debugging and monitoring
• 📱 Responsive Design - Built-in support for device safe areas (e.g. iPhone dynamic island)

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System Requirements

• Unity (v6.0+) - To run the package
• Unity Addressables (v2.6.0+) - For async asset loading
• UniTask (v2.5.10+) - For efficient async operations
• Universal Render Pipeline (v17.0.1+) - Required by the camera-stacking and backdrop-blur presenter features (Runtime/Rendering/)

Dependencies are automatically resolved when installing via Unity Package Manager.

Using the backdrop blur needs one manual step: add UiBackdropBlurRendererFeature to your Universal Renderer asset (Add Renderer Feature), not just the presenter component. Without it the blur silently does nothing. See URP Rendering Features.

Compatibility Matrix

Unity Version	Status	Notes
6000.5.x (Unity 6)	✅ Fully Tested	Primary development target
6000.3.x (Unity 6)	✅ Fully Tested
6000.0.x (Unity 6)	✅ Fully Tested	Fully supported
2022.3 LTS	⚠️ Untested	May require minor adaptations

Platform	Status	Notes
Standalone (Windows/Mac/Linux)	✅ Supported	Full feature support
WebGL	✅ Supported	Requires UniTask (no Task.Delay)
Mobile (iOS/Android)	✅ Supported	Full feature support
Console	⚠️ Untested	Should work with Addressables setup

Installation

Via Unity Package Manager (Recommended)

1. Open Unity Package Manager (Window → Package Manager)
2. Click the + button and select Add package from git URL
3. Enter the following URL:

   https://github.com/CoderGamester/com.gamelovers.uiservice.git
   

Via manifest.json

Add the following line to your project's Packages/manifest.json:

{
"dependencies": {
"com.gamelovers.uiservice": "https://github.com/CoderGamester/com.gamelovers.uiservice.git"
}
}

Via OpenUPM

openupm add com.gamelovers.uiservice

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Documentation

Document	Description
Getting Started	Installation, setup, and first presenter
Core Concepts	Presenters, layers, sets, features
API Reference	Complete API documentation
Advanced Topics	Analytics, performance, helper views
URP Rendering Features	Camera stacking, backdrop blur, render-texture authoring, layering hazards
Troubleshooting	Common issues and solutions

Key Components

Component	Responsibility
IUiService	Public API surface for all UI operations
UiService	Core implementation managing lifecycle, layers, and state
UiPresenter	Base class for all UI views with lifecycle hooks
UiConfigs	ScriptableObject storing UI configuration and sets
IUiAssetLoader	Interface for custom asset loading strategies
AddressablesUiAssetLoader	Handles Addressables integration for async loading
PrefabRegistryUiAssetLoader	Simple loader for direct prefab references
ResourcesUiAssetLoader	Loads UI from Unity's Resources folder
PresenterFeatureBase	Base class for composable presenter behaviors
UiInstanceId	Enables multiple instances of the same presenter type

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Quick Start

1. Create UI Configuration

1. Right-click in Project View
2. Navigate to Create → ScriptableObjects → Configs → UiConfigs
3. Configure your UI presenters in the created asset

2. Initialize the UI Service

usingUnityEngine;usingGameLovers.UiService;publicclassGameInitializer:MonoBehaviour{[SerializeField]privateUiConfigs_uiConfigs;privateIUiServiceInit_uiService;voidStart(){_uiService=newUiService();_uiService.Init(_uiConfigs);}}

3. Create Your First UI Presenter

usingUnityEngine;usingGameLovers.UiService;publicclassMainMenuPresenter:UiPresenter{[SerializeField]privateButton_playButton;protectedoverridevoidOnInitialized(){_playButton.onClick.AddListener(OnPlayClicked);}protectedoverridevoidOnOpened(){Debug.Log("Main menu opened!");}protectedoverridevoidOnClosed(){Debug.Log("Main menu closed!");}privatevoidOnPlayClicked(){Close(destroy:false);}}

4. Open and Manage UI

// Open UIvarmainMenu=await_uiService.OpenUiAsync<MainMenuPresenter>();// Check visibilityif(_uiService.IsVisible<MainMenuPresenter>()){Debug.Log("Main menu is visible");}// Close UI_uiService.CloseUi<MainMenuPresenter>();

📖 For complete setup guide, see Getting Started

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Examples

The package includes sample implementations in the Samples~ folder.

Importing Samples

1. Open Unity Package Manager (Window → Package Manager)
2. Select "GameLovers UiService" package
3. Navigate to the "Samples" tab
4. Click "Import" next to the sample you want

Available Samples

Sample	Description
BasicUiFlow	Basic presenter lifecycle and button interactions
DataPresenter	Data-driven UI with UiPresenter<T>
DelayedPresenter	Time and animation delay features
UiToolkit	UI Toolkit (UI Elements) integration
DelayedUiToolkit	Multiple features combined
UiSets	Group multiple UIs for batch operations (e.g., game HUD)
MultiInstance	Create multiple instances of the same presenter type
CustomFeatures	Create custom presenter features (fade, scale, sound)
AssetLoadingStrategies	Compare PrefabRegistry, Addressables, and Resources loading

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Report bugs or request features via GitHub Issues. For development setup, architecture, assembly conventions, and coding standards, see AGENTS.md.

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Related docs

Document	Purpose
docs/README.md	Full documentation (getting started, concepts, API, advanced)
AGENTS.md	Contributor/agent guide (architecture, gotchas, workflows)
CHANGELOG.md	Version history

Support

• Issues: Report bugs or request features
• Discussions: Ask questions and share ideas
• Changelog: See CHANGELOG.md for version history

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details.

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