Unity deeplink RnD

GPT research, setup a http server in Unity:

• setup deeplink support for unity - GPT
• potential issues and named pipe alternative - GPT

I decided to instead piggy back on the existing asset store deeplinking support in Unity.

Dev¶

I forked unity deeplink - needle tools

• https://github.com/hannesdelbeke/unity-deeplink
• run menu command
• select assets & right-click menu to copy URI from asset

todo
see deeplink redirect - GPT

• custom scheme unity://select?asset/path
• custom scheme unity://menu?menu/path
• maybe support parameters in future? e.g. cube of size 4
• option in plugin to toggle support to copy URI to the correct unity://select?asset/path format, if user choses to use that scheme

Existing solutions¶

• https://github.com/nicbarker/UnityEditorDeeplinking
  • not tested
  • not maintained
  • deeplink through TCP/IP socket on 127.0.0.1m
  • no UPM support
• unity deeplink - hook interceptor
  • not tested
• unity deeplink - needle tools
  • tested, samples didn’t seem to work

app URI

Backlinks¶

• Unity note editor
  • can be combined with Unity deeplink RnD for URLs to select other unity assets
• My Unity
  • i want to use this more
    Unity notes
• link Obsidian to Unity
  • no native support, got working prototype here Unity deeplink RnD