Class UIMaterialInstantiator

This is required since UnityUI Graphic elements do not support MaterialPropertyBlocks, and any shader operations can end up modifying the material permanently across all shared instances. To prevent that we create a runtime copy of the material.

Inheritance

Object

UIMaterialInstantiator

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Microsoft.MixedReality.Toolkit.UI

Assembly: cs.temp.dll.dll

Syntax

public class UIMaterialInstantiator

Methods

TryCreateMaterialCopy(Graphic)

Invoke this method to create a copy of the material and use that copy at runtime for Graphic objects to prevent modifying materials in editor or impact shared materials.

Declaration

public static void TryCreateMaterialCopy(Graphic targetGraphic)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Graphic	targetGraphic	Graphic element that needs to clone its material

TryCreateMaterialCopy(Graphic)

Invoke this method to create a copy of the material and use that copy at runtime for Graphic objects to prevent modifying materials in editor or impact shared materials.

Declaration

public static void TryCreateMaterialCopy(Graphic targetGraphic)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Graphic	targetGraphic	Graphic element that needs to clone its material