Navigation Menu

Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@darktable
Created March 11, 2012 23:36
Show Gist options
  • Star 6 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 5 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save darktable/2018687 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save darktable/2018687 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Unity3D: script to automatically scale gui elements on high dpi devices (like iPhone 4 or iPad 3rd Generation).
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
namespace UnityEngine {
/// <summary>
/// Usage:
///
/// (optional) Call GUIScaler.Initialize() in Start(), Awake() or OnEnable() (only needed once)
/// Call GUIScaler.Begin() at the top of your OnGUI() methods
/// Call GUIScaler.End() at the bottom of your OnGUI() methods
///
/// WARNING: If you don't match Begin() and End() strange things will happen.
/// </summary>
public static class GUIScaler {
// 160 is the dpi of the 1st generation iPhone, a good base value.
const float BASE_SCALE = 160.0f;
static bool initialized = false;
static bool scaling = false;
static Vector3 guiScale = Vector3.one;
static Matrix4x4 restoreMatrix = Matrix4x4.identity;
/// <summary>
/// Initialize the gui scaler with a specific scale.
/// </summary>
public static void Initialize(float scale) {
if (initialized) return;
initialized = true;
// scale will be 0 on platforms that have unknown dpi (usually non-mobile)
// if the scale is less than 10% don't bother, it just makes gui look bad.
if (scale == 0 || scale < 1.1f) return;
guiScale.Set(scale, scale, scale);
scaling = true;
}
/// <summary>
/// Initialize the gui scaler using the detected screen dpi.
/// </summary>
public static void Initialize() {
Initialize(Screen.dpi / BASE_SCALE);
}
/// <summary>
/// All gui elements drawn after this
/// will be scaled.
/// </summary>
public static void Begin() {
if (!initialized) Initialize();
if (!scaling) return;
restoreMatrix = GUI.matrix;
GUI.matrix = GUI.matrix * Matrix4x4.Scale(guiScale);
}
/// <summary>
/// Restores the default gui scale.
/// All gui elements drawn after this
/// will not be scaled.
/// </summary>
public static void End() {
if (!scaling) return;
GUI.matrix = restoreMatrix;
}
}
}
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment