ui panel snippet

PanelSnip.cs

using ICities;
using UnityEngine;
using ColossalFramework.UI;

namespace UIMod
{
    public class UIMod : IUserMod
    {
    public string Name { get { return "UIMod"; } }
    public string Description { get { return "UIMod"; } }
    }

    public class LoadingExtension : LoadingExtensionBase
    {
    public override void OnLevelLoaded(LoadMode mode)
    {
        // this seems to get the default UIView
        UIView v = UIView.GetAView ();

        //this adds an UIComponent to the view
        UIComponent uic = v.AddUIComponent (typeof(ExamplePanel));

        // ALTERNATIVELY, this seems to work like the lines above, but is a bit longer:
        // UIView v = UIView.GetAView ();
        // GameObject go = new GameObject ("panelthing", typeof(ExamplePanel));
        // UIComponent uic = v.AttachUIComponent (go);
    }

    }

    //whatever child class of UIComponent, here UIPanel
    public class ExamplePanel : UIPanel {
    //these overrides are not necessary, but obviously helpful
    //this seems to be called initially
    public override void Start ()
    {
        //this makes the panel "visible", I don't know what sprites are available, but found this value to work
        this.backgroundSprite = "GenericPanel";
        this.color = new Color32(255,0,0,100);
        this.width = 100;
        this.height = 200;

	// and then something like
	// UILabel l = this.AddUIComponent<UILabel> ();
	// l.text = "I am a label";
	// l.eventClick += FooBarClickHandler;
    }
    //this gets called every frame
    public override void Update()
    {
    }
    }
}