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News

Show published news in your game.

Unity
Your visible result

A published test news item is visible in the game.

Publish a news post0:51

Existing dashboard tutorial. It shows the previous design; the guide follows the current workflow.

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Build this feature

You can preview the guide. Running it requires an active project key. Prepare project

SDK installed and project configuration imported.

C#
Assets/Scripts/NewsDemo.cs
horizOn callSetup
1using UnityEngine;
2using PM.horizOn.Cloud.Core;
3using PM.horizOn.Cloud.Manager;
4​
5// Attach this script to a GameObject in your first scene.
6public class NewsDemo : MonoBehaviour
7{
8 async void Start()
9 {
10 // Setup: initialize and connect.
11 HorizonApp.Initialize();
12 await new HorizonServer().Connect();
13​
14 // horizOn: load the latest news.
15 var news = await NewsManager.Instance.LoadNews(limit: 10);
16 foreach (var item in news)
17 {
18 Debug.Log($"{item.Title}: {item.Message}");
19 }
20 }
21}

Test your new feature.

A published test news item is visible in the game.

Choose the same project in the dashboard as in your game configuration.

Endpoints
  • GET/news
All endpoints in the API reference
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