📆Native UI

Platform-native dialogs and pickers that match iOS and Android design guidelines

Essential Kit's Native UI feature provides platform-native alert dialogs and date/time pickers without maintaining platform-specific code. This tutorial walks you through creating professional UI components that feel native to each platform.

Using PlayMaker? See the PlayMaker guide: PlayMaker.

Looking for a working reference? Open the demo scene at Assets/Plugins/VoxelBusters/EssentialKit/Examples/Scenes/NativeUIDemo.unity and the companion script at Assets/Plugins/VoxelBusters/EssentialKit/Examples/Scripts/NativeUIDemo.cs to see the full API in action.

What You'll Learn

• Create alert dialogs with multiple buttons and text input fields

• Build date and time pickers for user input collection

• Handle dialog callbacks and user interactions properly

• Design platform-appropriate UI flows

Why Native UI Matters

• Business impact: Professional dialogs increase user trust and engagement

• UX impact: Native components feel familiar and match platform conventions

• Technical impact: No custom native UI code needed across iOS and Android

Tutorial Roadmap

1. Setup - Enable Native UI feature

2. Usage - Alert dialogs, date pickers, and input handling

3. Testing - Validate on both platforms

4. FAQ - Troubleshoot common issues

Key Use Cases

• Show confirmation dialogs for important actions (purchases, deletions, exits)

• Collect user input through native text fields and dialogs

• Let users pick dates for scheduling (tournaments, reminders, events)

• Display time pickers for notification settings and alarm features

• Create multi-button dialogs for complex decision flows

Prerequisites

• Unity project with Essential Kit v3 installed and Native UI feature included

• iOS or Android build targets for testing native appearances

• Understanding of callback patterns for async dialog interactions

Native UI Video Tutorial

SetupUsagehttps://github.com/voxelbusters/essential-kit-docs/blob/master/tutorials/v3/features/native-ui/testing.mdFAQ