Release Notes

Current Version of the Appearition SDK for Unity#

Major Update. SDK overhaul on most of its modules.
Offline capability extended to query-based APIs.
Moved the base unity version to v2019 LTS. Current SDK version v2019.4.4f1.
Changed the base ArTarget/Asset handling to ArTarget/List and Asset/List in the background.
After logging in, the profile data is fetched in the UserProfile for further use.
Assessment & QA fully integrated and tested.
Countless smaller features and bug fixes.

Removed the StandaloneFileBrowser from the Tutorials and fixed the tutorial scenes so that it doesn’t allow this type of functionality. You can still upload files in the tutorials 2 and 3, but by entering a path in an InputField instead.
Added an AssemblyDefinition for both the runtime and editor parts of the SDK.
Moved the base of the project to the latest version of Unity 2018, which is v2018.4.12f1
Combined the CreateMedia and UploadMedia processes into one, named AddMediaToExistingExperience.
Added publish functionality to the CreateExperience process.
Merged ReplaceMedia and UpdateMedia processes into a new process called UpdateExperienceMedia.
Renamed the process ChangeArTargetName to ChangeExperienceName for better understanding.
Fixed the tutorials scripts based on those changes.
Added and modified several overloads and descriptions to fit those changes.

File saving overhaul. Previous projects are most likely to break.
- If the previous project was using a SampleProject (unmodified), extracting the SDK and the related SampleProject will fix the issue.
- The UserProfile might break as well. You can create a new one with the same credentials (either copy/paste before update, either fetch the information from the EMS again).
- Any call of type AppearitionGate.FetchMedia are likely to just be fixed by replacing to ArTargetHandler.LoadMediaFile (or LoadMediaFileContent).
All Handlers now handle the way they save files locally.
- Handlers have utilities to load and clear cache for their respective data.
- The directory structure and paths for each type of file is now available inside each respective handlers.
A FileHandler has been created to get/save/move/delete files in general.
The root of where the cloud data gets stored can now be changed in the AppearitionConstants.
JSON data can now be encrypted using a key. Both the toggle and the key are stored in AppearitionConstants.
All SampleProjects have been updated to this version and are stable.
Minor bug fixes.

The Sample Projects are now part of the main SDK package.
Rework of the Tutorial scenes.
Core SDK structure changed. Profile data may break upon updating this newer version.
Profiles are now more straightforward and don’t require “apply” button.
A Getting Started popup now greets the users upon importing the SDK.
The Learn module is now part of the SDK.
Several bug fixes related to offline usage of the SDK.

Removed AR demo, and moved it to another project.
Started using the Unity Web Request instead of the WWW for local and asset downloading/loading.
Health/Ping API changed to version1 instead of version2.
Re-opened the End Point selection, called Select Region.
Checksum system implemented to avoid re-downloading the same file.
Removed some redundancy related to the media download/loading system.

Removed the multi-tenant selection editor.
Removed the end point selection.
Little Vuforia demo fix regarding target image fetching and awake Vuforia initialization, which affect future versions of Vuforia.
Removed Newtownsoft JSON and the leftovers of its implementations.
If testing iOS, please remove the ArDemo (inside Appearition/Example), as well as all folders outside than the Appearition folder.
Changed JSON Serializer. Now using Unity’s JsonUtility.
Changed the naming convention for all data inside each API, and serialized them accordingly.
Removed the IPostParam interface, now using raw object.
Some more smaller fixes.

Fixed an issue whereby the compiled DLLs tried to make a reference to UnityEditor, preventing any application from compiling.

Switched the MultiPartForm POST request to UnityWebRequest.
Fixed the EndPoint issues.
Generated documentation for 0.2.0.
Restructure of the whole project.
Implemented the Location module.
Fixed the AppearitionGate Editor error whereby selecting none will give a nullref.
Removed obfuscation for the ChannelManagement module.
Fix the issue where the Bundle Identifier field would not be displayed in the AppearitionGate in WebGL mode.
Fixed USA Ems End Point.