Unity Plugin: Device Simulator

When developing on mobile games, it is necessary to make sure the game is compatible on most of the screen size. Device Simulator is such a plugin or package which can easily show you:

• Playable area
• Game looks like under different model (iPhone/Android/Pad)

How to install device simulator

Window → Package Manager, click Advanced → Show preview packages: In the search box search device simulator and in the popup window, select yes.

That is it, the installation finished. Now you can use the Device Simulator in the Unity Project: Window → General → Device Simulator:

You can click the Safe Area to show the green border, the safe area is a feature that restricts the edges of game playable area so that they don't get clipped by the corners or notch (if there is any).

Reference:

• https://hackingwithunity.com/unity-plugin-device-simulator/
• https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.device-simulator@1.0/manual/index.html

Hacking with Unity Newsletter

Join the newsletter to receive the latest updates in your inbox.

Originally published at https://hackingwithunity.com on September 2, 2020.