Programmatically use a UITexture/UISprite

[marcg11]

Hello, I have a Texture2D variable with the texture to add in an empty object. The gameObject is positioned right and now I just want to create an UISprite or UITexture (really don't know which one is the best for my case) and assign somehow my texture to the UISprite/UITexture. How can I acheive that?

1. public GameObject icon;
2.        
3. void Start()
4. {
5.         icon = transform.FindChild("icon").gameObject;
6.         icon.AddComponent<UITexture>(); // ????
7. }
8. public void setSlot(Item _item)
9. {
10.         Texture2D tex = _item.icon;
11.         print("filling slot");
12.         // ...
13. }

[ArenMook]

uiTexture.mainTexture = ...

[Nicki]

A UISprite gets its texture data from an atlas, while a UITexture gets it from an individual texture.

See the Widget Tool in the unity menus on how to make it. Just make a "Simple Texture" and it will set the basic one up for you.

From code, the mainTexture property is the one you want to mess with.

[marcg11]

Thanks!