Theme Manager

Allow game maker to customize appearance of UI [DVTL-UTW-06]

Overview Unity Toolbox Configuration Manager Content Manager Microservices Manager Theme Manager

This page includes everything needed to use this tool window with the "Beamable SDK for Unity". Or watch this video.

The purpose of this Tool Window is to allow the game maker to customize the appearance of Beamable UI. This includes complete control over colors, fonts, sounds, and more!

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Related Guides
A common use case for the tool window is covered in the guides.

See Skinning Account Management Flow for more info

The User Interface

Here is the user interface of the Beamable "Theme Manager" tool window.

Beamable High-Level Theme Concepts

For simplicity, some Beamable data structures may be omitted from this diagram.

Steps

Follow these steps to get started:

Step	Detail
1. Open the "Theme Manager" Window	• Unity → Window → Beamable → Open Theme Manager

Here is the "Beamable" menu as seen in Unity:

Or, click the "Skinning" Button in the Beamable Toolbox Window

701 — The "Skinning" Button in the Beamable Toolbox Window

Detail

The steps above open the Beamable "Theme Manager" Window.

The following table and image refer provide more info.

Name	Detail
1. The Skinnable Object being styled	This is selected in the Unity Hierarchy Window and has a Component of type `StyleBehaviour`
2. Path to the Skinnable Object	This is clickable to aid navigation
3. Style Property Name	Of type string
4. Style Property Value	This is either an absolute value (of type string, color, int, float, etc...) or a binded reference to another absolute value.
5. Sub-Binding	This is a _reusable _style property

636 — The Beamable "Theme Manager" in detail

Advanced

This section contains any advanced configuration options and workflows.

Create a Consistent Look

Beamable's Skinning feature allows game makers create a consistent look across multiple game titles.

Here is the process for a fictitious company called "Animals Interactive" to create a consistent look across two of its games; "Dog Game" 🐕 and "Cat Game" 🐈.

Step	Detail
Create a Theme strategy	• Customize the look within the "Dog Game" game project using Beamable's Theme Manager • Keep in mind which of those looks will be game-specific and which will be reused across other games
Create the parent theme	Within the "Dog Game" game project... • Name the current theme "AnimalsInteractiveTheme"
Create the first child theme	Within the "Dog Game" game project... • Create a child theme from "AnimalsInteractiveTheme" called "DogGameTheme" • Set the active theme to "DogGameTheme"
Import the parent theme	• Copy the file from "Dog Game" into "Cat Game"
Create the second child theme	Inside the "Cat Game" game project... • Create a child theme from "AnimalsInteractiveTheme" called "CatGameTheme" • Set the active theme to "CatGameTheme" Result: Now the 2 games can be styled individually while sharing the key similarities of the parent theme

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Gotchas
Here are hints to help explain some of the trickier concepts:
• Making a change to a style (e.g. ButtonPrimary) will change every skinnable object using that style throughout your game
• The Theme Manager system does not use Unity's Addressables
• A StyleBehaviour Component can be found on each skinnable object. It is not recommended to edit this Component or to manually add it to any Unity GameObject

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FAQ
Here are highlights from the Beamable FAQ: See FAQ for more info.
• Skinning

Updated 2 months ago