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More Of Us Demo

Sample scene and prefabs for cross-promotion: a carousel of other apps from the same publisher, loaded from hosted JSON catalogs, with store URLs used as the install/open path on tap.

Scene overview

Typical location: IVX_MoreOfUs.unity (imported into Assets/Scenes/Tests/ via the SDK’s scene importer / consumer installer — see IVXSceneImporter and IVXConsumerAssetInstaller).

Core UI type: IntelliVerseX.MoreOfUs.UI.IVXMoreOfUsCanvas
Prefab names in tooling: IVXGMoreOfUsCanvas (Setup Wizard), Resources path IntelliVerseX/MoreOfUs/IVX_MoreOfUsCanvas used by IVXMoreOfUsCanvas.Create.

This sample demonstrates:

  • Netflix-style horizontal carousel of app cards (IVXAppCard).
  • Catalog fetch + cache — Android and iOS JSON merged in IVXMoreOfUsManager.
  • Platform filtering — only the current store’s apps are listed on device builds; Editor follows active build target (Android vs iOS).
  • Excluding the running app — IVXUnifiedAppInfo.IsCurrentApp() compares Application.identifier to catalog bundleId.
  • Store deep links — OpenStorePage raises OnAppSelected then calls Application.OpenURL(storeUrl) (Play Store / App Store URLs from JSON).

How games are listed

  1. Configuration — IVXMoreOfUsConfig on IVXMoreOfUsManager (or default instance) sets:
  2. androidCatalogUrl / iosCatalogUrl — HTTP(S) endpoints returning catalog JSON.
  3. cacheDurationHours, enableOfflineCache, maxAppsToDisplay, animation timings, optional editor-only showBothPlatformsInEditor.
  4. Fetch — IVXMoreOfUsManager.FetchCatalog downloads both platform catalogs, maps entries to IVXUnifiedAppInfo, merges into IVXMergedAppCatalog, persists cache to disk (ivx_app_catalog_cache.json), and fires OnCatalogLoaded.
  5. UI population — IVXMoreOfUsCanvas listens for OnCatalogLoaded / OnLoadFailed, calls GetAppsForCurrentPlatform(), and instantiates cards up to maxAppsToDisplay.
  6. Icons — LoadAppIcon deduplicates in-flight loads and fills RawImage textures on each card.

Platform support in builds

On Standalone / WebGL builds the feature is disabled for end users (empty list / panel logic). Android and iOS are first-class. The Editor enables the panel for testing with a log explaining simulated behavior.

In this module, “deep linking” means store listing URLs, not custom URI schemes:

Field (unified model) Meaning
storeUrl Play Store or App Store URL opened on card tap
appId / bundleId Package or bundle identifier; bundleId also drives IsCurrentApp()
appIconUrl Remote icon for the card

Ensure your catalog JSON supplies correct playStoreUrl (Android) and App Store URLs (iOS model) so Application.OpenURL lands on the right listing.

For custom attribution or reward callbacks, subscribe to IVXMoreOfUsManager.OnAppSelected (or IVXMoreOfUsHelper.OnAppSelected) and record analytics before or after the store opens.

Key C# excerpts

Helper entry points

IVXMoreOfUsHelper (Assets/Intelli-verse-X-SDK/MoreOfUs/IVXMoreOfUsHelper.cs) wraps show/hide/toggle and optional preload:

IVXMoreOfUsHelper.Show();
IVXMoreOfUsHelper.PreloadData();

Creating the canvas from code

var canvas = IVXMoreOfUsCanvas.Create(parentTransform);
// or find an instance already in the scene

Opening the store

public void OpenStorePage(IVXUnifiedAppInfo appInfo)
{
    if (appInfo == null || string.IsNullOrEmpty(appInfo.storeUrl)) return;
    OnAppSelected?.Invoke(appInfo);
    Application.OpenURL(appInfo.storeUrl);
}

Scene / prefab setup

  1. Add IVXMoreOfUsManager to a bootstrap object (or rely on lazy Instance creation — the manager can auto-create a DontDestroyOnLoad object).
  2. Assign or override IVXMoreOfUsConfig URLs for your publisher’s catalogs.
  3. Place IVXMoreOfUsCanvas (or IVXGMoreOfUsCanvas prefab) in the scene or spawn it via Create() / IVXMoreOfUsHelper.
  4. Use the SDK Setup Wizard More Of Us tab for guided prefab placement when working inside the Unity Editor.

How to run

  1. Import the More Of Us scene and prefabs if they are not already in the project.
  2. Set build target to Android or iOS (or stay in Editor with that target) so GetAppsForCurrentPlatform() returns data.
  3. Enter Play Mode; confirm catalog fetch logs and populated cards.
  4. Tap a card — the device should open the browser or store client for the configured URL.

Customization

  • Card layout — Adjust spacing and animation in IVXMoreOfUsCanvas / IVXAppCard and config fields (cardAnimationDuration, autoScrollInterval).
  • Catalog source — Point androidCatalogUrl / iosCatalogUrl to your own JSON buckets (same schema as the default IntelliVerseX catalogs).
  • Styling — Treat the canvas as a starting layout; swap sprites, fonts, and colors to match your game (see Theming guide).

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