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Application.ExternalCall

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Obsolete public static method ExternalCall(functionName: string, params args: object[]): void;
Obsolete public static void ExternalCall(string functionName, params object[] args);

Parameters

functionName Name of the function to call.
args Array of arguments passed in the call.

Description

Calls a function in the web page that contains the WebGL Player.

ExternalCall calls functionName in the web page containing the WebGL player, passing the given arguments to it. Supported argument types are the primitive types (string, int, float, string) and arrays of such types. Any other objects are converted to string using ToString and passed as strings.

This functionality is now obsolete. See https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-interactingwithbrowserscripting.html for alternatives.

See Also: Application.ExternalEval.

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