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ILocalUser.Authenticate

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public function Authenticate(callback: Action<bool>): void;

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Description

Authenticate the local user to the current active Social API implementation and fetch his profile data.

This should be done before any other calls into the API. Depending on the platform this might trigger a blocking dialog for providing login details.

#pragma strict
public class Example {
	function Start() {
		Social.localUser.Authenticate(function(success) {
			if (success) {
				Debug.Log("Authentication successful");
				var userInfo = "Username: " + Social.localUser.userName + "\nUser ID: " + Social.localUser.id + "\nIsUnderage: " + Social.localUser.underage;
				Debug.Log(userInfo);
			}
			else
				Debug.Log("Authentication failed");
		}
		);
	}
}