AssetProvider

Description

An ordered chain of asset providers used to load localized assets. Providers are tried in order and the first one to resolve an asset wins.

The localization settings hold a single instance whose provider list is configurable in the inspector. Add providers such as ReferencedAssetProvider (direct references), ResourceFolderProvider, or an Addressables-backed provider from a package. Each provider resolves an AssetKey in its own way, so ordering decides which one answers a given address. The AssetProvider.Selected provider is the default target for new content authored in the editor.

Additional resources: IAssetProvider, AssetKey, ReferencedAssetProvider, ResourceFolderProvider

<para>Build a chain, choose the default provider, then look one up by type.</para>

using Unity.Localization.Providers;
using UnityEngine;

namespace Unity.Localization.Samples
{
    public class AssetProviderOverviewExample
    {
        public void Run()
        {
            var chain = new AssetProvider();
            chain.AddProvider(new ReferencedAssetProvider());
            chain.AddProvider(new ResourceFolderProvider());

            chain.Selected = chain.GetProvider<ReferencedAssetProvider>();

            Debug.Log(chain.Selected is ReferencedAssetProvider);   // True
        }
    }
}

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