| Method |
Description |
| AddObjectToAsset | Adds objectToAdd to an existing asset at path. |
| AllowAutoRefresh | Decrements an internal counter which Unity uses to determine whether to allow automatic AssetDatabase refreshing behavior. |
| AssetPathExists | Check whether an asset exists at the given path in the database. |
| AssetPathToGUID | Gets the GUID of the asset at a path, including assets deleted in the current Editor session. |
| CanConnectToCacheServer | Checks the availability of the Cache Server. |
| CanOpenAssetInEditor | Checks whether the Unity Editor can open the asset with the specified EntityId. |
| CanOpenForEdit | Checks whether an asset object can be opened for editing in version control. |
| ClearImporterOverride | Clears the importer override for the asset. |
| ClearLabels | Removes all labels attached to an asset. |
| CloseCacheServerConnection | Closes an active cache server connection. If no connection is active, then it does nothing. |
| Contains | Checks whether an object is an asset. |
| CopyAsset | Duplicates the asset at path and stores it at newPath. |
| CopyAssets | Duplicates assets in paths and stores them in newPaths. |
| CreateAsset | Creates a new asset in a native Unity format. |
| CreateFolder | Creates a new folder, in the specified parent folder.The parent folder string must start with the "Assets" folder, and all folders within the parent folder string must already exist. For example, when specifying "Assets/ParentFolder1/Parentfolder2/", the new folder will be created in "ParentFolder2" only if ParentFolder1 and ParentFolder2 already exist. |
| DeleteAsset | Deletes the specified asset or folder. |
| DeleteAssets | Lets you delete multiple assets or folders at once with performance benefits under version control. |
| DisallowAutoRefresh | Increments an internal counter which Unity uses to determine whether to allow automatic AssetDatabase refreshing behavior. |
| EntityIdsToGUIDs | Converts a native array of EntityIds to the GUIDs of the matching assets. |
| ExtractAsset | Creates an external Asset from an object (such as a Material) by extracting it from within an imported asset (such as an FBX file). |
| FindAssetGUIDs | Searches the Assets and Packages folders with a filter string, and returns the GUIDs of matching assets. |
| FindAssets | Searches the Assets and Packages folders with a filter string, and returns the GUIDs, as strings, of matching assets. |
| ForceReserializeAssets | Loads, upgrades, and writes back to disk every asset in the project. |
| ForceToDesiredWorkerCount | Forces the Editor to use the desired amount of worker processes by either spawning new worker processes or shutting down idle worker processes. |
| GenerateUniqueAssetPath | Creates a new unique path for an asset. |
| GetAllAssetBundleNames | Obtain all the AssetBundle names registered in the Asset Database. |
| GetAssetBundleDependencies | Given an assetBundleName, returns the list of AssetBundles that it depends on. |
| GetAssetDependencyHash | Gets a hash of all the dependencies of the asset at a path. |
| GetAssetOrScenePath | Gets the path name relative to the project folder where the asset or scene is stored. |
| GetAssetPath | Gets the path of the asset with the specified EntityId, relative to the project folder. |
| GetAssetPathFromTextMetaFilePath | Gets the path to the asset file associated with a text .meta file. |
| GetAssetPathsFromAssetBundle | Creates an array containing the paths of all assets marked with the specified AssetBundle name. |
| GetAssetPathsFromAssetBundleAndAssetName | Get the Asset paths for all Assets tagged with assetBundleName and
named assetName. |
| GetAvailableImporters | Gets the importer types associated with a given Asset path. |
| GetCachedIcon | Retrieves the cached icon for the asset at the given path, without loading the asset. This is the icon shown in the Project window list view. |
| GetCacheServerAddress | Gets the IP address of the Cache Server in Editor Settings. |
| GetCacheServerEnableDownload | Gets the Cache Server Download option from Editor Settings. |
| GetCacheServerEnableUpload | Gets the Cache Server Upload option from Editor Settings. |
| GetCacheServerNamespacePrefix | Gets the Cache Server Namespace prefix set in Editor Settings. |
| GetCacheServerPort | Gets the Port number of the Cache Server in Editor Settings. |
| GetCurrentCacheServerIp | Gets the IP address of the Cache Server currently in use by the Editor. |
| GetDefaultImporter | Returns the Default Importer associated with the asset located at the supplied path. When no Importer override is set, then the default importer is used. Additional resources: AssetDatabase.GetImporterOverride, AssetDatabase.ClearImporterOverride. |
| GetDependencies | Gets the paths of all the assets that the asset at a path depends on, directly or indirectly. |
| GetImplicitAssetBundleName | Returns the name of the AssetBundle that a given asset belongs to. |
| GetImplicitAssetBundleVariantName | Returns the name of the AssetBundle Variant that a given asset belongs to. |
| GetImporterOverride | Returns the type of the override importer. |
| GetImporterType | Returns the type of importer associated with an asset without loading the asset. |
| GetImporterTypes | Returns the types of importers associated with the specified array of assets, without loading those assets. |
| GetLabels | Obtains all labels of a given asset. |
| GetMainAssetTypeAtPath | Obtains the type of the main asset object. |
| GetMainAssetTypeFromGUID | Obtains the type of the main object of a given asset. |
| GetScriptableObjectsWithMissingScriptCount | Checks how many unloadable ScriptableObject instances are present in the specified asset. |
| GetSubFolders | Obtains the subdirectories of a given directory in the Assets folder. |
| GetTextMetaFilePathFromAssetPath | Gets the path to the text .meta file associated with an asset. |
| GetTypeFromPathAndFileID | Gets an object's type from an Asset path and a local file identifier. |
| GetUnusedAssetBundleNames | Obtains any unused AssetBundle names in the Asset Database. |
| GUIDFromAssetPath | Get the GUID for the asset at path. |
| GUIDToAssetPath | Gets the path of the asset with a GUID in string form, relative to the project folder. |
| ImportAsset | Import asset at path. |
| IsAssetImportWorkerProcess | Determines whether the current process is an Asset Import Worker process. |
| IsCacheServerEnabled | Checks whether the Cache Server is enabled in Project Settings. |
| IsCacheServerImportResultCachingEnabled | Checks whether the Cache Server is configured to enable import result caching. Import result caching is disabled by default for new projects in Unity 6.5.
Import result caching can be enabled by passing the command line argument -cacheServerEnableImportResultCaching or setting the environment variable UNITY_CACHE_SERVER_IMPORT_RESULT_CACHING_ENABLED.
Projects created prior to Unity 6.5, that are upgraded to Unity 6.5, that have import result caching enabled in Editor Settings or Editor Preferences, will continue to have import result caching enabled. |
| IsConnectedToCacheServer | Checks connection status of the Cache Server. |
| IsDirectoryMonitoringEnabled | Reports whether Directory Monitoring is enabled. |
| IsForeignAsset | Checks whether an asset object is a foreign asset, created outside Unity. |
| IsMainAsset | Checks whether an asset object is the main asset of its file in the Project window. |
| IsMainAssetAtPathLoaded | Checks whether the main asset object at assetPath is loaded in memory. |
| IsMetaFileOpenForEdit | Checks whether the .meta file of an asset object is open for editing in version control. |
| IsNativeAsset | Checks whether an asset object is a native asset, created by Unity. |
| IsOpenForEdit | Checks whether an asset object is open for editing in version control. |
| IsSubAsset | Checks whether an asset object is part of another asset. |
| IsValidFolder | Given a path to a folder, returns true if it exists, false otherwise. |
| LoadAllAssetRepresentationsAtPath | Obtains all sub-assets at assetPath. |
| LoadAllAssetsAtPath | Obtains an array of all assets at assetPath. |
| LoadAssetAtPath | Retrieves the first asset object of type type at given path assetPath. |
| LoadAssetByGUID | Loads an asset object of type type by given GUID assetGUID. |
| LoadMainAssetAtPath | Obtains the main asset object at assetPath. |
| LoadObjectAsync | Loads a specific Object and its dependencies from an Asset file asynchronously. |
| MakeEditable | Makes a file open for editing in version control. |
| MoveAsset | Move an asset file (or folder) from one folder to another. |
| MoveAssetsToTrash | Lets you move multiple assets or folders to trash at once with performance benefits under version control. |
| MoveAssetToTrash | Moves the specified asset or folder to the OS trash. |
| OpenAsset | Opens the asset with the specified EntityId in its associated application, optionally at a line. |
| Refresh | Import any changed assets. |
| RefreshSettings | Apply pending Editor Settings changes to the Asset pipeline. |
| RegisterCustomDependency | Allows you to register a custom dependency that Assets can be dependent on. If you register a custom dependency, and specify that an Asset is dependent on it, then the Asset will get re-imported if the custom dependency changes. |
| ReleaseCachedFileHandles | Calling this function will release file handles internally cached by Unity. This allows modifying asset or meta files safely thus avoiding potential file sharing IO errors. |
| RemoveAssetBundleName | Remove the AssetBundle name from the Asset Database. |
| RemoveObjectFromAsset | Removes object from its asset (Additional resources: AssetDatabase.AddObjectToAsset). |
| RemoveScriptableObjectsWithMissingScript | Removes any ScriptableObject instances from the given asset file which cannot be loaded because their scripts could not be found. |
| RemoveUnusedAssetBundleNames | Remove all the unused AssetBundle names in the Asset Database. |
| RenameAsset | Rename an asset file. |
| ResetCacheServerReconnectTimer | Resets the internal cache server connection reconnect timer values. The default delay timer value is 1 second, and the max delay value is 5 minutes. Everytime a connection attempt fails it will double the delay timer value, until a maximum time of the max value. |
| SaveAssetIfDirty | Writes any unsaved changes to an asset object to disk. |
| SaveAssets | Writes all unsaved asset changes to disk. |
| SetImporterOverride | Sets a specific importer to use for the asset. |
| SetLabels | Replaces the list of labels on an asset. |
| SetMainObject | Specifies which object in the asset file should become the main object after the next import. |
| StartAssetEditing | Pauses automatic asset import, allowing you to group several asset imports together into one larger import. |
| StopAssetEditing | Ends the Asset Database's temporary paused state, allowing it to resume normal automatic imports. |
| TryGetAssetFolderInfo | Get AssetDatabase specific information about a folder. |
| TryGetGUIDAndLocalFileIdentifier | Gets the GUID and local file identifier of an object, using obsolete parameter types. |
| UnregisterCustomDependencyPrefixFilter | Removes custom dependencies that match the prefixFilter. |
| ValidateMoveAsset | Checks if an asset file can be moved from one folder to another. (Without actually moving the file). |
| WriteImportSettingsIfDirty | Writes the import settings to disk. |