Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
The Windows Phone API improvements and Windows 8.1 support
Unity 4.2 introduced Windows Phone and Windows 8 support, since then things have
been going wild, especially since Microsoft has thrown its support behind the movement
and offered free licensing for the existing Pro owners. Refer to the following screenshot:
Unity 4.3 builds solidly on the v4 foundations by bringing additional platform support,
and it closes some more gaps between the existing platforms. Some of the advantages are
as follows:
• The emulator is now fully supported with Windows Phone (new x86 phone build)
• It has more orientation support, which allows even the splash screens to rotate
properly and enabling pixel perfect display
• It has trial application APIs for both Phone and Windows 8
• It has improved sensors and location support
