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Question by marcusz · Oct 23, 2015 at 02:31 PM · unity 4.6build settingsdevelopment builddefine

DEVELOPMENT_BUILD define never set

I would like to compile-out a lot of C# test code in the release version of my game. I don't wan't to have to remember to change custom defines and I would like Unity Cloud Build to automatically do the right t$$anonymous$$ng. I thought the best way was to use the "Development Build" checkbox in Build Settings. T$$anonymous$$s is a test:

 #if DEVELOPMENT_BUILD
     ??? A
 #else
     ??? B
 #endif

I expected t$$anonymous$$s code to get a compilation error at ??? A when "Development Build" is checked but t$$anonymous$$s never happens. What is wrong? Is there another way to solve my need?

Here is the documentation: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PlatformDependentCompilation.html

"You can also use the DEVELOPMENT_BUILD define to identify whether your script is running in a player w$$anonymous$$ch was built with the “Development Build” option enabled."

I'm using Unity 4.6.9 on Mac OS X 10.11.1

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Answer by p_025 · Mar 20, 2016 at 05:08 AM

I t$$anonymous$$nk the DEVELOPMENT_BUILD define only gets set/cleared when you actually do a build with the checkbox checked/cleared. Otherwise it will still be set to what it was the last time you did a build, regardless of the state of the checkbox.

T$$anonymous$$s may be considered a bug. Consider reporting it to Unity.

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Answer by RMGK · Jul 30, 2019 at 11:05 PM

Yea, just confirmed. DEVELOPMENT_BUILD only gets used in compiled builds. I'm not sure why Unity did that. To identify debug builds at runtime, use Debug.isDebugBuild or DEVELOPMENT_BUILD. In Editor use UnityEditor.EditorUserBuildSettings.development. To solve your specific issue, I would use UnityEditor.EditorUserBuildSettings.development to set a define symbol in a cloud build preprocessor.

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityCloudBuildPreAndPostExportMethods.html

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Answer by OndrejP · Jan 20, 2020 at 03:18 PM

I'm using t$$anonymous$$s

 #if DEVELOPMENT_BUILD || UNITY_EDITOR
 Debug.Log("Some logging");
 #endif
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Answer by roointan · Mar 28, 2020 at 06:55 AM

The documentation is clearly stating DEVELOPMENT_BUILD is used for "player", not "editor". T$$anonymous$$s is not a bug I t$$anonymous$$nk, just a directive only to be used for builds.

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