DEVELOPMENT_BUILD define never set

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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 thing. I thought the best way was to use the "Development Build" checkbox in Build Settings. This is a test:

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

I expected this code to get a compilation error at ??? A when "Development Build" is checked but this 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 which was built with the “Development Build” option enabled."

I'm using Unity 4.6.9 on Mac OS X 10.11.1

Answer 1

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

I think 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.

This may be considered a bug. Consider reporting it to Unity.

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Answer 2

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

I'm using this

 #if DEVELOPMENT_BUILD || UNITY_EDITOR
 Debug.Log("Some logging");
 #endif

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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 roointan · Mar 28, 2020 at 06:55 AM

The documentation is clearly stating DEVELOPMENT_BUILD is used for "player", not "editor". This is not a bug I think, just a directive only to be used for builds.

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