Get started with Friends

Link your project with the Unity Dashboard

1. From the Unity Editor, select Edit > Project Settings... > Services.
2. Link your project.
   1. If your project doesn't have a Unity project ID:
      1. Select Create a Unity Project ID > Organizations, then select an organization.
      2. Select Create project ID.
   2. If you have an existing Unity project ID to use:
   3. Select Use an existing Unity project ID.
   4. Select an organization and a project.
   5. Select Link project ID.

UnityEditor.CloudProjectSettings.projectId

Enable the Friends service

1. Sign in to the Unity Dashboard.
2. Select your project.
3. Navigate to Multiplayer > Friends.
4. You can enable Friends from the Overview page or the Setup Guide.

Import the Friends SDK

1. Sign in to the Unity Dashboard.
2. Select your project.
3. Select Project Settings.
4. Select Settings > SDK Download.
5. Select Friends from the list of available packages. Doing so also selects any package dependencies.
6. Select Generate Code Snippet.
7. Copy the code snippet that appears on the screen.
8. Paste the code snippet in your project’s

   Packages/manifest.json

   file in the

   dependencies

   object.
9. Save the file.
10. Install the package through the Package Manager in the Unity Editor. Refer to the Package Manager documentation.

Initialize the Friends service

await UnityServices.InitializeAsync()

// Import required packagesusing Unity.Services.Core;using Unity.Services.Authentication;...private async Task MyMethod(){    // Initialize all of the used services    await UnityServices.InitializeAsync();    // Sign in anonymously or using a provider    await AuthenticationService.Instance.SignInAnonymouslyAsync();    // Initialize friends service    await FriendsService.Instance.InitializeAsync();    // Start using the Friends SDK functionalities.    var friends = FriendsService.Instance.Friends;}