Unity Package Manager support

[Dasparion]

Would be great to add package manager support for this plugin. Using package manager allows for cleaner updates and workflows.

[KyryloKuzyk]

PrimeTween already installs via Package Manager! Although, Asset Store has its caveats, so the library installs with the help of tgz archive. This lets me take the best from both words: it’s easy to find the demo scene because it installs into the Assets folder, and the library itself installs into the Packages with the full source code available.

There are also other reasons that I described here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/primetween-high-performance-animations-and-sequences.1479609/#post-9231630

[KyryloKuzyk]

@SudoCat I totally understand the 'thumbs down' reaction. However, PrimeTween is not an open-source product in the classical sense of this word. It's an Asset Store product that is currently available for free, but may become paid in the future. And I don't want to give false expectation to my users by distributing PrimeTween as a scoped registry package. It would be dishonest to revoke access in the future for users who installed via UMP's scroped registry.

I understand that the current distribution method of Asset Store is not perfect, and I would love to see the UPM support added to Asset Store in the future. But for now, I'm trying to make the installation as seamless as possible with the tools available to the Asset Store publisher.

[Romaleks360]

DOTween requirement to install it in the Assets folder and not via Package Manager is the number 1 reason I'm looking for other solutions. Libraries like these should be installable as a package with a single git link, period. It's just too much of a headache to use other distrubution methods. Right now I will choose LitMotion purely for this reason.

[KyryloKuzyk]

Yes, I agree that installation via the git link is the best option for the user. PrimeTween requires importing it from the Asset Store, but after that, the installation is seamless and invisible (it installs to the Packages folder). So I hope you'll have a chance to try PrimeTween :)

I'll think about releasing PrimeTween to OpenUPM in the future. But currently, it would require one extra step to my release pipeline.

Also, PrimeTween offers many more features and quality of life improvements in comparison to LitMotioin:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/primetween-high-performance-animations-and-sequences.1479609/page-6#post-9754969

[bdovaz]

@KyryloKuzyk do you still think the same? I'm thinking of replacing DOTween with PrimeTween but if you still disregard the fact that it is distributed by OpenUPM I don't see it as an alternative.

Thanks.

[KyryloKuzyk]

I don't have plans to make PrimeTween paid, so OpenUPM seems like a good option and I don't mind distributing the plugin with it.

The only thing that stops me now is an easy way to do automatic releases there. I would like to keep my repo private because I'm developing the Pro version in the same repo. Do you by chance know if there is a way to distribute a *.unitypackage or *.tgz file to UMP? Or can I just point OpenUMP to this file so it can turn it into a package automatically?
https://github.com/KyryloKuzyk/PrimeTween/blob/main/Benchmarks/Packages/com.kyrylokuzyk.primetween.tgz

I don't see it as an alternative

DOTween also doesn't support OpenUMP, so why not?
You'll lose nothing and get a modern tween library in return :)

[arimger]

I don't have plans to make PrimeTween paid, so OpenUPM seems like a good option and I don't mind distributing the plugin with it.

The only thing that stops me now is an easy way to do automatic releases there. I would like to keep my repo private because I'm developing the Pro version in the same repo. Do you by chance know if there is a way to distribute a *.unitypackage or *.tgz file to UMP? Or can I just point OpenUMP to this file so it can turn it into a package automatically? https://github.com/KyryloKuzyk/PrimeTween/blob/main/Benchmarks/Packages/com.kyrylokuzyk.primetween.tgz

I don't see it as an alternative

DOTween also doesn't support OpenUMP, so why not? You'll lose nothing and get a modern tween library in return :)

Hi @KyryloKuzyk, I see potential solutions:

• create a public repository that is synchronized with your private one through GitHub Actions
  • this public repository can be used by OpenUPM to publish all releases
  • I'm not sure about the synchronizing tags, making releases, etc. but maybe it's worth exploring it
• create your own public Scoped Registry (using Verdaccio or Cloudsmith)
  • you can manually or through GitHub Actions or any other automation publish releases without making the repository public
  • you can also do it manually
  • you can automate splitting (using git subtree split) your repo to make a dedicated branch for publishing the package
  • your package will be outside OpenUPM but still can be used as a UPM dependency which is convenient
  • I'm currently using Cloudsmith for my personal needs and it works pretty well

[KyryloKuzyk]

@Dasparion @bdovaz @SudoCat @arimger
Good news! PrimeTween is now available on NPM!

To install the plugin via Unity Package Manager, open the Packages/manifest.json file and add the scopedRegistries section. If you already have it, then just add a new com.kyrylokuzyk scope.

"scopedRegistries": [
  {
    "name": "npm",
    "url": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",
    "scopes": [
      "com.kyrylokuzyk"
    ]
  }
]

Then add this line to the dependencies section:

    "com.kyrylokuzyk.primetween": "1.3.0",