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Essential Kit boosts mobile game dev with Leaderboards, Achievements, Web View, IAP, Notifications, Sharing, Media Library, Cloud Save, App Shortcuts, Background Processing, Deep Links, and Rating.

Render pipeline compatibility

The Built-in Render Pipeline is Unity’s default render pipeline. It is a general-purpose render pipeline that has limited options for customization. The Universal Render Pipeline (URP) is a Scriptable Render Pipeline that is quick and easy to customize, and lets you create optimized graphics across a wide range of platforms. The High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) is a Scriptable Render Pipeline that lets you create cutting-edge, high-fidelity graphics on high-end platforms.

Unity Version	Built-in	URP	HDRP
2021.3.45f1	Compatible	Compatible	Compatible

Description

Essential Kit V3 is a modular Unity plugin built for mobile game developers who want to integrate native iOS and Android features without juggling multiple SDKs or writing platform-specific code.

Whether you're launching a casual game or scaling a live service title, Essential Kit simplifies adding in-app purchases, cloud save, leaderboards, achievements, push notifications, local notifications, deep linking, address book access, app shortcuts, app update prompts, rating, background task execution, media capture and sharing, native UI dialogs, real-time network monitoring, and in-app web views—all through a unified, mobile-optimized API for Unity.

(Earlier known as Cross-Platform Native Plugins: Essential Kit)

✅ Future Ready

Supports iOS 18 & Android API 35
Minimum Deployment: iOS 15+, Android API 21+

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Used by 25,000+ developers worldwide

🎉 New Features 🎉

App Shortcuts – Add shortcuts for app icons dynamically
Task Services – Run tasks in the background seamlessly

🎉 Coming Soon

tvOS Support

🎁 Bonus for Customers!

We Open Sourced Ads Kit - This helps in integrating Ads in your games easily! (No code required!)

📌 Important Links

✨ Highlights

✔ Unified API Design – Write one codebase for all platforms!

✔ Easy Installation – Set up in minutes

✔ No Native Knowledge Required – We handle the complexity

✔ Editor Simulation – Test most features without a device

✔ Auto Manifest Generation – No need to manually modify Android/iOS settings

✔ Selective Features – Include only what you need to keep builds lightweight

✔ Complete ASMDEF Support – Improved project organization

✔ Full Source Code Included – Transparency and flexibility

✔ Detailed Tutorials – Step-by-step guides for setup

✔ Works with Unity Cloud Build & Batch Mode

✔ Actively Supported Since 2015 🚀

🔥 Features

📒 Address Book – Access User Contacts

Fetch contacts from the user's address book
Apply constraints (e.g., must include email, phone number)
Supports pagination for large contact lists

📌 App Shortcuts – Quick Access from App Icon

Dynamically add/remove shortcuts for app icons
Customize shortcuts with icons & actions

📢 App Updater – Keep Users on the Latest Version

Detect if an update is available for the app
Prompt users to update optionally or forcefully

🛒 Billing Services (IAP) – Secure In-App Purchases

Fetch product details from stores
Supports Consumable & Non-Consumable items
Handles Subscriptions & Multi-Tier Offers
Restore purchases
Uses StoreKit v2 (iOS) and Billing Client 7.1.1 (Android)

☁️ Cloud Services – Sync Data Seamlessly

Sync game data across devices for free
Auto-syncs with iCloud (iOS) & Saved Games (Android)
Supports multiple data types (long, string, byte array, etc.)

🔗 Deep Link Services – Smart Linking to Content

Supports Universal Links (iOS) & App Links (Android)
Works with custom URL schemes
Retrieve deep link data easily

🏆 Game Services – Competitive Features for Players

Authentication (Game Center on iOS, Google Play Services on Android)
Leaderboards – Submit and display scores
Achievements – Track and reward player progress
Custom UI Support for Leaderboards & Achievements
Attach Tags to leaderboard scores for better context tracking

📷 Media Services – Handle Images & Videos

Select, Capture, Save media content
Works with multiple file formats
No additional permissions required where applicable

🖥️ Native UI – Platform-Specific Dialogs & Pickers

Native alert dialogs with text fields & buttons
Date & Time Pickers

🌐 Network Services – Detect Connectivity

Check online status at runtime
Event-based updates when network status changes

🔔 Notification Services – Keep Users Engaged

Local & Push Notifications
Supports time-based & calendar-based triggers
Custom payload keys for advanced use cases
Repeat Scheduling and Persistence after reboot

⭐ Rate My App – Encourage Store Ratings

Auto-prompt users based on pre-set conditions
Native store rating dialogs
Optional pre-confirmation dialog

📤 Sharing – Seamless Content Sharing

Generic share sheet
Share via Messages, Email, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter
Supports multiple attachments

⏳ Task Services – Run Tasks in Background Efficiently

Keep tasks running even when the app is backgrounded
Auto-handles background processing quota expiration

🛠️ Utilities – Essential Tools

Open application settings
Open app store page

🌍 Web View – Integrated In-App Browser

Load local & remote webpages
Supports custom dimensions
Evaluate JavaScript inside WebView
Receive messages from web pages
Access native file dialogs & camera from WebView

🎯 Includes Ads Support from Ads Kit

📌 Notes:

Plugin does not include Facebook SDK
Add "com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json": "2.0.0" (or higher) to Packages/manifest.json

📈 Upgrade Strategy

We regularly update the plugin to stay compliant with evolving platform guidelines, OS changes, and industry standards. A minimal upgrade fee is applied for each major version.

🔍 More details: Upgrade Strategy

💡 Why Choose Us?

✅ Custom-Coded & Privacy-First – No third-party dependencies

✅ Fastest Native API Updates – Always the first to adopt latest changes

✅ Automated Setup – Manifest generation, dependencies, and post-processing

✅ Future-Proof – Open-sourcing major components to avoid vendor lock-in

📦 Third-Party Compatibility

Works seamlessly with Anti-Cheat Toolkit

Questions? Contact our support team

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Essential Kit – The Ultimate Mobile Starter Kit for Game Developers!

Technical details

Essential Kit is a modular Unity plugin built for mobile game developers who want to save time and ship faster. With ready-to-use features for iOS and Android, it helps you handle native system tasks like in-app purchases, cloud saves, deep links, notifications, and more—all without writing native code.

🔧 Features and Game-Centric Use Cases

📇 Address Book Access

Feature Summary: Fetch device contacts using filters (e.g., only contacts with email or phone), with support for pagination.