Code Editor Package for Visual Studio

[2.0.22] - 2023-10-03

Integration:

Add support for XDG_DATA_DIRS and .desktop files on Linux for VS Code discovery.
Use compile-time platform-specifics instead of using runtime conditions.

Project generation:

Suppress USG0001 warnings.
Mark referenced assemblies as private (to not copy extra files to output directory when building).
Add Unity capability to SDK-Style projects.
Prevent circular dependency errors with SDK-Style projects.

[2.0.21] - 2023-09-05

Integration:

Only disable the legacy com.unity.ide.vscode package going forward.
Fix json parsing issues with specific non-UTF code pages.

Project generation:

Target netstandard2.1 instead of netstandard2.0.
Set defaultSolution in settings.json.
Remove files.exclude entries for root csproj and sln files in settings.json when needed.
Add vstuc launch configuration to launch.json when needed.
Add visualstudiotoolsforunity.vstuc entry to extensions.json when needed.
You can prevent the package from patching those configuration files by creating a .vscode/.vstupatchdisable file.

[2.0.20] - 2023-06-27

Integration:

Internal API refactoring.
Add support for Visual Studio Code.

Project generation:

Add support for Sdk Style project generation.
Fix an issue related to missing properties with 2021.3.

[2.0.18] - 2023-03-17

Integration:

Performance improvements with EditorApplication.update callbacks.

Project generation:
Add extra compiler options for analyzers and source generators.

[2.0.17] - 2022-12-06

Integration:

Fix rare deadlocks while discovering or launching Visual Studio on Windows.
Improve launching Visual Studio on macOs.

Project generation:

Include analyzers from response files.
Update supported C# versions.
Performance improvements.

[2.0.16] - 2022-06-08

Integration:

Prevent ADB Refresh while being in safe-mode with a URP project
Fixed an issue keeping the progress bar visible even after opening a script with Visual Studio.

[2.0.15] - 2022-03-21

Integration:

Improved project generation performance.
Added support for keeping file/folder structure when working with external packages.
Fixed project generation not being refreshed when selecting Visual Studio as the preferred external editor.

[2.0.14] - 2022-01-14

Integration:

Remove package version checking.

[2.0.13] - 2022-01-12

Integration:

Fixed wrong path to analyzers in generated projects when using external packages.
Fixed selective project generation not creating Analyzer/LangVersion nodes.
Fixed asmdef references with Player projects.

Documentation:

Added new documentation including ToC, overview, how to use and images.

[2.0.12] - 2021-10-20

Integration:

Do not block asset opening when only a VS instance without a loaded solution is found.
Only check package version once per Unity session.
Improved support for Visual Studio For Mac 2022.

[2.0.11] - 2021-07-01

Integration:

Added support for Visual Studio and Visual Studio For Mac 2022.
Fixed an issue when the package was enabled for background processes.

Project generation:

Use absolute paths for Analyzers and rulesets.

[2.0.10] - 2021-06-10

Project generation:

Improved project generation performance when a file is moved, deleted or modified.

Integration:

Improved Inner-loop performance by avoiding to call the package manager when looking up vswhere utility.
Fixed a network issue preventing the communication between Visual Studio and Unity on Windows.

[2.0.9] - 2021-05-04

Project generation:

Added support for CLI.

Integration:

Improved performance when discovering Visual Studio installations.
Warn when legacy assemblies are present in the project.
Warn when the package version is not up-to-date.

[2.0.8] - 2021-04-09

Project generation:

Improved generation performance (especially with DOTS enabled projects).
Improved stability.
Updated Analyzers lookup strategy.
Fixed .vsconfig file not generated when using "regenerate all".

Integration:

Improved automation plugins.

Documentation:

Open sourced automation plugins.

[2.0.7] - 2021-02-02

Integration:

Remove com.unity.nuget.newtonsoft-json dependency in favor of the built-in JsonUtility for the VS Test Runner.

[2.0.6] - 2021-01-20

Project generation:

Improved language version detection.

Integration:

Added support for the VS Test Runner.
Added initial support for displaying asset usage.
Fixed remaining issues with special characters in file/path.

[2.0.5] - 2020-10-30

Integration:

Disable legacy pdb symbol checking for Unity packages.

[2.0.4] - 2020-10-15

Project generation:

Added support for embedded Roslyn analyzer DLLs and ruleset files.
Warn the user when the opened script is not part of the generation scope.
Warn the user when the selected Visual Studio installation is not found.
Generate a .vsconfig file to ensure Visual Studio installation is compatible.

Integration:

Fix automation issues on MacOS, where a new Visual Studio instance is opened every time.

[2.0.3] - 2020-09-09

Project generation:

Added C#8 language support.
Added UnityProjectGeneratorVersion property.
Local and Embedded packages are now selected by default for generation.
Added support for asmdef root namespace.

Integration:

When the user disabled auto-refresh in Unity, do not try to force refresh the Asset database.
Fix Visual Studio detection issues with languages using special characters.

[2.0.2] - 2020-05-27

Added support for solution folders.
Only bind the messenger when the VS editor is selected.
Warn when unable to create the messenger.
Fixed an initialization issue triggering legacy code generation.
Allow package source in assembly to be generated when referenced from asmref.

[2.0.1] - 2020-03-19

When Visual Studio installation is compatible with C# 8.0, setup the language version to not prompt the user with unsupported constructs. (So far Unity only supports C# 7.3).
Use Unity's TypeCache to improve project generation speed.
Properly check for a managed assembly before displaying a warning regarding legacy PDB usage.
Add support for selective project generation (embedded, local, registry, git, builtin, player).

[2.0.0] - 2019-11-06

Improved Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac automatic discovery.
Added support for the VSTU messaging system (start/stop features from Visual Studio).
Added support for solution roundtrip (preserves references to external projects and solution properties).
Added support for VSTU Analyzers (requires Visual Studio 2019 16.3, Visual Studio for Mac 8.3).
Added a warning when using legacy pdb symbol files.
Fixed issues while Opening Visual Studio on Windows.
Fixed issues while Opening Visual Studio on Mac.

[1.1.1] - 2019-05-29

Fix Bridge assembly loading with non VS2017 editors.

[1.1.0] - 2019-05-27

Move internal extension handling to package.

[1.0.11] - 2019-05-21

Fix detection of visual studio for mac installation.

[1.0.10] - 2019-05-04

Fix ignored comintegration executable.

[1.0.9] - 2019-03-05

Updated MonoDevelop support, to pass correct arguments, and not import VSTU plugin.
Use release build of COMIntegration for Visual Studio.

[1.0.7] - 2019-04-30

Ensure asset database is refreshed when generating csproj and solution files.

[1.0.6] - 2019-04-27

Add support for generating all csproj files.

[1.0.5] - 2019-04-18

Fix relative package paths.
Fix opening editor on mac.

[1.0.4] - 2019-04-12

Fixing null reference issue for callbacks to AssetPostProcessor.
Ensure Path.GetFullPath does not get an empty string.

[1.0.3] - 2019-01-01

This is the first release of Unity Package visualstudio_editor.

Using the newly created api to integrate Visual Studio with Unity.