How to access the OnClick event via Script

Question

I am trying to do a SongManager object which will be responsible for changing songs. I created a SongManager and a Song script. On runtime SongManager creates as many song buttons as i want each with different variables. Everything seems to work fine except that i cant get to OnClick event to change the songs.I tried many things but i guess its all outdated. Stuff like:

public Button.ButtonClickedEvent OnClickEvent;

or

go.GetComponent<Button>().onClick.AddListener();

Appreciate any help, thank u guys.

Answer 1

You can use Events for comminucation with your other classes. Here is the code :

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class SongButton : MonoBehaviour {

    public delegate void SongButtonEvent(int index);
    public static event SongButtonEvent OnSongButtonClick;
    void ClickSongButton(){
       if (OnSongButtonClick != null)
            OnSongButtonClick (index);
    }

    public Button button;
    public Text songName;
    public int unlocked;
    public AudioClip clip;
    public int index;

    void Start () {
        button.onClick.AddListener (ClickSongButton);
    }

    public void Initialize(int index,Song song){
        this.index = index;
        songName.text = song.songName;
        unlocked = song.unlocked;
        clip = song.clip;
        button.interactable = song.isInteractable;
    }
}

First of all, i create a Initialize method. It uses Song object variables for initialization and takes an index as button id. After i create an event for notify listeners with index.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Collections.Generic;

[System.Serializable]
public class Song
{
    public string songName;
    public int unlocked;
    public bool isInteractable;
    public AudioClip clip;
}

public class SongManager : MonoBehaviour
{

    public SongButton button;
    public Transform panel;
    public List<Song> songList;

    void OnEnable(){
        SongButton.OnSongButtonClick += SongButton_OnSongButtonClick;
    }

    void OnDisable(){
        SongButton.OnSongButtonClick -= SongButton_OnSongButtonClick;
    }

    void SongButton_OnSongButtonClick (int index)
    {
         Debug.Log ("index : " + index + " - song name : " + songList [index].songName);
    }

    void Start ()
    {  
       FillList ();    
    }

    void FillList ()
    {  
        for (int i = 0; i < songList.Count; i++) {
            SongButton songButton = Instantiate (button) as SongButton;  
            songButton.Initialize (i, songList [i]);
            songButton.transform.SetParent (panel, false);
        } 
    }
}

When SongManager became enable, it starts to listen to OnSongButtonClick events. This way, you can know which button clicked.

I hope it helps.