So I am using a GUI.matrix to format the position and size of all my GUI buttons, textures, text, etc.

It is working really well and seems to work for all the devices tested so far.

Here is an example of the code in case it helps you answer my question:

 //screen dimensions used to format Gui.matrix
 float native_width = 1280;
 float native_height = 720;
 
 //variables used in matrix
 float rx;
 float ry;
 
 //button size
 Vector2 vectorSize = new Vector2(120, 120);
 
 //button position
 Vector2 laserBeamVectorPosition = new Vector2 (200, 560);
 
 
 
 void Start()
 {
 //set matrix formatting variables
 rx = Screen.width/ native_width;
 ry = Screen.height / native_height;
 
 //format button sizes
 vectorSize.x = vectorSize.x * (Screen.width/native_width);
 vectorSize.y = vectorSize.y * (Screen.height/native_height);
 
 //format button positions
 laserBeamVectorPosition.x = laserBeamVectorPosition.x * (Screen.width/native_width);
 laserBeamVectorPosition.y = laserBeamVectorPosition.y * (Screen.width/native_width);
 
 }
 
 void OnGUI() 
 {
 //use matrix
 GUI.matrix = Matrix4x4.TRS (new Vector3(0, 0, 0), Quaternion.identity, new Vector3 (rx, ry, 1)); 
 
 //position button with size, position, 2D Texture, GUIStyle
 if (GUI.Button (new Rect (laserBeamVectorPosition.x, laserBeamVectorPosition.y, vectorSize.x, vectorSize.y), laserBeamTexture, GUIStyleButton))
 {
 //button functionality
 }
 
 }

So like I said everything seems to be working correctly on PC or Android devices. Not all the GUI components require this much code to set up, but I try to be exact with buttons.

THE PROBLEM: Anyways the problem is that even though the code seems to work correctly on devices it does not work correctly in the Unity Editor when using Game View.

You can stretch the screen around in the editor and the buttons will change positions when you press Play. I have tried "Free Aspect" and pretty much every single resolution setting including my Build Setting ones 1280x720.

I'm guessing that for some reason the GUI.Matrix stuff does not work correctly in the Unity Editor?

But I am not sure about if I am doing something wrong? If there is any way to fix this?

The same problem seems to occur on my Android Unity Remote App.

So essentially I cannot test my game easily unless I build it to PC or my Android Device. The buttons being in the wrong spot in Editor mode really mess everything up since I use raycasts and button positions to move the player, the buttons have to be in the exact right spot or pressing a button may still activate the movement command (like ray shoots through button) instead of being halted by conditions.

The problem is even worst because my build works for PC and Android so the builds take longer to test especially with Android. I also play videos in the project which seems like PC and Android are not compatible so my:

if UNITY_ANDROID

endif

stuff seems to require at least 2 builds when transitioning from PC to Android or vice versa.

If there is no way to fix this for Unity Editor I feel that this is a huge flaw in the program. Having inaccurate displays is not that huge of a deal for just testing for a day or two. But over the lifetime of a project having to build repeatedly to accurately test a game instead of being able to use the Unity Editor Game View is a HUGE PROBLEM and wastes countless hours.

Does anyone have a solution for this, or is this a Unity bug?