Trouble instantiating ui text

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In my game, I want a box with the scores of each player to show up at the end of a level. The box is easy since I can just drag a UI Image into the scene, but because the number of players changes and I haven't decided on a maximum yet, I want to generate the text through code. I created a Text prefab and thought I had some code that would work, but the text doesn't show up on screen:

 GameObject go = (GameObject)Instantiate (Resources.Load ("Prefabs/UIText"));
 go.GetComponent<RectTransform> ().position = new Vector3 (Screen.width * 0.5f, Screen.height * 0.5f, 0.2f);
 go.GetComponent<Text>().text = str;

The problem can't be that str is empty, because I check that it isn't with Debug.Log right before this. It can't be that it shows up behind the box, because the box is transparent. And it's definitely showing up at the right position- I checked with Debug.Log right after this code. So what's going on?

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Answer by Xeong-Hu · Oct 18, 2015 at 10:57 AM

Hey dude .

i had this problem aswell.

i think what you gotta do is, make your instatiated UI object a child of your canvas. after that you can set the position to what ever you like.

so like i think

Cloned.transform.SetParent(CanvasParent.transform);

but make sure it executes first right after you instatiated your object

I Hope that fixes things

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snuffysam · Oct 18, 2015 at 07:50 PM 0

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Setting the parent to the canvas solved my problem, thanks! In case anyone's wondering, I added this line of code: go.transform.SetParent(GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("UICanvas").transform); And tagged the canvas with UICanvas.

Xeong-Hu snuffysam · Oct 19, 2015 at 08:32 AM 0

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Nice! Totally glad to help! Good luck on your game!

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Answer by AmberWavesVR · Nov 16, 2015 at 08:41 AM

Thanks. I had the same problem.

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