Use the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) Build Settings to configure and build your application for UWP. The UWP Build Settings are part of the Build Settings window.
To view the UWP Build Settings:
You can configure these settings for your build:
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| Architecture | Selects the CPU to build (only applies to Build And Run). | |
| Intel 64-bit | 64-bit Intel CPU. | |
| Intel 32-bit | 32-bit Intel CPU. | |
| ARM 64-bit | 64-bit ARM CPU. | |
| ARM 32-bit | 32-bit ARM CPU. | |
| Build Type | Selects the Visual Studio project or build type to generate. | |
| XAML Project | Integrates Unity within a full XAML environment. This results in some performance loss, but lets you use XAML elements in your application. | |
| D3D Project | Integrates Unity in a basic app window. This results in the best performance. | |
| Executable Only | Hosts the project in a pre-built executable for rapid iteration. This setting has the quickest iteration speed because it doesn’t require you to build the generated project in Visual Studio. It offers the same performance as D3D Project builds. | |
| Target SDK Version | Selects the Windows 10 SDK installed on the local PC to build the application against. This setting is relevant only when calling Windows 10 APIs directly from scripts. Note: Unity requires the base Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.10240.0 or higher for building UWP apps, and doesn’t support Windows 8/8.1 SDKs. |
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| Minimum Platform Version | Selects the minimum Windows 10 release version required to run the app. Note: This setting is only relevant if you’re using Windows features or APIs that aren’t available in the base Windows 10 version (10.0.10240). |
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| Visual Studio Version | Targets a specific Visual Studio release if you have multiple versions installed. | |
| Build and Run on | Select the target device or transport to deploy and launch the app during Build And Run. | |
| Local Machine | Deploys and launches the app on the local PC. | |
| Remote Device (via Device Portal) | Deploys and launches the app to a connected device over the Device Portal transport. For more information, see documentation on Windows Device Portal deployment. | |
| Build Configuration | Select the build configuration (only applies to Build And Run). Note: These build configurations are the same as those available in the Visual Studio project that Unity generates. |
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| Debug | Produces a build that contains additional code you can use for debugging, and enables the Profiler for your build. | |
| Release | Produces a build that has debug code stripped out, and enables the Profiler for your build. | |
| Master | Produces a build that’s fully optimized for release. | |
| Copy References | Disable this setting to allow the generated solution to reference Unity files from Unity’s installation folder instead of copying them to the build folder. This can save up to 10 GB of disk space, but you can’t copy the build folder to another PC. Unity also builds your application faster when you disable this setting. | |
| Copy PDB files | Enable this setting to include Microsoft program database (PDB) files in the built Standalone Player. PDB files contain debugging information for your application, but might increase the size of your Player. For more information, see documentation on Windows debugging. | |
| Development Build | A development build includes scripting debug symbols. When you select this option, Unity sets the DEVELOPMENT_BUILD scripting define. Your build then includes preprocessor directives that set DEVELOPMENT_BUILD as a condition. For more information, see Platform dependent compilation. |
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| Autoconnect Profiler | Indicates whether to automatically connect the Profiler to the built application when it runs. This property is visible only when Development Build is enabled. |
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| Deep Profiling | Indicates whether to enable Deep Profiling in the Profiler. This makes the Profiler instrument every function call in your application so it returns more detailed profiling data. This option might slow down script execution. This property is visible only when Development Build is enabled. |
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| Script Debugging | Indicates whether to allow debugging for the application’s script code. This property is visible only when Development Build is enabled. |
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| Scripts Only Build | Builds only the scripts in the current Project. Unity rebuilds the scripts in your application, and leaves data files from previously executed builds intact. It significantly improves iteration times if you only change the code in your application. This property is visible only when Development Build is enabled. Note: You need to build the entire Project once before you can use this setting. |
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| Compression Method | Specifies the method Unity uses to compress the data in your Project when it builds the Player. This includes Assets, Scenes, Player settings, and GI data. | |
| Default | The Default compression is set to None. | |
| LZ4 | This is a fast compression format that’s useful for development builds. LZ4 compression can improve loading time of applications built with Unity. For more information, see BuildOptions.CompressWithLz4. | |
| LZ4HC | LZ4HC is a high compression variant of LZ4 that’s slower to build but produces better results for release builds. LZ4HC compression can improve loading time of applications built with Unity. For more information, see BuildOptions.CompressWithLz4HC. | |