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Abdul
Abdul

Reputation: 49

Destroy instance of all prefab clone not working

I am writing a restart function where i want to delete the instance of all prefabs belonging to a panel. This code adds a new input field to the parent

private void ShowInputField(){

    GameObject inputFieldGameObject = inputFieldObjectPool.GetObject();

    //reset pool since it may have been disabled by the DeActivatePreviousInputFields function
    InputField inputField = inputFieldGameObject.GetComponent<InputField>();
    inputField.Select ();
    inputField.ActivateInputField ();
    inputField.interactable = true;
    inputField.readOnly = false;

    //make this the previous inputs
    previousInputs = inputFieldGameObject;

    //assign the prefab to its parent panel
    inputFieldGameObject.transform.SetParent (inputFieldParent);
    inputFieldGameObject.transform.localScale = Vector3.one;
    Canvas.ForceUpdateCanvases ();

    //make scroll bar always show the last added input field
    GameObject.Find ("ScrollView").GetComponent<ScrollRect> ().horizontalNormalizedPosition = 1;

}

The image below shows how it looks like before the restart before restart

the code for the restart which destroys all instances of the prefab and adds one again is shown below. 

void RestartGame(){
    //gets all elements of the parent 
    InputField [] childElements = letterPanel.GetComponentsInChildren<InputField> ();
    Debug.Log (childElements.Count());
    foreach (var item in childElements) {
        Destroy (item);
    }
    ShowInputField()
}

this is supposed to destroy all instances of the prefab but it does not it only makes them editable with the image below showing it

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How do I solve this problem? Thank you in advance...

Upvotes: 0

Views: 379

Answers (2)

Mr.Bigglesworth
Mr.Bigglesworth

Reputation: 959

You were trying to destroy the current item from the list you were enumerating through, but this is an input field which you can cannot destroy. Instead by referring to the gameobject it belongs to and destroying that, you remove the Input fields.

Upvotes: 2

Abdul
Abdul

Reputation: 49

I did this and it worked

void RestartGame(){
    //gets all elements of the parent 
    InputField [] childElements = letterPanel.GetComponentsInChildren<InputField> ();
    Debug.Log (childElements.Count());
    foreach (vInputField item in childElements) {
        if(item.name.Contains("InputField")){
            Destroy (item.gameObject);
        }
    }
    ShowInputField()
}

Upvotes: 0

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