Unity3d 2019.3.10 UnityEngine.UI; not found

Question

I want to display the number of coins on the screen, but I have error into my VScode:

The type or namespace name "UI" does not exist in the namespace "UnityEngine"

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

public class Main : MonoBehaviour {
    public Player player;
    public Text coinText;
    public Image[] hearts;
    public Sprite isLife, noneLife;

    void Start() {

    }

    void Update() {
        coinText.text = player.getCoins().ToString();

        Lose();
    }
}

Vscode is fickle. If you are legally entitled it’s best to use visual studio community as a free — BugFinder, Apr 23 '20 at 22:33
do you have the [UI](https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/index.html) package installed via the PackageManager? — derHugo, Apr 24 '20 at 06:59

Saleh Hosseini · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-09T21:45:53.523

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For Visual Studio Code (VSCode) not detecting UnityEngine.UI, you can follow these steps to solve possible issues.

In Unity, go to Window/Package Manager
Search for "Visual Studio Code Editor"
Downgrade to version 1.2.3 (or upgrade to 1.2.5, seems like 1.2.4 is the problem)
In Window/Package Manager, Search for "Unity UI"
Re-install the package
In Edit/Preferences/External Tools, check the "Registry packages" option
In Edit/Preferences/External Tools, click the "Regenerate project files" button"

If that didn't fix the problem, downgrade "Visual Studio Code Editor" to 1.1.3 instead.
Then you have to manually delete .csproj and .sln files at the root of your project and restart Unity.

edited Mar 09 '22 at 21:45

answered Feb 03 '22 at 19:34

Saleh Hosseini

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1.2.5 is now available, and updating while following these steps also works – meshantz Mar 02 '22 at 02:54
This worked for me after also restarting VS Code. – Kyle Challis Apr 21 '22 at 03:59

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 23 '20 at 18:53

From this unity thread:

1) Close Unity and any code editors you have open
2) Make a backup of the Library folder from your project folder to your desktop
3) Delete the Library folder from your project folder
4) Open your project (Unity will rebuild the Library folder)
5) Close Unity
6) Delete the newly generated Library folder
7) Move the Library folder (you backed up earlier) from your desktop back into your project folder
8) Open your project
9) Open one of your scripts UnityEngine.UI should be fine now

This worked, but broke autocomplete again for Visual Studio (which I could fix). Do you know how to help with this? — ballade4op52, Nov 02 '21 at 05:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 14 '21 at 17:55

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I had a same issue. I changed visual studio code editor version to 1.2.1 in Windows > Package Manager > Visual Studio Code Editor section; I hope it helps

answered Feb 14 '21 at 17:55

Barış Can Yılmaz

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 22 '21 at 18:11

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Switch to VS Community under External Script Editor.
Regenerate project files
Switch back to VS Code.
DON'T regenerate project files.
Restart everything.

answered Dec 22 '21 at 18:11

AmyyazdaN

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 10 '23 at 16:09

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Hi Bro Solved the problem, very simple. Delete Unity Hub.If not solved, download a new version of unity, don't run it with the hub. Then run it with the hub.

answered Jan 10 '23 at 16:09

Abdulkadır Gur

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Unity3d 2019.3.10 UnityEngine.UI; not found

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