NarKampen/Assets/Scripts/CategoryPanel.cs

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

public class CategoryPanel : MonoBehaviour
{
    [Serializable]
    public class Category
    {
        public string name;
        public int id;
        public Color32 color;
    }

    GameManagerScript gms;
    List<Category> categories;
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        gms = GameObject.Find("GameManager").GetComponent<GameManagerScript>();
        categories = gms.GetDatabase().GetCategories();
        PopulatePanel();
    }

    private void PopulatePanel() {
        foreach (Category cat in categories) {
            AddText(cat.name, cat.color);
        }
    }

    private void AddText(string text, Color32 color) {
        color.a = 255;
        GameObject go = new GameObject(text);
        go.transform.SetParent(this.transform, false);
        Text newText = go.AddComponent<Text>();
        newText.text = text;
        newText.color = color;
        newText.font = Resources.GetBuiltinResource<Font>("Arial.ttf");
        newText.resizeTextForBestFit = true;
        newText.resizeTextMaxSize = 18;
        newText.resizeTextMinSize = 8;

        /*
        LayoutElement le = go.AddComponent<LayoutElement>();
        le.preferredHeight = 20f;
        le.minHeight = 10f;
        */

        newText.alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
    }

    public Category GetCategoryById(int id) {
        foreach (Category cat in categories) {
            if (cat.id == id) {
                return cat;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}