HeavenStudio/Assets/Plugins/com.unity.uiextensions/Runtime/Scripts/Effects/NicerOutline.cs

/// Credit Melang
/// Sourced from - http://forum.unity3d.com/members/melang.593409/

using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace UnityEngine.UI.Extensions
{
    //An outline that looks a bit nicer than the default one. It has less "holes" in the outline by drawing more copies of the effect
    [AddComponentMenu("UI/Effects/Extensions/Nicer Outline")]
	public class NicerOutline : BaseMeshEffect
	{
		[SerializeField]
		private Color m_EffectColor = new Color (0f, 0f, 0f, 0.5f);

		[SerializeField]
		private Vector2 m_EffectDistance = new Vector2 (1f, -1f);

		[SerializeField]
		private bool m_UseGraphicAlpha = true;

		private List < UIVertex > m_Verts = new List<UIVertex>();

		//
		// Properties
		//
		public Color effectColor
		{
			get
			{
				return this.m_EffectColor;
			}
			set
			{
				this.m_EffectColor = value;
				if (base.graphic != null)
				{
					base.graphic.SetVerticesDirty ();
				}
			}
		}

		public Vector2 effectDistance
		{
			get
			{
				return this.m_EffectDistance;
			}
			set
			{
				if (value.x > 600f)
				{
					value.x = 600f;
				}
				if (value.x < -600f)
				{
					value.x = -600f;
				}
				if (value.y > 600f)
				{
					value.y = 600f;
				}
				if (value.y < -600f)
				{
					value.y = -600f;
				}
				if (this.m_EffectDistance == value)
				{
					return;
				}
				this.m_EffectDistance = value;
				if (base.graphic != null)
				{
					base.graphic.SetVerticesDirty ();
				}
			}
		}

		public bool useGraphicAlpha
		{
			get
			{
				return this.m_UseGraphicAlpha;
			}
			set
			{
				this.m_UseGraphicAlpha = value;
				if (base.graphic != null)
				{
					base.graphic.SetVerticesDirty ();
				}
			}
		}

        protected void ApplyShadowZeroAlloc(List<UIVertex> verts, Color32 color, int start, int end, float x, float y)
        {
            UIVertex vt;

            var neededCpacity = verts.Count * 2;
            if (verts.Capacity < neededCpacity)
                verts.Capacity = neededCpacity;

            for (int i = start; i < end; ++i)
            {
                vt = verts[i];
                verts.Add(vt);

                Vector3 v = vt.position;
                v.x += x;
                v.y += y;
                vt.position = v;
                var newColor = color;
                if (m_UseGraphicAlpha)
                    newColor.a = (byte)((newColor.a * verts[i].color.a) / 255);
                vt.color = newColor;
                verts[i] = vt;
            }
        }

        protected void ApplyShadow(List<UIVertex> verts, Color32 color, int start, int end, float x, float y)
        {
            var neededCpacity = verts.Count * 2;
            if (verts.Capacity < neededCpacity)
                verts.Capacity = neededCpacity;

            ApplyShadowZeroAlloc(verts, color, start, end, x, y);
        }


        public override void ModifyMesh(VertexHelper vh)
        {
            if (!this.IsActive ())
			{
				return;
			}

	        m_Verts.Clear();
            vh.GetUIVertexStream(m_Verts);

            Text foundtext = GetComponent<Text>();

			float best_fit_adjustment = 1f;

			if (foundtext && foundtext.resizeTextForBestFit)
			{
				best_fit_adjustment = (float)foundtext.cachedTextGenerator.fontSizeUsedForBestFit / (foundtext.resizeTextMaxSize-1); //max size seems to be exclusive

			}

			float distanceX = this.effectDistance.x * best_fit_adjustment;
			float distanceY = this.effectDistance.y * best_fit_adjustment;

			int start = 0;
			int count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, distanceX, distanceY);
			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, distanceX, -distanceY);
			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, -distanceX, distanceY);
			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, -distanceX, -distanceY);

			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, distanceX, 0);
			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, -distanceX, 0);

			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, 0, distanceY);
			start = count;
			count = m_Verts.Count;
			this.ApplyShadow (m_Verts, this.effectColor, start, m_Verts.Count, 0, -distanceY);

            vh.Clear();
            vh.AddUIVertexTriangleStream(m_Verts);
        }

#if UNITY_EDITOR
		protected override void OnValidate ()
		{
			this.effectDistance = this.m_EffectDistance;
			base.OnValidate ();
		}
#endif
	}
}