YourArtOfficial · am-koan · Apr 20, 2026
diff --git a/example/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.h b/example/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 @interface FrameworkLibAPI : NSObject
 
 +(void) registerAPIforNativeCalls:(id<NativeCallsProtocol>) aApi;
++(void) unregisterAPIforNativeCalls;
 
 @end
diff --git a/example/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.mm b/example/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.mm
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ +(void) registerAPIforNativeCalls:(id<NativeCallsProtocol>) aApi
     api = aApi;
 }
 
++(void) unregisterAPIforNativeCalls
+{
+    api = NULL;
+}
+
 @end
 
 extern "C"
 {
     void sendMessageToMobileApp(const char* message)
     {
-        return [api sendMessageToMobileApp:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:message]];
+        if (api != NULL) {
+            [api sendMessageToMobileApp:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:message]];
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/ios/RNUnityView.h b/ios/RNUnityView.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTBubblingEventBlock _Nullable onPlayerQuit;
 
 - (void)unloadUnity;
-- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL * _Nonnull)pause;
+- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL)pause;
 - (void)postMessage:(NSString* _Nonnull )gameObject methodName:(NSString* _Nonnull)methodName message:(NSString* _Nonnull) message;
 
 @end
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTBubblingEventBlock _Nullable onPlayerQuit;
 
 - (void)unloadUnity;
-- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL * _Nonnull)pause;
+- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL)pause;
 - (void)postMessage:(NSString* _Nonnull )gameObject methodName:(NSString* _Nonnull)methodName message:(NSString* _Nonnull) message;
 
 

diff --git a/ios/RNUnityView.mm b/ios/RNUnityView.mm
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ - (void)initUnityModule {
         array[count] = NULL;
 
         [[self ufw] runEmbeddedWithArgc: gArgc argv: array appLaunchOpts: appLaunchOpts];
+
+        // Free the strdup'd strings and the malloc'd array
+        for (unsigned i = 0; i < count; i++)
+        {
+            free(array[i]);
+        }
+        free(array);
+
         [[self ufw] appController].quitHandler = ^(){ NSLog(@"AppController.quitHandler called"); };
         [self.ufw.appController.rootView removeFromSuperview];
 
@@ -90,7 +98,7 @@ - (void)layoutSubviews {
    }
 }
 
-- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL * _Nonnull)pause {
+- (void)pauseUnity:(BOOL)pause {
     if([self unityIsInitialized]) {
         [[self ufw] pause:pause];
     }
@@ -102,6 +110,7 @@ - (void)unloadUnity {
         [main makeKeyAndVisible];
 
         if([self unityIsInitialized]) {
+            [NSClassFromString(@"FrameworkLibAPI") unregisterAPIforNativeCalls];
             [[self ufw] unloadApplication];
         }
     }
@@ -123,7 +132,7 @@ - (void)unityDidUnload:(NSNotification*)notification {
         [self setUfw: nil];
 
         if (self.onPlayerUnload) {
-            self.onPlayerUnload(nil);
+            self.onPlayerUnload(@{@"message": @"unloaded"});
         }
     }
 }
@@ -134,7 +143,7 @@ - (void)unityDidQuit:(NSNotification*)notification {
         [self setUfw: nil];
 
         if (self.onPlayerQuit) {
-            self.onPlayerQuit(nil);
+            self.onPlayerQuit(@{@"message": @"quit"});
         }
     }
 }
@@ -157,15 +166,11 @@ - (void)postMessage:(NSString *)gameObject methodName:(NSString*)methodName mess
 - (void)prepareForRecycle {
     [super prepareForRecycle];
 
-    if ([self unityIsInitialized]) {
-      [[self ufw] unloadApplication];
-
-      NSArray *viewsToRemove = self.subviews;
-      for (UIView *v in viewsToRemove) {
-          [v removeFromSuperview];
-      }
-
-      [self setUfw:nil];
+    // Only detach the Unity view from this component — do NOT unload the
+    // singleton Unity runtime, as that would break it for any future views.
+    NSArray *viewsToRemove = self.subviews;
+    for (UIView *v in viewsToRemove) {
+        [v removeFromSuperview];
     }
 }
 
@@ -178,15 +183,39 @@ - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame {
     static const auto defaultProps = std::make_shared<const RNUnityViewProps>();
     _props = defaultProps;
 
-    self.onUnityMessage = [self](NSDictionary* data) {
-      if (_eventEmitter != nil) {
-        auto gridViewEventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<RNUnityViewEventEmitter const>(_eventEmitter);
+    __weak RNUnityView *weakSelf = self;
+    self.onUnityMessage = ^(NSDictionary* data) {
+      RNUnityView *strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      if (strongSelf && strongSelf->_eventEmitter != nil) {
+        auto gridViewEventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<RNUnityViewEventEmitter const>(strongSelf->_eventEmitter);
         facebook::react::RNUnityViewEventEmitter::OnUnityMessage event = {
           .message=[[data valueForKey:@"message"] UTF8String]
         };
         gridViewEventEmitter->onUnityMessage(event);
       }
     };
+
+    self.onPlayerUnload = ^(NSDictionary* data) {
+      RNUnityView *strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      if (strongSelf && strongSelf->_eventEmitter != nil) {
+        auto eventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<RNUnityViewEventEmitter const>(strongSelf->_eventEmitter);
+        facebook::react::RNUnityViewEventEmitter::OnPlayerUnload event = {
+          .message=[[data valueForKey:@"message"] UTF8String]
+        };
+        eventEmitter->onPlayerUnload(event);
+      }
+    };
+
+    self.onPlayerQuit = ^(NSDictionary* data) {
+      RNUnityView *strongSelf = weakSelf;
+      if (strongSelf && strongSelf->_eventEmitter != nil) {
+        auto eventEmitter = std::static_pointer_cast<RNUnityViewEventEmitter const>(strongSelf->_eventEmitter);
+        facebook::react::RNUnityViewEventEmitter::OnPlayerQuit event = {
+          .message=[[data valueForKey:@"message"] UTF8String]
+        };
+        eventEmitter->onPlayerQuit(event);
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   return self;

diff --git a/ios/RNUnityViewManager.mm b/ios/RNUnityViewManager.mm
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ @implementation RNUnityViewManager
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onPlayerUnload, RCTBubblingEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onPlayerQuit, RCTBubblingEventBlock)
 
-RNUnityView *unity;
-
 - (UIView *)view {
-    unity = [[RNUnityView alloc] init];
+    RNUnityView *unity = [[RNUnityView alloc] init];
     UIWindow * main = [[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate] window];
 
     if(main != nil) {
@@ -41,18 +39,18 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup {
             RCTLogError(@"Cannot find NativeView with tag #%@", reactTag);
             return;
         }
-        [unity postMessage:(NSString *)gameObject methodName:(NSString *)methodName message:(NSString *)message];
+        [view postMessage:(NSString *)gameObject methodName:(NSString *)methodName message:(NSString *)message];
     }];
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(pauseUnity:(nonnull NSNumber*) reactTag pause:(BOOL * _Nonnull)pause) {
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(pauseUnity:(nonnull NSNumber*) reactTag pause:(BOOL)pause) {
    [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *,UIView *> *viewRegistry) {
        RNUnityView *view = (RNUnityView*) viewRegistry[reactTag];
        if (!view || ![view isKindOfClass:[RNUnityView class]]) {
            RCTLogError(@"Cannot find NativeView with tag #%@", reactTag);
            return;
        }
-       [unity pauseUnity:(BOOL * _Nonnull)pause];
+       [view pauseUnity:pause];
    }];
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup {
            RCTLogError(@"Cannot find NativeView with tag #%@", reactTag);
            return;
        }
-       [unity pauseUnity:(BOOL * _Nonnull)false];
+       [view pauseUnity:NO];
    }];
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup {
            RCTLogError(@"Cannot find NativeView with tag #%@", reactTag);
            return;
        }
-       [unity unloadUnity];
+       [view unloadUnity];
    }];
 }
 

diff --git a/src/UnityView.tsx b/src/UnityView.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default class UnityView extends React.Component<RNUnityViewProps> {
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
-    if (this.ref.current) {
+    if (this.ref.current && !this.props.androidKeepPlayerMounted) {
       Commands.unloadUnity(this.ref.current);
     }
   }

diff --git a/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.h b/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.h
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 @interface FrameworkLibAPI : NSObject
 
 +(void) registerAPIforNativeCalls:(id<NativeCallsProtocol>) aApi;
++(void) unregisterAPIforNativeCalls;
 
 @end
diff --git a/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.mm b/unity/Assets/Plugins/iOS/NativeCallProxy.mm
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ +(void) registerAPIforNativeCalls:(id<NativeCallsProtocol>) aApi
     api = aApi;
 }
 
++(void) unregisterAPIforNativeCalls
+{
+    api = NULL;
+}
+
 @end
 
 extern "C"
 {
     void sendMessageToMobileApp(const char* message)
     {
-        return [api sendMessageToMobileApp:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:message]];
+        if (api != NULL) {
+            [api sendMessageToMobileApp:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:message]];
+        }
     }
 }