Unity Singleton

Singleton.cs

using UnityEngine;

/// <summary>
/// Be aware this will not prevent a non singleton constructor
///   such as `T myT = new T();`
/// To prevent that, add `protected T () {}` to your singleton class.
/// </summary>
public class Singleton<T> : MonoBehaviour where T : MonoBehaviour {
    private static T _instance;

    private static object _lock = new object();

    public static T Instance {
        get {
            if (applicationIsQuitting) {
                Logging.Log.Warn("[Singleton] Instance '" + typeof(T) +
                    "' already destroyed on application quit." +
                    " Won't create again - returning null.");
                return null;
            }

            lock (_lock) {
                if (_instance == null) {
                    _instance = (T) FindObjectOfType(typeof(T));

                    if (FindObjectsOfType(typeof(T)).Length > 1) {
                        Logging.Log.Error("[Singleton] Something went really wrong " +
                            " - there should never be more than 1 singleton!" +
                            " Reopening the scene might fix it.");
                        return _instance;
                    }

                    if (_instance == null) {
                        GameObject singleton = new GameObject();
                        _instance = singleton.AddComponent<T>();
                        singleton.name = "(singleton) " + typeof(T).ToString();

                        Logging.Log.Info("[Singleton] An instance of " + typeof(T) +
                            " is needed in the scene, so '" + singleton +
                            "' was created.");
                    } else {
                        //Debug.Log("[Singleton] Using instance already created: " + _instance.gameObject.name);
                    }
                }

                return _instance;
            }
        }
    }

    private static bool IsDontDestroyOnLoad() {
        if (_instance == null) {
            return false;
        }
        // Object exists independent of Scene lifecycle, assume that means it has DontDestroyOnLoad set
        if ((_instance.gameObject.hideFlags & HideFlags.DontSave) == HideFlags.DontSave) {
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }

    private static bool applicationIsQuitting = false;
    /// <summary>
    /// When Unity quits, it destroys objects in a random order.
    /// In principle, a Singleton is only destroyed when application quits.
    /// If any script calls Instance after it have been destroyed, 
    ///   it will create a buggy ghost object that will stay on the Editor scene
    ///   even after stopping playing the Application. Really bad!
    /// So, this was made to be sure we're not creating that buggy ghost object.
    /// </summary>
    protected override void OnDestroy() {
        base.OnDestroy();

        if (IsDontDestroyOnLoad()) {
            applicationIsQuitting = true;
        }
    }
}