Convert between floating point and integral types in C# / Unity

FloatConversion.cs

// Copyright (c) 2016 StagPoint Software

// NOTE: C#-style unions (structs using FieldOffset to cause multiple fields to 'overlap' in memory) may not be allowed on 
// some IL2CPP platforms? If you get a compile error related to using FieldOffset on your target platform, comment the 
// following #define to force this code to use another method.
//
// The UnityEngine.Networking code on BitBucket uses (#if !INCLUDE_IL2CPP) to control whether to use unions, but that code 
// may be out of date (Unity has so far failed to respond), but testing confirms that this method does work on at least one 
// of the IL2CPP target platforms, so we've chosen a more explicit #define instead.
#define USE_UNION_FOR_CONVERSION

// If unions don't work on your target platform, the next best option is to use 'unsafe' code - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/t2yzs44b.aspx
// If unsafe code is allowed on your target platform, you can allow unsafe code in Unity by following this link - http://answers.unity3d.com/answers/804152/view.html
// Once you have enabled Unity to use unsafe code, uncomment the following #define
//#define ALLOW_UNSAFE

namespace StagPoint.HoverNet
{
	using System;
	using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

	public static class FloatConversion
	{
#if USE_UNION_FOR_CONVERSION

		public static uint ToInt32( float value )
		{
			var uf = new IntegerFloatUnion() { floatValue = value };
			return uf.intValue;
		}

		public static ulong ToInt64( double value )
		{
			var uf = new IntegerFloatUnion() { doubleValue = value };
			return uf.longValue;
		}

		public static float ToSingle( uint value )
		{
			var uf = new IntegerFloatUnion() { intValue = value };
			return uf.floatValue;
		}

		public static double ToDouble( ulong value )
		{
			var uf = new IntegerFloatUnion() { longValue = value };
			return uf.doubleValue;
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// C#-style union used to convert between floating point and integral types, as an alternative to unsafe code.
		/// This cannot be used with IL2CPP because the version of IL2CPP used by Unity does not convert FieldOffset, 
		/// or at least this is suggested in the Unity.Networking code available on BitBucket.
		/// </summary>
		[StructLayout( LayoutKind.Explicit )]
		internal struct IntegerFloatUnion
		{
			[FieldOffset( 0 )]
			public float floatValue;

			[FieldOffset( 0 )]
			public uint intValue;

			[FieldOffset( 0 )]
			public double doubleValue;

			[FieldOffset( 0 )]
			public ulong longValue;
		}

#elif ALLOW_UNSAFE

		public static unsafe float ToSingle( uint value )
		{
			return *(float*)&value;
		}

		public static unsafe double ToDouble( ulong value )
		{
			return *(double*)&value;
		}

		public static unsafe uint ToInt32( float value )
		{
			return *(uint*)&value;
		}

		public static unsafe ulong ToInt64( double value )
		{
			return *(ulong*)&value;
		}

#else // Cannot use unions, and ALLOW_UNSAFE is not defined. There is no choice but to allocate memory each time a value is converted. 

#warning "Converting between floating point types and integral types for network transmission causes memory allocations on IL2CPP platforms due to limitations in IL2CPP"

		public static float ToSingle( uint value )
		{
			return BitConverter.ToSingle( BitConverter.GetBytes( value ), 0 );
		}

		public static double ToDouble( ulong value )
		{
			return BitConverter.ToDouble( BitConverter.GetBytes( value ), 0 );
		}

		public static uint ToInt32( float value )
		{
			return BitConverter.ToUInt32( BitConverter.GetBytes( value ), 0 );
		}

		public static ulong ToInt64( double value )
		{
			return BitConverter.ToUInt64( BitConverter.GetBytes( value ), 0 );
		}

#endif
	}
}

@benzsuankularb sorry for the very late reply, didn't realize that I would not get notifications for comments....

You would have to define ALLOW_UNSAFE yourself, there is no system define for it. You can just comment out line 10 and uncomment line 15.

For what it's worth for everyone else reading this, I always use the "unsafe" option personally, and the only reason that it's not the default in the code is because Unity makes it a bit of a pain to enable unsafe and that isn't the default option.