detect when running on Unity iOS

src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeExtension.cs

@@ -114,8 +114,14 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
         /// </summary>
         private static NativeMethods LoadNativeMethodsUnity()
         {
-            // TODO(jtattermusch): use NativeMethods.DllImportsFromStaticLib for iOS.
-            return new NativeMethods(new NativeMethods.DllImportsFromSharedLib());
+            switch (PlatformApis.GetUnityRuntimePlatform())
+            {
+                case "IPhonePlayer":
+                    return new NativeMethods(new NativeMethods.DllImportsFromStaticLib());
+                default:
+                    // most other platforms load unity plugins as a shared library
+                    return new NativeMethods(new NativeMethods.DllImportsFromSharedLib());
+            }
         }
 
         private static string GetAssemblyPath()

src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/PlatformApis.cs

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
+using Grpc.Core.Utils;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
@@ -99,6 +100,18 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             get { return IntPtr.Size == 8; }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns <c>UnityEngine.Application.platform</c> as a string.
+        /// See https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Application-platform.html for possible values.
+        /// Value is obtained via reflection to avoid compile-time dependency on Unity.
+        /// This method should only be called if <c>IsUnity</c> is <c>true</c>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string GetUnityRuntimePlatform()
+        {
+            GrpcPreconditions.CheckState(IsUnity, "Not running on Unity.");
+            return Type.GetType("UnityEngine.Application, UnityEngine").GetProperty("platform").GetValue(null).ToString();
+        }
+
         [DllImport("libc")]
         static extern int uname(IntPtr buf);