Xcode 5.1 How do I use the SpriteKit in one view in a project that doesn't use the Sprite game template?

Question

I just need this view to be a sticker page where the user can move and place stickers.

I have a view connected to the StickerViewController, and I simply copy and pasted this code into the class for it. Everything builds ok, but crashes before it even makes it to the StickerViewController.

I use a simple button for testing, so I know that the view controller is not loading properly and I placed breakpoints. I did not start this project using the SpriteKit template. I have only been programming iOS mobile apps for 3 weeks, so I still new to this.

In the header, I import UIKit and SpriteKit.Then:

@interface StickersViewController : SKScene @end

In the m file, instead of having initWithNibName I have initWithSize.

Answer 1

You need UIKit Dynamics. Detailed tutorial available here UIKIt Dynamics

Please refer also to this answer Implement UIKitDynamics for dragging view off screen

Answer 2

This project is a UIKit app eventually with 5 different SpriteKit scenes inside. https://github.com/eppz/blog.SpriteKit_drag May take a look on it.

Basically I made an SKView subclass - https://github.com/eppz/blog.SpriteKit_drag/blob/master/SpriteKit_drag/EPPZSpriteKitView.h - then set it as the root UIViewController.view class in IB.