How do you initialise a CCSprite in Xcode from a class created in SpriteBuilder?

Question

I've created a CCB file as a sprite: MySprite.ccb, with its Custom class set to MySprite.

If I don't want to place it into a layer in SpriteBuilder, but rather initialise objects from it and add them to the scene in Xcode, how do I do that?

What I've tried:

Added the following to the end of application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions in AppDelegate:

[CCBReader load:@"MySprite"];

And added this to didLoadFromCCB in my scnene:

MySprite *newSprite = [[MySprite alloc] init];
newSprite.position = CGPointMake(250, 100);
[_physicsNode addChild:newSprite];

but that doesn't seem to work.

By the way, everything else is working fine, i.e. everything that's been placed in the scene in SpriteBuilder is working as expected.

Answer 1

You just load your object with CCBReader directly.

And use a cast for XCode not to complain.

MySprite *newSprite = (MySprite *)[CCBReader load:@"MySprite"];;
newSprite.position = CGPointMake(250, 100);
[_physicsNode addChild:newSprite];