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didBegin(_:)

Called when two bodies first contact each other.

Declaration

optional func didBegin(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact)

Parameters

  • contact:

    An object that describes the contact.

Discussion

The two physics bodies described in the contact parameter are not passed in a guaranteed order. The following code shows how you might respond to the beginning of a contact event to execute code if either physics body is owned by a node with the name ground.

Listing 1. Responding to a contact event.

func didBegin(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact) {
    if contact.bodyA.node?.name == "ground" || contact.bodyB.node?.name == "ground" {
        // execute code to respond to object hitting ground
    }
}

See Also

Responding to Contact Events