init(color:size:)

Declaration

convenience init(color: UIColor, size: CGSize)

convenience init(color: NSColor, size: CGSize)

Parameters

• color:

  The color for the resulting sprite node.

• size:

  The size of the sprite node in points.

Return Value

A newly initialized sprite node.

Discussion

Although textured nodes are the most common way to use the SKSpriteNode class, you can also create sprite nodes without a texture. The behavior of the class changes when the node lacks a texture:

• The sprite node that is returned from this method has its texture property set to nil.

• There is no texture to stretch, so the centerRect parameter is ignored.

• There is no colorization step; the color property is used as the sprite’s color.

• The sprite node’s alpha component is used to determine how it is blended into the buffer.

Listing 1 shows how to create a red sprite node 100 x 100 points in size.

Listing 1. Creating a non-textured sprite node

let node = SKSpriteNode(color: .red,
                        size: CGSize(width: 100, height: 100))