Centre a SKLabelNode on a SKSpriteNode

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02fentym picture 02fentym · Sep 13, 2014 · Viewed 7.3k times · Source

I have an SKLabelNode that is the child of a SKSpriteNode because I'm trying to create a Button class to create buttons in an easier way. I've tried a couple of things using the anchor point of the SKSpriteNode, but I don't quite understand exactly what is going on. How do I centre the label onto the sprite (it's parent node)?

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02fentym picture 02fentym · Sep 13, 2014

I realized how to solve this...here's what i did. Keep in mind that I have a class called Button that is a subclass of SKSpriteNode.

In the Button.m class I have an instance variable called label that is a SKLabelNode. I add the label node as a child to the button then set the horizontal and vertical alignment modes to centre.

label = [[SKLabelNode alloc] init];
[self addChild:label];
[label setHorizontalAlignmentMode:SKLabelHorizontalAlignmentModeCenter];
[label setVerticalAlignmentMode:SKLabelVerticalAlignmentModeCenter];

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