Presenting a UIViewController from an SKscene (SpriteKit)

Question

There are several posts on the internet asking how to correctly combine SpriteKit and Storyboard/Interface builder. In particular nobody is able to move from an SKscene to a desired UIViewController. NONE of the solutions on the net really address this problem! Is it really not possible to do this?? If so, it would be a significant limitation of SpriteKit...

Answer 1

You cannot move directly from an SKScene to another UIViewController .

However, the SKScene is already contained in a UIViewController .

You can use delegation to pass a method call from the scene to its controller. The controller can then move to another view controller.

So...

1. Create a delegate protocol that contains a method something like... - (void)transitionToOtherViewController;

2. Set the current view controller as the delegate of your scene.

   self.scene.delegate = self;

3. When you want to move to another view controller. In the scene you would have something like...

   [self.delegate transitionToOtherViewController];

Then in the view controller you have...

- (void)transitionToOtherViewController
{
    MyOtherViewController *controller = [MyOtherViewController new];

    [self.navigationController pushViewController:controller animated:YES];
}

Or something like this...