Question

I am trying to subclass CCSprite but for some reason I can’t seem to get anything to draw on the screen. I am not a pro with cocos2d so I am open to any suggestions. Here is my code. I have a scene like so:

#import "cocos2d.h"

@class Animation;

@interface HelloWorldLayer : CCLayer
{

}

+(CCScene *) scene;

@end

#import "HelloWorldLayer.h"
#import "Animation.h"
@implementation HelloWorldLayer

+(CCScene *) scene
{
    CCScene *scene = [CCScene node];
    HelloWorldLayer *layer = [HelloWorldLayer node];
    [scene addChild: layer];
    return scene;
}


-(id) init
{
    if( (self=[super init])) {

        CCLOG(@"super init");

        HelloWorldLayer *animation;
        animation = [Animation animation:self];

 }
    return self;
}

- (void) dealloc
{
    [super dealloc];
}
@end

Then I subclass CCSprite like so:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "cocos2d.h"
@class HelloWorldLayer;

@interface Animation : CCSprite {

    HelloWorldLayer     *ivHelloWorld;
}
+ (id) animation:(HelloWorldLayer*) helloWorld;
- (id) initAnimation: (HelloWorldLayer*) helloWorld;
@end

#import "Animation.h"
#import "HelloWorldLayer.h"


@implementation Animation

+ (id) animation:(HelloWorldLayer *) helloWorld{
    CCLOG(@"animation method");
    return [[[self alloc] initAnimation:helloWorld] autorelease];

}

- (id) initAnimation:(HelloWorldLayer *)helloworld {


     CCLOG(@"InitaAnimation method");
    // cache
    CCSpriteFrameCache *cache=[CCSpriteFrameCache sharedSpriteFrameCache];
    [cache addSpriteFramesWithFile:@"FootballAtlas.plist"];

    // frame array
    NSMutableArray *framesArray=[NSMutableArray array];
    for (int i=1; i<60; i++) {
        NSString *frameName=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Football%d.png", i];
        id frameObject=[cache spriteFrameByName:frameName];
        [framesArray addObject:frameObject];
    }
    CCLOG(@" array count = %i", [framesArray count]);
    // animation object
    id animObject=[CCAnimation animationWithFrames:framesArray delay:0.01];

    // animation action
    id animAction=[CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:animObject restoreOriginalFrame:NO];
    CCRepeatForever *repeat = [CCRepeatForever actionWithAction:animAction];

    id animAction2=[CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:animObject restoreOriginalFrame:NO];
    animAction2=[CCRepeatForever actionWithAction:animAction2];

    // sprite
    CCSprite *bird=[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"Football0.png"];
    bird.position=ccp(60,160);

    CCSprite *bird2=[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"Football0.png"];
    bird2.position=ccp(80,160);


    // batchNode
    CCSpriteBatchNode *batchNode=[CCSpriteBatchNode batchNodeWithFile:@"FootballAtlas.png"];
    [self addChild:batchNode];
    [batchNode addChild:bird];
    [batchNode addChild:bird2];

    [bird runAction:repeat];
    [bird2 runAction:animAction2];

    return self;
}
@end

this does not draw anything on the screen, but if I move the animation code to the CClayer then everything shows up fine. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

I figured it out thanks. I was initializing a HelloWorldLayer object where I needed to have an animation object.