how do you create buttons in swift?

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I am currently developing a game using swift with xCode and I'm not quite sure how to make a button "pressable". I usually do something like this:

var button = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed:"sample")
button.xScale = 1
button.yScale = 1
button.name = "pressHere"

and then in the touchesBegan function I do this:

override func touchesBegan(touches: NSSet, withEvent event: UIEvent) {
    var touch: UITouch = touches.anyObject() as UITouch
    var location = touch.locationInNode(self)
    var node = self.nodeAtPoint(location)

    if (node.name == "pressHere") {
        //whatever I want the button to do
    }
}

I've found that if I do this method a lot my game will crash. Perhaps this isn't really what causes the issue, but it's always helpful learning a new way :)

If you have a question about a crash, update your question with details about the crash. — rmaddy, May 06 '15 at 02:57
no my question isn't about the crash, it's simply about how to create a button — CoolMAn, May 06 '15 at 03:05
I don't like to override the behavior of `-touchesBegan` by self. `UIGestureRecongizer` will be your good friend. — AechoLiu, May 06 '15 at 03:26
seen this? - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24030348/how-create-button-programmatically-in-swift — saurabh, May 06 '15 at 05:08
See this link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26225236/swift-spritekit-adding-button-programaticly — Gavidi Harikrishna, May 06 '15 at 06:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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Swift Spritekit Adding Button Programaticly

This Link posted by Gavidi Harikrishna answered my question completely. I hope it also reaches who ever seeks the same answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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