Hi, While using Box2D , in many cases you may need to connect two bodies together. But the collision between them during motion is not what you preferred! So how can you prevent those bodies being connected in Box2D from collision? Use the line of code to prevent the collision. jointDef.collideConnected = false;
Hi, Suppose you want to copy a sprite image to another new sprite while using cocos2D. What you do? See the following code… Let oldSprite be your first sprite CCSprite *oldSprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@”ImgOne.png”]; And newSprite be your second sprite CCSprite *newSprite = [CCSprite spriteWithTexture:[oldSprite texture]]; That’s it! Done! Now newSprite too contain ImgOne as… Read More »
There are different ways for playing sound on the Mac in Objective C. Let’s look at some of the methods.. 1. Play by filename. NSSound *mySound = [NSSound soundNamed:@”sound”]; if you have no file named “sound” in your application’s main bundle, then it will return nil. 2. Play by pathName sound = [[NSSound alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:@”/Volumes/Audio/sound.aiff”… Read More »
Often we see alerts with text message or title in it. But actually we can customize alerts. We can place any views inside it. We can place a textView(TextField) , imageView etc in it. Take a look at this simple example that places a textbox inside an alertView. UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@”Title goes… Read More »
Hi, Objective C uses a special keyword ‘id’. Let’s see what it is. Objective C -id- is actually a ‘pointer to an object’. That is ‘id’ can hold a pointer to any objective c object. It doesn’t matter the object’s class. eg: NSString *myString = @”Coderz Heaven!”; id newString; NSString *tempString; newString=myString; tempString=newString; That’s it!… Read More »
For an interactive game building using Box2D, collision detection of Box2D bodies is necessary. There is an easy way to implement collision detection in Box2D. For checking whether two bodies have collided with each other in Box2D while using it with cocos2D, then use the following lines of code where ever you want to check… Read More »
Hi, In certain situations you may need to remove all the forces you have applied on different bodies in your box2D world. Then what to do? Removing all the forces from the bodies in the box2D world is simple. Just use the single line of code. yourWorld->ClearForces(); Here yourWorld is your Box2D world. Simple, isn’t… Read More »
There may arise certain situations there you are using a number of @selector functions and want to stop all those selectors. In cocos2D there is an easy way to stop/unschedule all the selectors with a single line of code! Use this line of code where ever you want to unshedule all the selectors being activated.… Read More »
This code snippet helps you to open a webpage in Safari. Code uses openURL to load the webpage in the web browser. Write this function as an action to a button……… – ( IBAction ) loadWebPageInSafari : ( id ) sender { NSURL *my_URL = [NSURL URLWithString:[Your_URL stringValue]]; if ( [ [NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL :… Read More »
“fileExistsAtPath” is used to check whether a file exists or not at a specified path.
Basic file operations Assumes the existence of a file called “testfile” in the current working directory #import #import #import #import #import int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; NSString *fName = @”testfile”; NSFileManager *fm; NSDictionary *attr; // Need to create an instance of the file manager fm =… Read More »