Setting background color for SKLabelNode?

Question

I want to know is there a way to set background color for a SKLabelNode not font color. I'm looking for something like below mentioned code, which is available in ios apps.

     label.backgroundColor = [UIColor redColor];

Answer 1

Try adding the SKLabelNode as a child of a SKSpriteNode.

SKLabelNode *label = [[SKLabelNode alloc]initWithFontNamed:@"Helvetica"];
label.position = CGPointMake(0, -label.frame.size.height/2);

SKSpriteNode *background = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithColor:[UIColor redColor] size:CGSizeMake(label.frame.size.width, label.frame.size.height)];
background.position = CGPointMake(200, 100);

[background addChild:label];
[self addChild:background];