Adding an SKScene to a UIViewController?

Question

I just created a new UIViewController in interface builder. It is segued to from a UITableViewController (cell). I now want to work with an SKScene inside this UIViewController. How is this accomplished?

And for a side-note...

If the SKScene takes up the entire UIViewController.view can you overlay UIKit objects on top of the scene?

Or is it better to create a separate UIView inside the UIViewController.view to hold the SKScene, then layout the UIKit objects around this separate UIView, and let the default UIViewController.view act as a container for all these elements? If this approach is taken, theoretically speaking can these UIKit objects be accessed by the SKScene?

Answer 1

1. Add an SKView to your viewController.
2. Add an SKScene to your SKView.

You can overlay UIKit items from inside your SKScene. This is how I use collection and table views in my games. However they would need to be added as a subview on the SKView holding your SKScene.

SKScene has a view property that should hold a reference to the SKView its contained in. So it would just be a matter of doing something like this.

class MyScene: SKScene {
    var someView: UIView

    override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
        someView = //setup view here
        view.addSubview(someView)
    }
}

Then inside this scene you can access your UIKit objects wherever you like.