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Today’s Extension Using SpriteKit

I'm trying to make a widget game, is it possible to use SpriteKit within a Today Extension?. I've been searching for similar posts but I've only found a question related to using SpriteKit in a AppleWatch extension.

Solution

  • I also working on some game in the today screen. So far I have found 3 solutions which working solid:

    1. Like mentioned working with UIKIT
    2. Use SpriteKit in a minimal way
    3. Using offscreen images for rendering

    The problem on solution 2 is, that it's very unreliable. Even calling regularly completionHandler!(NCUpdateResult.newData) has not worked. So it's just the limited usage of SKAction at the end which has bring a lot.

    Solution 3 is also good and works quite solid. Of course you must reinvent the wheel and can not use the nice features of SpriteKit. But because I've used this approach already in watchOS games, it was not much effort to use in Extensions.

    I recommend solution 3 because you have full control and it works solid.