SpriteKit - How to transition to a new scene with a timer

Question

I am currently trying to build a loading scene into my SpriteKit game with my developer logo on it and need to transition to the MainMenuScene after say 5 seconds. How would I go about that.

My code right now looks like this, which is basically just the background/logo image.

import SpriteKit

class LoadingScene: SKScene {

override func didMove(to view: SKView) {

    let background = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "fatscoprion")
    background.position = CGPoint (x: self.size.width / 2, y: self.size.height / 2)
    background.zPosition = -1
    self.addChild(background)
   }
}

Answer 1

You can create a Scheduled Timer and configure a function to call your method that's creates and present the new scene.

Example:

class LoadingScene: SKScene {
    var timer = Timer()

    override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
        let background = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "")
        background.position = CGPoint (x: self.size.width / 2, y: self.size.height / 2)
        background.zPosition = -1
        self.addChild(background)
        //Create a Scheduled timer thats will fire a function after the timeInterval
        timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 5.0,
                                     target: self,
                                     selector: #selector(presentNewScene),
                                     userInfo: nil, repeats: false)
    }

    @objc func presentNewScene() {
        //Configure the new scene to be presented and then present.
        let newScene = SKScene(size: .zero)
        view?.presentScene(newScene)
    }

    deinit {
        //Stops the timer.
        timer.invalidate()
    }
}