I created a project combining UIKit + Cocos2D and a UIToolbar and i figured it would be helpful to others so I decided to post it on Github.
Here's a preview of it:
Here's the repository location:
https://github.com/onedayitwillmake/Cocos2D-UIToolbar
Hopefully it helps anyone trying to do the same thing.
onedayitwillmake
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