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I followed a tutorial that added a layer to a scene this way... This way seems a bit more complicated, and not as efficient.
MyLater *layer = [[MyLayer alloc] init];
self.myLayer = layer;
[layer release];
[seld addChild:myLayer];Is it better to do it this way if you don't need to access the layer or its methods and do I need to worry about removing or releasing it? And if I were to remove it, how would I since it's not explicitly called anything?
[self addChild: [MyLayer node]];
Codemattic
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both are ok, neither leaks memory. In the bottom example, if you removed the new MyLayer it would be freed. You could use -addChild:z:tag: instead of -addChild: so you could access it later by tag. Or you could save it to a variable first and then add it to self.
In the top example if you removed it, self.myLayer would still point to it so it would still stay in memory until you also set self.myLayer=nil;
This is also ok:
MyLayer *layer = [MyLayer node]; //its returned autoreleased
self.myLayer = layer; //save it so we can access it later
[self addChild:myLayer]; //add it to the animationMemory management is confusing at first, but you will get the hang of it. hth.
Okay thanks for clarification. It is a bit confusing especially since I'm just getting familiar with Cocos2d, it's a little easier when It's your familiar with the code and know what is all going on.
What method(s) would I use to access/remove a layer by a its tag?
Say [self addChild:[MyLayer node] z:0 tag:1];
How would I remove it?
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