I want to draw a dashed line in my sprite kit game, I can use SKShapeNode node to draw a normal line like the following:
UIBezierPath *_path=[UIBezierPath bezierPath];
//1
CGPoint point1 = CGPointMake(100,100);
CGPoint point2 = CGPointMake(150,150);
[_path moveToPoint:point1];
[_path addLineToPoint:point2];
//2
SKShapeNode *line = [SKShapeNode node];
line.path = _path.CGPath;
I tried to set a dashed pattern to UIBezierPath like this:
// adding this code at location 1 or 2 above but no effect
CGFloat dashes[] = {6, 2};
[_path setLineDash:dashes count:2 phase:0];
but the dashed pattern is not applied.
I also tried to create a dashed copy of CGPath directly from UIBezierpath.CGPath property as:
CGFloat dashes[] = {6, 2};
CGPathRef aCGPath= CGPathCreateCopyByDashingPath(_path.CGPath,NULL,0,dashes,2);
line.path = aCGPath;
but also the same.
I really appreciate if someone could explain what is the problem and how can I draw a dashed line between two points by applying dashed cgpath to skshapenode.
Edit: I know for this simple example I could divide the distance between these two points to small fixed distances and moving and drawing dashed line by bezeirpath but consider a free hand path with points came from touches, it is a very complex and inefficient to redraw the path with fixed length points then draw dashes. I wonder if there is a way to apply the dashed pattern to the path and making skshapenode to use it that is my question.