Change the text of a SKLabelNode added from the scene editor

Question

I want to change the text of a SKLabelNode created in the scene editor named myScoreLabel to update a score on collision of two objects. Here's the relevant code:

class holeOne: SKScene, SKPhysicsContactDelegate {

    var myScoreLabel: SKLabelNode!
    var myscore:Int = 0

    func addScore() {
        myscore += 1
        myScoreLabel.text = "\(myscore)"
    }

    func didBegin(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact) {
        addScore()
    }

}

At the moment after the collision the app crashes with "unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value". What am I doing wrong and how can I do it right? Thanks!

myScoreLabel is nill from the code you share – Oleg Gordiichuk Apr 14 '17 at 18:49 — Oleg Gordiichuk, Apr 14 '17 at 18:49

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 08 '19 at 15:28

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From code that you provide var myScoreLabel: SKLabelNode! is not created.

Try to create SKLabelNode firstly. And then set value.

Example:

myScoreLabel = SKLabelNode(fontNamed: "Chalkduster")
myScoreLabel.text = "Test"
myScoreLabel.horizontalAlignmentMode = .right
myScoreLabel.position = CGPoint(x: 0, y:10)
addChild(scoreLabel)

Or you can connect it from .sks scene.

override func sceneDidLoad() {
     if let label = self.childNode(withName: "myScoreLabel") as? SKLabelNode {
        label.text = "Test" //Must add '.text' otherwise will not compile
     }
}

edited Sep 08 '19 at 15:28

Emm

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answered Apr 14 '17 at 18:54

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Ah ok thanks, i've added a screenshot for clarity I was hoping I could create it in the Scene editor rather than programmatically. Any idea how I would change the text of a SKLabelNode created in the scene editor? – Tom Wicks Apr 14 '17 at 19:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '17 at 19:26

Great, so in the end I did this:

class holeOne: SKScene, SKPhysicsContactDelegate {

    var myScoreLabel: SKLabelNode!
    var myscore:Int = 0

    func addScore() {
        myscore += 1

        if let myScoreLabel = self.childNode(withName: "myScoreLabel") as? SKLabelNode {
            myScoreLabel.text = "\(myscore)"
        }

    }

    func didBegin(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact) {
        addScore()
    }

}

Change the text of a SKLabelNode added from the scene editor

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