Use UIview subview with SpriteKit

Question

So I am working on a simple SpriteKit ball and obstacle game. I have the zposition for the nodes set to 2 ( can be 1 but I set it to 2 to make sure it doesn’t interfere with anything else)

I am trying to add a background to it but instead of an image my I want to use a UIview as the background for my game. How should I use a uiview as a background for a SpriteKit scene. ?

The uiview I’m using is called Pastel. It’s a library that allows you to create animated gradient backgrounds like the Instagram app login screen. I tried adjusting the position at

And I’ve even used the sendabove and sendbelow methods but they don’t work

Possible duplicate of [How to create a Gradient in Spritekit?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19254957/how-to-create-a-gradient-in-spritekit) — Craig Siemens, Jul 16 '18 at 21:47

Max Gribov · Answer 1 · 2018-07-24T09:54:22.993

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In order for UIView with your background which is under SKView to become visible, you must set the allowsTransparency property of your SKView to true.

Edit:

you also need to set the SKView and the SKScene background color to clear – (thanks to Knight0fDragon)

edited Jul 24 '18 at 09:54

answered Jul 17 '18 at 05:32

Max Gribov

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I tried the allowed transparency property but it still doesnt work. – Aman Kapoor Jul 17 '18 at 11:26
it is more complicated than that, you also need to set the SKView and the SKScene background color to clear – Knight0fDragon Jul 17 '18 at 12:56

Use UIview subview with SpriteKit

And I’ve even used the sendabove and sendbelow methods but they don’t work

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