How Can I get keyboard input in a SpriteKit Game?

Question

I\'m a beginner in SpriteKit programming, and have been trying to figure out how to handle input from the keyboard.

What I\'ve found so far is that you should subcla

Answer 1

If you want to know whenever a key is pressed, you should subscribe to the global event manager.

[NSEvent addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:(NSKeyDownMask) handler:^(NSEvent *event) {
[NSEvent removeMonitor:event];

This will call the handler when ever a key is pressed.