In SpriteKit, SKCropNode has no effect over a SKShapeNode

Question

I\'ve been trying to apply a mask to a SKShapeNode using SKCropNode, and so far without success. Thinking that it\'s a SpriteKit bug - Here is the code snippet:

Answer 1

I have the similar task in my app. I need to draw multiple irregular shapes based on user input and then use them as crop node's masks.

The solution that works for me is to:

1. create a SKShapeNode with the required path

2. retrieve a SKTexture from it using SKView method textureFromNode:crop:

3. create a SKSpriteNode from that texture.

4. use SKSprite node as a mask.