SpriteKit: How to create a region that's the same size as the device screen? - sprite-kit

Question

I'm working in SpriteKit and I need to create a 'playable area', an area that is same size as the device screen so that I can stop my player from moving off-screen.
I'm using the following line of code:
var playableRect: CGRect = UIScreen.main.bounds
But the resulting rectangle is about a quarter of the device screen, with a corner of that rectangle at what looks to be the center of the screen. And the device orientation doesn't change that.
I've tried everything I can think of. Nothing is working.
How do I create a rectangle that's the same size as the device screen?
Here's my full coding, after changing to include Gene's suggestion. I incorporated Gene's suggestion by revising playableRect inside the didMove method. But the result is unchanged with that coding.
import SpriteKit
import GameplayKit
import CoreMotion
#objcMembers
class GameSceneUsingTilt: SKScene {
let player = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "player-motorbike")
let motionManager = CMMotionManager()
var playableRect = UIScreen.main.bounds
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
let background = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "road")
background.zPosition = -1
addChild(background)
if let particles = SKEmitterNode(fileNamed: "Mud") {
let farRightPt = frame.maxX // start the emitter at the far right x-point of the view
particles.advanceSimulationTime(10)
particles.position.x = farRightPt
addChild(particles)
}
let nearLeftPt = frame.minX * 3 / 4 // start the player at a quarter of the way to the far left x-point of the view
player.position.x = nearLeftPt
player.zPosition = 1
addChild(player)
motionManager.startAccelerometerUpdates()
// coding below shows outline of playableRect
let bounds = UIScreen.main.bounds
let scale = UIScreen.main.scale
// let size = CGSize(width: bounds.size.width * scale, height: bounds.size.height * scale)
playableRect = CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: bounds.size.width * scale, height: bounds.size.height * scale)
drawPlayableRect(rect: playableRect)
}
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
}
override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
}
override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
}
func boundsCheck() {
let playableRect = CGRect(x: frame.minX, y: frame.minY, width: frame.width, height: frame.height)
let bottomLeft = CGPoint(x: playableRect.minX, y: playableRect.minY)
let topRight = CGPoint(x: playableRect.maxX, y: playableRect.maxY)
if player.position.x <= bottomLeft.x {
player.position.x = bottomLeft.x
}
if player.position.x >= topRight.x {
player.position.x = topRight.x
}
if player.position.y <= bottomLeft.y {
player.position.y = bottomLeft.y
}
if player.position.y >= topRight.y {
player.position.y = topRight.y
}
}
override func update(_ currentTime: TimeInterval) {
if let accelerometerData = motionManager.accelerometerData {
// note that since the game will be running in landscape mode, up and down movement is controlled by the x axis and right to left movement is controlled by the y-axis...so this is the inverse of what you'd normally think.
let changeX = CGFloat(accelerometerData.acceleration.y) * 4
let changeY = CGFloat(accelerometerData.acceleration.x) * 4
// you have to subtract from x position and add to the y position because device is rotated so the axises aren't what you would normally expect.
player.position.x -= changeX
player.position.y += changeY
// check to make sure position isn't outside payable area:
boundsCheck()
}
}
// function below shows outline of playableRect
func drawPlayableRect(rect: CGRect) {
let shape = SKShapeNode()
let path = CGMutablePath()
path.addRect(rect)
shape.path = path
shape.strokeColor = .red
shape.lineWidth = 4.0
addChild(shape)
}
}

Answer 1

Use: UIScreen.main.nativeBounds