How to move sprite relative to its original position with touch in spritekit - swift

Question

I looking to move a sprite relative to the player's touch. I am familiar with the moveTo SKActions, however I am wondering how to implement sprite movement where the sprite moves along with the user's touch movement.
For example, I have a sprite in the centre of the screen. If I apply a touch at the bottom of the screen and move my finger up , the sprite will move up from the centre(it's original position).
Thanks!

Answer 1

Try this :
import SpriteKit
class GameScene: SKScene {
var node = SKSpriteNode()
var nodePosition = CGPoint()
var startTouch = CGPoint()
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
self.anchorPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.5)
// node set up
node = SKSpriteNode(color: .red, size: CGSize(width: 50, height: 50))
node.position = CGPoint.zero
self.addChild(node)
}
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch = touches.first
if let location = touch?.location(in: self){
startTouch = location
nodePosition = node.position
}
}
override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch = touches.first
if let location = touch?.location(in: self){
node.run(SKAction.move(to: CGPoint(x: nodePosition.x + location.x - startTouch.x, y: nodePosition.y + location.y - startTouch.y), duration: 0.1))
}
}
}