SpriteKit game lag when the function touchesBegan is called - swift

Question

I'm creating my first game, similar to flappy bird. I want it to start when the screen is touched like the real game. But it lags for about a second and an half, the result is that you die without even playing. Here is my code:
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
/* Setup your scene here */
//Here i init some stuff
distanceToMove = CGFloat(self.frame.size.width + 140)
movePipes = SKAction.repeatActionForever(SKAction.moveByX(-distanceToMove, y: 0, duration: NSTimeInterval(1.2)))
removePipes = SKAction.removeFromParent()
moveAndRemove = SKAction.sequence([movePipes,removePipes])
let delay = SKAction.waitForDuration(NSTimeInterval(0.6))
let spawn = SKAction.runBlock({() in self.initPipes()})
let spawnAndDelay = SKAction.sequence([spawn,delay])
spawnAndDelayForever = SKAction.repeatActionForever(spawnAndDelay)
}
TouchesBegan:
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
/* Called when a touch begins */
let touch = touches.first! as UITouch!
let touchLocation = touch.locationInNode(self)
if state == GameState.Starting {
state = GameState.Playing
instNode.hidden = true
if state == GameState.Playing {
runAction(spawnAndDelayForever)
addChild(pipes)
initScore()
}
}
Pipes init:
func initPipes() {
let upper = UInt32(self.size.height - 250)
let pY = arc4random_uniform(upper) + 200
let pipePair = SKNode()
pipePair.position = CGPoint(x: self.frame.size.width + 70, y: 0)
//PIPE 1
let pipe1 = SKSpriteNode(color: SKColor.whiteColor(), size: CGSizeMake(70, 700))
pipe1.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(0, 0)
pipe1.position = CGPoint(x: 0, y: Int(pY))
pipe1.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOfSize: CGSizeMake(70, 700), center: CGPointMake(70/2, 700/2))
pipe1.physicsBody?.dynamic = false
pipe1.physicsBody?.affectedByGravity = false
pipe1.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = PipeCategory
pipe1.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = PlayerCategory
pipe1.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = PlayerCategory
pipePair.addChild(pipe1)
//PIPE 2
let pipe2 = SKSpriteNode(color: SKColor.whiteColor(), size: CGSizeMake(70, 700))
pipe2.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(0,1)
pipe2.position = CGPoint(x: 0, y: pipe1.position.y - 150)
pipe2.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOfSize: CGSizeMake(70, 700), center: CGPointMake(35, -700/2))
pipe2.physicsBody?.dynamic = false
pipe2.physicsBody?.affectedByGravity = false
pipe2.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = PipeCategory
pipe2.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = PlayerCategory
pipe2.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = PlayerCategory
pipePair.addChild(pipe2)
//SCORE
let scoreSprite = SKSpriteNode(color: SKColor.clearColor(), size: CGSize(width: 50, height: 150))
scoreSprite.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(0, 1)
scoreSprite.position = CGPointMake(pipe1.position.x + 10, pipe1.position.y)
scoreSprite.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOfSize: CGSize(width: 50, height: 150), center: CGPointMake(25, -75))
scoreSprite.physicsBody?.categoryBitMask = GapCategory
scoreSprite.physicsBody?.contactTestBitMask = PlayerCategory
scoreSprite.physicsBody?.collisionBitMask = 0
scoreSprite.physicsBody?.dynamic = false
pipePair.addChild(scoreSprite)
pipePair.runAction(moveAndRemove)
pipes.addChild(pipePair)
}
It's pretty simple: in initPipes() i create the pipes and i run the action of moving and removing. In touchesBegan i call the action of spawning them.. But it's laggy when i touch the screen.

Answer 1

Run your app through the Time Profiler Instrument to find out where the lag is coming from. It'll give you detailed results (down to individual lines of code) that'll let you know where your issues are.
That'll be much more accurate than people on here guessing.