How do I remove a child later? (cocos2d)

Question

I added a child like this inside of a CCLayer:

[self addChild:object1];

Later on I want to remove that object from the children. Ummm so how do I do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try the removeChild method?

Answer 2

Your question leads me to believe you don't know the cocos2d API reference: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/api-ref/

To remove object1 simply use this:

[self removeChild:object1 cleanup:YES];

If you don't keep a reference of object1 around you can remove it by tag, which means you'll have to give it a tag first:

object1.tag = 123; // just any arbitrary number
[self addChild:object1];

To remove it:

[self removeChildByTag:123 cleanup:YES];

I've added this Q&A to my cocos2d FAQ, please find more details to this answer here: http://www.learn-cocos2d.com/knowledge-base/cocos2d-iphone-faq/learn-cocos2d-public-content/manual/cocos2d-general/14824-how-to-remove-a-child-from-the-nodescenelayer