ARKit : Handle tap to show / hide a node - ios

Question

I am new to ARKit , and i am trying an example to create a SCNBox on tap location. What i am trying to do is on initial touch i create a box and on the second tap on the created box it should be removed from the scene. I am doing the hit test. but it keeps on adding the box. I know this is a simple task, but i am unable to do it
#objc func handleTap(sender: UITapGestureRecognizer) {
print("hande tapp")
guard let _ = sceneView.session.currentFrame
else { return }
guard let scnView = sceneView else { return }
let touchLocation = sender.location(in: scnView)
let hitTestResult = scnView.hitTest(touchLocation, types: [ .featurePoint])
guard let pointOfView = sceneView.pointOfView else {return}
print("point \(pointOfView.name)")
if hitTestResult.count > 0 {
print("Hit")
if let _ = pointOfView as? ARBox {
print("Box Available")
}
else {
print("Adding box")
let transform = hitTestResult.first?.worldTransform.columns.3
let xPosition = transform?.x
let yPosition = transform?.y
let zPosition = transform?.z
let position = SCNVector3(xPosition!,yPosition!,zPosition!)
basketCount = basketCount + 1
let newBasket = ARBox(position: position)
newBasket.name = "basket\(basketCount)"
self.sceneView.scene.rootNode.addChildNode(newBasket)
boxNodes.append(newBasket)
}
}
}

Answer 1

pointOfView of a sceneView, is the rootnode of your scene, which is one used to render your whole scene. For generic cases, it usually is an empty node with lights/ camera. I don't think you should cast it as ARBox/ or any type of SCNNode(s) for that matter.
What you probably can try is the logic below (hitResults are the results of your hitTest):
if hitResults.count > 0 {
if let node = hitResults.first?.node as SCNNode? (or ARBox) {
// node.removeFromParentNode()
// or make the node opaque if you don't want to remove
else {
// add node.