Scaling Node boundaries properly across all screen sizes Swift - ios

I am trying to set two SKSpriteNodes as boundaries(top / bottom) and anchor them to specific coordinates on the screen, so that when I switch from the iPhone 5 to the 6+, the boundaries are still in the same position. I also seem to be having a little trouble getting the node images to display properly. They are either zoomed in, or nonexistent on the screen.
Here is the code that I have so far:
let size = CGRect(x: 100, y: 98, width:200, height:271)
bottomRectangle = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "bottomRectangle")
bottomRectangle.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(0.5, 0.3) // bottom center anchor points
bottomRectangle = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.frame), CGRectGetMidY(self.frame))
bottomRectangle.zPosition = 3
bottomRectangle.size.height = self.size.height
bottomRectangle.size.width = self.size.width
bottomRectangle.position = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.3)
bottomRectangle.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(edgeLoopFromRect: size)
self.addChild(bottomRectangle)
topRectangle = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "topRectangle")
topRectangle.anchorPoint = CGPoint(x:0.5,y:0.8) // top center anchor points
topRectangle.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(edgeLoopFromRect: size)
topRectangle.zPosition = 4
topRectangle.size.height = self.size.height
topRectangle.size.width = self.size.width
topRectangle.position = CGPoint(x: 0.5, y: 0.8)
self.addChild(topRectangle)
if let scene = GameScene(fileNamed:"GameScene"){
let skView = self.view as! SKView
scene.scaleMode = SKSceneScaleMode.ResizeFill
// Configure the view.
skView.showsFPS = true
skView.showsNodeCount = true
/* Sprite Kit applies additional optimizations to improve rendering performance */
skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = false
/* Set the scale mode to scale to fit the window */
scene.size = skView.bounds.size
skView.presentScene(scene)
}

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This is the desired effect
This is what happens
In the first image, I am using a 611x611px circle png while in the second I am using a 612x612 png. I have found that this "corner shadow" happens only when using specific image dimensions to create the SpriteNode.
Specifically, through my testing, square images with size <688px and >601px display no corner shadow, except sizes exactly 612 and 608. I am testing this in a playground but the same problem occurs in a full xcodeproj.
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import SpriteKit
class GameScene: SKScene {
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
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background.zPosition = 0
background.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY)
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I want to change to positioning of my nodes depending on the size of the screen. For example, when I run my app on an iPhone 4s, not all of the nodes fit on the screen, since I developed the app with iPhone 6 dimensions in mind. How can I make it so the nodes reposition themselves depending on which device it's running on? I know I can achieve this with constraints normally, but I don't know how to do that in Sprite Kit. I have included a screen shot down below.
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import SpriteKit
// global variables
var SKViewSize: CGSize?
var SKViewSizeRect: CGRect?
class GameViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let skView = self.view as! SKView
SKViewSize = skView.bounds.size
let scene = GameScene(size: SKViewSize!)
scene.scaleMode = .AspectFill
skView.presentScene(scene)
SKViewSizeRect = getViewSizeRect()
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
SKViewSize = self.view.bounds.size
SKViewSizeRect = getViewSizeRect()
let skView = self.view as! SKView
if let scene = skView.scene {
if scene.size != self.view.bounds.size {
scene.size = self.view.bounds.size
}
}
}
func getViewSizeRect() -> CGRect {
return CGRect(x: ((SKViewSize!.width * 0.5) * -1.0), y: ((SKViewSize!.height * 0.5) * -1.0), width: SKViewSize!.width, height: SKViewSize!.height)
}
}
Then create an extension for all SKNode types that allows you to position them using a percentage of the current screen size:
public extension SKNode {
public func posByScreen(x: CGFloat, y: CGFloat) {
self.position = CGPoint(x: CGFloat((SKViewSizeRect!.width * x) + SKViewSizeRect!.origin.x), y: CGFloat((SKViewSizeRect!.height * y) + SKViewSizeRect!.origin.y))
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The HUD overlayer will handle the things that need to stay at a fixed position on screen, like buttons and life bars. Now you can use the % based coordinates like some people have mentioned, or you can keep the absolute coordinates, and just add/subtract the pixel difference from your overlay nodes if your game detects a 3:2 (or 4:3 if you want iPad) ratio
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Lets say we create a game scene that is 160x284 points
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{
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Here is my current code:
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