Change Physical body frame in spritekit - ios

Question

I develop an iOS game using SpriteKit (such a helpful framework to quickly make a game). I add texture and configure a physical body for a main character as image
The green rectangle is the frame of the physical body. I'm using the following code to create it
#interface MainCharacter : SKSpriteNode
#end
#implementation MainCharacter
+ (instancetype)mainCharacterAtPosition:(CGPoint)pos {
MainCharacter* mainChar = [[MainCharacter alloc] initWithTexture:[SKTexture textureWithImageNamed:#"stand_up"]];
mainChar.position = pos;
mainChar.xScale = 0.5f;
mainChar.yScale = 0.5f;
return mainChar;
}
- (instancetype)initWithTexture:(SKTexture *)texture {
if (self = [super initWithTexture:texture]) {
self.name = kCharacterName;
self.anchorPoint = CGPointMake(0.5f, 0.0f);
[self standup];
CGSize spriteSize = self.size;
CGPoint center = CGPointMake(spriteSize.width*(self.anchorPoint.x-0.5f), spriteSize.height*(0.5f-self.anchorPoint.y));
self.physicsBody = [SKPhysicsBody bodyWithRectangleOfSize:spriteSize center:center];
self.physicsBody.dynamic = NO;
self.physicsBody.categoryBitMask = kCharacterCategory;
self.physicsBody.contactTestBitMask = 0x0;
self.physicsBody.collisionBitMask = 0x0;
}
return self;
}
- (void)standup {
SKAction* standupAction = [SKAction setTexture:self.standupTexture resize:YES];
[self runAction:standupAction];
}
- (void)standdown {
SKAction* standownAction = [SKAction setTexture:self.standdownTexture resize:YES];
[self runAction:standownAction completion:^{
}];
[self performSelector:#selector(standup) withObject:nil afterDelay:1.0f];
}
MainCharacter is a class that inherits from SKSPriteNode, just an convienient class to manage a main character. Stand Up is a first state of the character. I have another state, temporarily called stand down (demonstrate as following image)
I add a swipe down gesture to make character stand down.
The green rectangle also the physical body but it's too large for the character. I want to make a physical body frame as the red rectangle.
Can anyone help me how to make the physical body smaller when my character stand down and enlarge the physical body after it stands up

Answer 1

You can destroy the current physics body self.physicsBody = nil; and then simply create a new one with the new size requirements.

Answer 2

I solve this problem by using 2 nodes for 2 states (as a suggestion): stand up state and stand down state. I named it
standupNode and standdownNode
First, add the standupNode to the game scene. If swipe donw gesture recognize, I remove the standupNode from game scene and add the standdownNode instead. On contrary, removing the standdownNode from the game scene then add the standupNode if character stands up