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GameObject.AddComponent

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Declaration

public Component AddComponent(Type componentType);

Description

Adds a component class of type componentType to the GameObject. C# Users can use a generic version.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class AddComponentExample : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { SphereCollider sc = gameObject.AddComponent(typeof(SphereCollider)) as SphereCollider; } }

Note that there is no RemoveComponent(), to remove a component, use Object.Destroy.


Declaration

public T AddComponent();

Description

Generic version of this method.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class AddComponentExample : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { SphereCollider sc = gameObject.AddComponent<SphereCollider>(); } }

Obsolete GameObject.AddComponent with string argument has been deprecated. Use GameObject.AddComponent<T>() instead.

Declaration

public Component AddComponent(string className);

Description

Adds a component class named className to the GameObject.

Deprecated: Use AddComponent(Type) or the generic version of this method instead.