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CloseAdds a component class named className to the game object.
GameObject.AddComponent with string argument has been deprecated. Use AddComponent(Type) or the generic version instead.
Adds a component class of type componentType to the game object. 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.
Generic version of this method.
using UnityEngine; using System.Collections;
public class AddComponentExample : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { SphereCollider sc = gameObject.AddComponent<SphereCollider>() as SphereCollider; } }