Coding Multiple Leaderboards - objective-c

Question

I am making a game in which the player can achieve a positive high score or a negative low score depending on the choices they make. The high score has been working fine, but I'm having trouble with the low score.
-(void)authenticateLocalPlayer{
GKLocalPlayer *localPlayer = [GKLocalPlayer localPlayer];
localPlayer.authenticateHandler = ^(UIViewController *viewController, NSError *error){
if (viewController != nil) {
[self presentViewController:viewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else{
if ([GKLocalPlayer localPlayer].authenticated) {
_gameCenterEnabled = YES;
// Get the default leaderboard identifier.
[[GKLocalPlayer localPlayer] loadDefaultLeaderboardIdentifierWithCompletionHandler:^(NSString *leaderboardIdentifier, NSError *error) {
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
else{
_leaderboardIdentifier = leaderboardIdentifier;
}
}];
}
else{
_gameCenterEnabled = NO;
}
}
};
}
-(void)reportScore{
GKScore *highscore = [[GKScore alloc] initWithLeaderboardIdentifier:_leaderboardIdentifier];
highscore.value = HighScoreNumber;
[GKScore reportScores:#[highscore] withCompletionHandler:^(NSError *error) {
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
}];
-(void)showLeaderboardAndAchievements:(BOOL)shouldShowLeaderboard{
GKGameCenterViewController *gcViewController = [[GKGameCenterViewController alloc] init];
gcViewController.gameCenterDelegate = self;
if (shouldShowLeaderboard) {
gcViewController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateLeaderboards;
gcViewController.leaderboardIdentifier = _leaderboardIdentifier;
}
else{
gcViewController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateAchievements;
}
[self presentViewController:gcViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
You'll notice leaderboardidentifier, it is useful for reporting scores to the default leaderboard, but when I try to get it to work for two different ones, the code shuts down.
I've tried adding this to "Report Score":
GKScore *lowscore = [[GKScore alloc] initWithLeaderboardIdentifier:_leaderboardIdentifier];
lowscore.value = LowScoreNumber;
[GKScore reportScores:#[lowscore] withCompletionHandler:^(NSError *error) {
if (error != nil) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
}];
}
Then, I change the leaderboard identifiers to match itunesconnect, but I'm not sure how I need to change authenticateLocalPlayer and shouldShowLeaderboardandAchievements.

Answer 1

I have some experience with game center. I have two games on the App Store that have multiple leaderboards (Squared!! and Primes!).
Instead of having one method for each leaderboard I made one method for submitting scores. Here is that method:
-(void) submitScore:(int64_t)score Leaderboard: (NSString*)leaderboard
{
//1: Check if Game Center
// features are enabled
if (!_gameCenterFeaturesEnabled) {
return;
}
//2: Create a GKScore object
GKScore* gkScore =
[[GKScore alloc]
initWithLeaderboardIdentifier:leaderboard];
//3: Set the score value
gkScore.value = score;
//4: Send the score to Game Center
[gkScore reportScoreWithCompletionHandler:
^(NSError* error) {
[self setLastError:error];
BOOL success = (error == nil);
if ([_delegate
respondsToSelector:
#selector(onScoresSubmitted:)]) {
[_delegate onScoresSubmitted:success];
}
}];
}
When you want to submit your high scores all you have to do is add something like:
[[GCHelper sharedGameKitHelper] submitScore:myLowScore Leaderboard:TELS];
[[GCHelper sharedGameKitHelper] submitScore:myHighScore Leaderboard:TEHS];
GCHelper is the class that contains my submitScore:Leaderboard: method.
To view your leaderboards or achievements within your app try this:
- (void) presentLeaderboards {
GKGameCenterViewController* gameCenterController = [[GKGameCenterViewController alloc] init];
gameCenterController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateLeaderboards;
gameCenterController.gameCenterDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:gameCenterController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
- (void) gameCenterViewControllerDidFinish:(GKGameCenterViewController*) gameCenterViewController {
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
}
- (void) presentAchievements {
GKGameCenterViewController* gameCenterController = [[GKGameCenterViewController alloc] init];
gameCenterController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateAchievements;
gameCenterController.gameCenterDelegate = self;
I hope this answers your question!