cocos2d ccTintTo, implementing an endless changing color label - objective-c

Question

Instead of writing all those lines at the init method of HelloWorldLayer :
CCTintTo* tint1 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:255 green:0 blue:0];
CCTintTo* tint2 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:0 green:0 blue:255];
....
CCSequence* sequence = [CCSequence actions:tint1, tint2, nil];
[label runAction:sequence];
I tried to make the label change color forever but got stucked:
I don't know where to place the relavant commands+ dealing with the integers x,y,z
I tried to do the randomize process at the update method,but didn't have any access to the label, any ideas?
// HelloWorldLayer.h
// Essentials
//
// Created by Steffen Itterheim on 14.07.10.
// Copyright Steffen Itterheim 2010. All rights reserved.
//
#import "cocos2d.h"
#interface HelloWorld : CCLayer
{
CCTintTo* tint1;
CCSequence* sequence1;
// CCLabelTTF* label; even tried property
}
// returns a Scene that contains the HelloWorld as the only child
+(id) scene;
#end
//
// HelloWorldLayer.m
// Essentials
//
// Created by Steffen Itterheim on 14.07.10.
// Copyright Steffen Itterheim 2010. All rights reserved.
//
#import "HelloWorldScene.h"
#import "MenuScene.h"
integer_t x;
integer_t y;
integer_t z;
#implementation HelloWorld
+(id) scene
{
CCScene* scene = [CCScene node];
CCLayer* layer = [HelloWorld node];
[scene addChild:layer];
return scene;
}
-(id) init
{
if ((self = [super init]))
{
CCLOG(#"init %#", self);
// enable touch input
self.isTouchEnabled = YES;
CGSize size = [[CCDirector sharedDirector] winSize];
// add the "touch to continue" label
CCLabelTTF* label = [CCLabelTTF labelWithString:#"Touch Screen For Awesome" fontName:#"AmericanTypewriter-Bold" fontSize:30];
label.position = CGPointMake(size.width / 2, size.height / 8);
[self addChild:label];
[self schedule:#selector(update:) interval:1/60.0f];
/*
tint1 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:x green:y blue:z];
sequence1 = [CCSequence actions:tint1, nil ];
id goaction=[CCRepeatForever actionWithAction:sequence1];
[label runAction:goaction];
*/
}
return self;
}
-(void) registerWithTouchDispatcher
{
// call the base implementation (default touch handler)
[super registerWithTouchDispatcher];
//[[CCTouchDispatcher sharedDispatcher] addTargetedDelegate:self priority:INT_MIN+1 swallowsTouches:YES];
}
-(void) update:(ccTime)delta
{
x=(integer_t )(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255); y=(integer_t )(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255); z=(integer_t )(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255);
tint1 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:x green:y blue:z ];
sequence1 = [CCSequence actions:tint1, nil ];
[HelloWorld.label runAction:goaction]; //property label not found on object of type 'HelloWorld'
}
// Touch Input Events
-(CGPoint) locationFromTouches:(NSSet *)touches
{
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint touchLocation = [touch locationInView: [touch view]];
return [[CCDirector sharedDirector] convertToGL:touchLocation];
}
-(void) ccTouchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
}
-(void) ccTouchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
CGPoint location = [self locationFromTouches:touches];
CCLOG(#"touch moved to: %.0f, %.0f", location.x, location.y);
}
-(void) ccTouchesEnded:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
// the scene we want to see next
CCScene* scene = [MenuScene scene];
CCTransitionSlideInR* transitionScene = [CCTransitionSlideInR transitionWithDuration:3 scene:scene];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector] replaceScene:transitionScene];
}
-(void) ccTouchesCancelled:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
}
-(void) dealloc
{
CCLOG(#"dealloc: %#", self);
// always call [super dealloc] at the end of every dealloc method
[super dealloc];
}
#end

Answer 1

If you want the tint color to be random for each time, then you cannot use CCTintTo directly inside CCRepeatForever. You need to re-randomize the RGB values for each CCTintTo action. Thus you need to embed the randomization process inside the action by using block. Here is how:
// do this in init method
__block void (^changeTint)(CCNode*) = [[^(CCNode *node) {
GLubyte x = (integer_t)(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255), y = (integer_t)(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255), z = (integer_t)(CCRANDOM_0_1()*255);
[node runAction:[CCSequence actionOne:[CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:x green:y blue:z]
two:[CCCallBlockN actionWithBlock:changeTint]]];
} copy] autorelease];
changeTint(label);

Answer 2

You should look at CCRepeatForever action. As the name implies, it will repeat the action it points to forever. So you should remove your update method where you are changing the colors, and return to the CCSequence code that you had, and embed that in a CCRepeatForever action:
CCTintTo* tint1 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:255 green:0 blue:0];
CCTintTo* tint2 = [CCTintTo actionWithDuration:2 red:0 green:0 blue:255];
....
CCSequence* sequence = [CCSequence actions:tint1, tint2, nil];
CCAction* repeat = [CCRepeatForever actionWithAction:sequence];
[label runAction:repeat];