Unity - Scripting API: GameObject.AddComponent
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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 game object.
GameObject.AddComponent with string argument has been deprecated. Use AddComponent(Type) or the generic version instead.
Declaration
public Component AddComponent(Type componentType);
Description
Adds a component class of type componentType to the game object. C# Users can use a generic version.
Note that there is no RemoveComponent(), to remove a component, use Object.Destroy.
Declaration
public T AddComponent();
Description
Generic version of this method.