GameObject.AddComponent

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.

Description

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.

Description

Generic version. See the Generic Functions page for more details.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

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