GameObject.AddComponent

Description

Adds a component class of type componentType to the GameObject. 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 of this method.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

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

Description

Adds a component class named className to the GameObject.

Deprecated: Use AddComponent(Type) or the generic version of this method instead.