I know SpriteKit already handles pausing the game when the app enters the inactive state but what I\'m trying to do is add a SKLabelNode \"tap to resume\" when the app re-en
I think I got the problem. You should call pauseGameScene() first. Then view?.paused is true. Then you can call showPauseText().
pauseGameScene()
view?.paused
true
showPauseText()
Hope that helps :)