Change sprite to animation in unity 5 2d (c#)

Question

I want to do the same as this older post with one change:

Change the sprite of a Object in Unity

I want to use a .anim animation (created with unity) after the space key is pressed instead of another sprite. The problem is I can't drag the animation file to the sprite slot in the script component.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You do not have to drag drop animation controller to your script instead you can add component to game object using inspector. Add an Animator component first.

On your required key press you have two possibilities as i see:

1. Enable/disable the component as per your need.
2. If you want to run two different states you can use states based animations. Steady State, Running State.

Recommended Read:

• Animator Controllers
• Animator Scripting

Hope it helps!