What I want to know is if both b2-static and dynamic bodies have automatic collision detection.
And how do I tell box2D what it should do when it collides with a specific body?
What I want to know is if both b2-static and dynamic bodies have automatic collision detection.
And how do I tell box2D what it should do when it collides with a specific body?
You should follow some tutorials as you are learning Box2D. Every body in Box2D has collision detection unless disabled. There are many way of checking collisions, here they're explained well:
http://www.iforce2d.net/b2dtut/collision-anatomy
Also do some research please, things like this can be easily found on Google or even here.