Can't play animation from script in unity

Question

I'm making a 2D sidescrolling game in Unity, and when the player shoots an obstacle, I want the obstacle animation to play and then destroy itself. I got it to destroy itself, but the animation won't play. Any suggestions?

    public class obstacleAnim : MonoBehaviour {

    protected Animation obsanim;

    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        obsanim = GetComponent<Animation> ();
    }

    void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D col)
    {
        if (col.gameObject.tag == "circle") 
        {
            obsanim.Play ("circobs");
            Destroy (gameObject, 1.0f);
        }
    }
}

thank you for any help!

Answer 1

I tested your script and it works as expected. The problem is most likely the animation itself. You should enable autoplay from the Animation component and see if your animation works without the script. Also make sure there are no errors in the console. Click the error counter in case you have accidentally hidden them.

Answer 2

Did you try not to Destroy the object at the moment when you play the animation? wait until the animation is finished.

i hope it helps!