Anchor point is a point that you set as a way to specify what part of the sprite will be used when setting its position. The anchor point uses a bottom-left coordinate system. By default, the anchor point of all Node objects is (0.5, 0.5). This means that the default anchor point is the center.

To get the anchor point at the center of the sprite, we use the following code:

sprite->setAnchorPoint(Vec2(0.5, 0.5));

To get the anchor point at the bottom-left of the sprite, we use the following code:

sprite->setAnchorPoint(Vec2(0.0, 0.0));

To get the anchor point at the top-left of the sprite, we use the following code:

sprite->setAnchorPoint(Vec2(1.0, 0.0));

To get the anchor point at the bottom-right of the sprite, we use the following code:

sprite->setAnchorPoint(Vec2(0.0, 1.0));

To get the anchor point at the top-right of the sprite, we use the following code:

sprite->setAnchorPoint(Vec2(1.0, 1.0));

The following image shows the various positions of the anchor point:

To get the sprite rectangle, use the following code:

Rect rect = sprite->getBoundingBox();
Size size = rect.size;
Vec2 point = rect.origin;

Rect is the sprite rectangle that has properties such as Size and Vec2. If the scale is not equal to one, then Size in Rect will not be equal to the size, using getContentSize method. Size of getContentSize is the original image size. On the other side, Size in Rect using getBoundingBox is the size of appearance. For example, when you set the sprite to half scale, the Size in Rect using getBoundingBox is half the size, and the Size using getContentSize is the original size. The position and size of a sprite is a very important point when you need to specify the sprites on the screen.