Sprites added to containers do not animate correctly unless added to the scene as well

[halgorithm]

Phaser version: 3.11.0
Code example: http://jsfiddle.net/7od1qk26/8/

Expected behavior: If a sprite is added to a container and its container is added to the scene, the sprite should display and animate correctly.

Actual behavior: Sprites will only animate correctly if they are added directly to the scene, even if their container was already added to the scene. Otherwise, the sprite displays the first frame of the requested animation and then gets stuck.

Similar issues: #3773

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[photonstorm]

Add this to the long list of reasons why Containers ought to be redone from scratch.

[Jonnypeng]

let cube = this.add.sprite(400,300,"cube");
 //let cube = new Phaser.GameObjects.Sprite(this,400,300,'cube');
 layer.add(cube);

so write can run

[gogoprog]

This is quite a huge issue, I spent too much time trying to figure out why my animations were not played.

Could you add a warning somewhere while it is not fixed? (in code or docs)

[samme]

Isn't this expected? Containers aren't in the scene update list at all.

[photonstorm]

Thank you for submitting this feature request. We have implemented this and the feature has been pushed to the master branch. It will be part of the next release. If you get time to build and test it for yourself we would appreciate that.

[lyger]

I'm still experiencing this issue in 3.54.0 (in fact, changing the version to 3.54 in the jsfiddle originally linked shows the same problem).

[0ffero]

Yeah, this is still broken as mentioned by Iyger above. Tested in 3.55.2

[Corso02]

let cube = this.add.sprite(400,300,"cube");
 //let cube = new Phaser.GameObjects.Sprite(this,400,300,'cube');
 layer.add(cube);

so write can run

for anyone who has stumbled upon this thread, this solved my problem

[photonstorm]

This was fixed in 3.60 Beta 9, released yesterday.