How to get clones to instantiate inside Canvas?

Hello, I'm instantiating a game object called projectile. I want it to appear on the canvas so It can be viable during game play.

My fire method, which triggers the creating of a projectile.


And how it appears in the game: (red is the play tint)

 

not entirely sure you can mix (what I'm assuming to be) a 2d sprite and canvas... but if you want it to be "on the canvas" you need to set the canvas as the parent.

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/HOWTO-UICreateFromScripting.html

 

Code (csharp):

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2. GameObject beam = .... as GameObject;
3.  
4. beam.transform.parent = myCanvas;
5.  

obviously youll need a reference to your canvas.

 

http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Transform.SetParent.html

is preferable (mostly because it offers options about localscale/position/etc.)