Should I use .collide or .checkCollision?

[Joshloweiscum]

Should I use...

game.physics.arcade.collide(player, platform);

Or...

player.body.checkCollision();

Also, does the collision code go in the update loop or the create loop?

[rich]

There is no such method as `body.checkCollision` - so the first one

 

Also collide should be called in the update loop, as you probably want to continuously check for collision as things move around, and not just once.

[LearningPhaser9]

I have something similar like this:

game.physics.arcade.collide('chicken','platform');

 

It works perfectly for me. So the method similar to what I wrote  (not the strings) should work.

and Yes I have it in my function create()