Quick and Easy Sprite –Victorian Rush Hour - Cocos2d-x by Example Beginner's Guide - page 233

if (_player->getState() != kPlayerDying)
_player->setJumping(true);
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
Now we are in play, and if the _player object is falling, we either open or close
the umbrella, whichever the case may be, through a call to setFloating .
And if the _player object is not falling, nor dying, we make it jump with
setJumping(true) .
4. With touches ended, we just need to stop any jumps:
void GameLayer::onTouchEnded(Touch* touch, Event*
event) {
_player->setJumping(false);
}