How to identify four sided polygon (not rectangle) collision detection?

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Published on 2010-04-14T07:06:30Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 7:13 UTC
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I am developing 2D game for iPhone, for that I need to handle collision detection.

My need is: I have two polygons, each is a four-sided polygon (not a rectangle), I need to check whether they are collided or not.

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