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iOS

Posted by William Howze
William Howze
4,168 Points

fatal error: unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value (lldb)

I keep getting this error message when trying to run the application.

William Howze
William Howze
4,168 Points

ScreenShot

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,913 Points

Could you post the code of the function where it crashes?

William Howze
William Howze
4,168 Points

It fails here "Thread 1:EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION (code=EXC_1386_INVOP, subcode=0x0)"

icon = UIImage(named: iconName)

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi William,

I think you have capitalised the JSON field name. Change the line:

let iconName = playlistDictionary["Icon"] as! String!

to

let iconName = playlistDictionary["icon"] as! String!  // lower case icon

Give that a try - let me know if it works, or not.

Steve.

William Howze
William Howze
4,168 Points

That was it. Problem fixed. Not speaking sarcastically, but this is why I love this stuff.

Thanks Steve!!

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Glad you got it fixed! :-)

Steve.