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iOS Build a Playlist Browser with Swift Building the Music Library and Playlist Models Using a Playlist Instance

unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value

Pasan Premaratne I am getting the unexpectedly found nil while unwrapping an Optional value on my

artists += playlistDictionary["artist"] as [String]

//
//  Playlist.swift
//  Algorhythm
//
//  Created by Caleb King on 1/23/15.
//  Copyright (c) 2015 Caleb King. All rights reserved.
//

import Foundation
import UIKit

struct Playlist {

    var title: String?
    var description: String?
    var icon: UIImage?
    var largeIcon: UIImage?
    var artists: [String] = []
    var backgroundColor: UIColor = UIColor.clearColor()

    init(index: Int) {
        let musicLibrary = MusicLibrary().library
        let playlistDictionary = musicLibrary[index]

        title = playlistDictionary["title"] as String!
        description = playlistDictionary["description"] as  String!

        let iconName = playlistDictionary["icon"] as String!
        icon = UIImage(named: iconName)

        let largeIconName = playlistDictionary["largeIcon"] as String!
        largeIcon = UIImage(named: largeIconName)

        artists += playlistDictionary["artist"] as [String]

        let colorsDictionary = playlistDictionary["background"] as [String:CGFloat]
        backgroundColor = rgbColorFromDictionary(colorsDictionary)


    }

    func rgbColorFromDictionary(colorDictionary: [String: CGFloat]) -> UIColor {

        let red = colorDictionary["red"]!
        let green = colorDictionary["green"]!
        let blue = colorDictionary["blue"]!
        let alpha = colorDictionary["alpha"]!

        return UIColor(red: red/255.0, green: green/255.0, blue: blue/255.0, alpha: alpha)
    }
}

3 Answers

Pasan Premaratne
STAFF
Pasan Premaratne
Treehouse Teacher

Hey Caleb King

The key is "artists" and you have "artist". Simple fix :)

Pasan Premaratne you are the man

Same issue i had. Incredible how one single 's' makes an entire app crash! thanks Pasan Premaratne !!!!