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iOS Introduction to Table Views Displaying Contact Data Reconfiguring the Project

Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
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Posted by Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
8,514 Points

Why do I get a compiler error "Use of undeclared type 'Contact' " ?

Hello, I've been doing well in my learning about TableViews and this video has been a big help! However while following this "Reconfiguring the Project" video and while creating the contact variable of type Contact; xCode gives me a compiler error. Im correctly setting the type as optional so I can't figure out why this is happening.

Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated! PS I'm using Xcode 8.3.3

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Could you share your code?

3 Answers

Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Did you make sure that you have it in your contacts.swift file?

```Swift

struct Contact {
    let firstName: String
    let lastName: String
    let phone: String
    let email: String
    let street: String
    let city: String
    let state: String
    let zip: String
    let image: UIImage?
    var isFavorite: Bool
}

extension Contact {

    struct Key {
        static let firstName = "firstName"
        static let lastName = "lastName"
        static let phone = "phoneNumber"
        static let email = "email"
        static let street = "streetAddress"
        static let city = "city"
        static let state = "state"
        static let zip = "zip"
        static let image = "avatarName"
    }
Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
8,514 Points
Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
8,514 Points

Jeff McDivitt 

import UIKit


class ContactDetailController: UITableViewController {
  var contact: Contact?   


    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

           }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }

    // MARK: - Table view data source

    override func numberOfSections(in tableView: UITableView) -> Int {
        // #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of sections
        return 0
    }

    override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
        // #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
        return 0
    }


}

          ```
Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
8,514 Points
Alphonso Sensley II
Alphonso Sensley II
8,514 Points

thanks Jeff! it says exactly what i put in the title " "Use of undeclared type 'Contact' "