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iOS

Otto linden
Otto linden
5,857 Points
Posted by Otto linden
Otto linden
5,857 Points

Why do I get this error: Value of optional type 'UIImage?' must be unwrapped to a value of type 'UIImage'.

Why do I get this error when running my code that is supposed to make an app and show 2 images! This is the code: 

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var pic: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet weak var button: UIButton!

    let factProvider = ImageProvider()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    @IBAction func changePic(_ sender: Any) {
        pic.image = ImageProvider[0]
    }

}

And

import GameKit

let imageOtto = UIImage(named:"Otto_l.jpg")
let imageRurik = UIImage(named:"Rurik_ö.jpg")


struct imageProvider {
    let images = [
    imageRurik, imageOtto
    ]
    func randomImage() -> UIImage {
        let randomNumber = GKRandomSource.sharedRandom().nextInt(upperBound: images.count)
        return images[randomNumber]
    }
}

In the first code i get this error: Type 'ImageProvider.Type' has no subscript members on the last line. And in the second code i get this error: Value of optional type 'UIImage?' must be unwrapped to a value of type 'UIImage' on the return images[randomNumber]

1 Answer

Magnus Hållberg
Magnus Hållberg
17,232 Points
Magnus Hållberg
Magnus Hållberg
17,232 Points

In the view controllers changePic action you are calling "ImageProvider" with a capital I, your struct is named imageProvider with a small cap i so Swift probably doesn't know what to do with that. Also you have created an instance of ImageProvider (with a capital I) that you don't use. I sugest the following changes. Rename your struct to ImageProvider with a capital I (convention say that typs should start with a capital letter and struct is a type). Use the instance you have created to get the image like this, pic.image = factProvider.randomImage(). In the struct you have to unwrap the image from the array since UIImage is optional, In the code I have provided I used an "if let" to do that and returned nil if there was no image. I also made the return optional to be able to return nil. 

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {

    @IBOutlet weak var pic: UIImageView!
    @IBOutlet weak var button: UIButton!

    let factProvider = ImageProvider()

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.
    }

    @IBAction func changePic(_ sender: Any) {
        pic.image = factProvider.randomImage()
    }

}

// Your struct
import GameKit

let imageOtto = UIImage(named:"Otto_l.jpg")
let imageRurik = UIImage(named:"Rurik_ö.jpg")


struct ImageProvider {
    let images = [
    imageRurik, imageOtto
    ]
    func randomImage() -> UIImage? {
        let randomNumber = GKRandomSource.sharedRandom().nextInt(upperBound: images.count)
        if let returnImage = images[randomNumber] {
            return returnImage
        }
        return nil
    }
}

Hope this help